The prosecution in the criminal case against dancehall artiste, Charles Nii Armah Mensah, and three others has told the circuit court that the police are searching for a new suspect who will be material to the case.
According to the prosecution, the suspect who is currently on the run, if found may change the facts of the case.
Shatta Wale was arrested on October 19, for faking a gunshot attack on him. He was subsequently charged with the publication of false news and causing fear and panic.
The three others, Kojo Owusu Koranteng, Idris Yusif and Eric Venator were also charged with abetment of crime
Meanwhile, the Circuit Court has ordered the release of mobile phones belonging to Shatta Wale and his three accomplices, which are still in police possession.
This follows a request by the lawyer for the four, Jerry Avenorgbo that the items which were confiscated upon his clients’ arrest have since not been released.
According to him, the gadgets are essential to the work of his clients.
The Judge, Emmanuel Essandor, upon hearing the argument of both parties directed that the accused persons be given their belongings.
A Sudanese court has ruled that internet services cut during a military coup more than two weeks ago must be restored, a lawyer said, as anti-coup protesters continued a civil disobedience campaign.
Al Jazeera’s Hiba Morgan, reporting from the capital Khartoum, said that internet services had still not returned by Tuesday afternoon.
“Those who are relying on internet from their phone data have not been able to access it since the shutdown during the early hours of October 25,” said Morgan.
She added that the Sudanese people consider the blocking of their ability to express themselves freely a serious infringement on their rights.
The day after the coup, army General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan blamed online media for “instigating sedition” but also promised that “the internet services will gradually return”.
“The ruling by Khartoum district court ordered internet services to be resumed immediately,” lawyer Abdelazim Hassan told the AFP news agency.
The case had been brought by a group of lawyers and the Sudanese consumer protection society.
The head of Mexico’s Financial Intelligence Unit (UIF), the agency in charge of cracking down on money-laundering operations, has resigned following a scandal related to his wedding in Guatemala.
Santiago Nieto, long seen as a trusted ally of President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador in his campaign to root out corruption, stepped down from the position on Monday.
That came after Guatemalan authorities seized $35,000 in cash from a private jet carrying influential guests to Nieto’s wedding to Carla Humphrey, a counsellor with Mexico’s National Electoral Institute (INE), in the city of Antigua.
Wedding guest Juan Francisco Ealy Ortiz, the president of the prominent Mexican newspaper El Universal, had been carrying the cash. A column in the newspaper on Monday said the money was for medical treatment and had been properly declared to Mexican officials.
Since taking office, Lopez Obrador has cultivated a persona of obsessive austerity, often flying commercial, trying to sell the presidential jet, and refusing to live in the palatial former presidential residence.
Poland has warned of a possible “armed” escalation on its border with Belarus, fearing its neighbour may try to provoke an incident with hundreds of migrants seeking to cross into the EU. Extra troops have been deployed after desperate crowds tried to cut a barbed-wire border fence. Poland, the European Union and Nato say Belarus is orchestrating the problem, a claim denied by its disputed leader.
Poland says it is shutting a major border crossing at Kuznica. As many as 4,000 people are now caught up in the migrant crisis on Poland’s eastern border, officials in Warsaw say. Overnight temperatures at the border have slumped below zero and several people have already died in recent weeks.
EU and Nato members Poland, Lithuania and Latvia have all seen a surge in the number of people trying to enter their countries illegally from Belarus in recent months. Many are young men but they include women and children, largely from the Middle East and Asia.
Activists say they are being used as pawns in a political game between non-EU Belarus, run by authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko, and its neighbours. EU officials complain of a continuing hybrid attack by Belarus.
US Vice President Kamala Harris kicks off a four-day visit to Paris on Tuesday, attending a conference on Libya and a peace forum. But the trip is also aimed at mending fences with France following the bitter diplomatic row over the US-Australia submarine deal which left the Franco-US friendship in tatters.
Harris will hold four days of meetings in Paris with French President Emmanuel Macron and other world leaders, delivering remarks at a peace forum and taking part in a multilateral conference on Libya.
The schedule includes a one-on-one sit-down with Macron on Wednesday where Harris will take up President Joe Biden’s recent overtures aimed at restoring ties strained by the AUKUS submarine deal
Veteran striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic said on Monday he felt great to be back from injury “at last” for Sweden’s upcoming 2022 World Cup qualifiers after being ruled out of Euro 2020.
The AC Milan forward retired from international football five years ago but announced a comeback ahead of the European Championship.
He only managed two appearances in World Cup qualifying in March before injury prevented him from playing at the Euro.
“It feels good to be back at last,” said the 40-year-old ahead of crucial games against Georgia on Thursday and Spain three days later.
“It was tough, but being honest, I just wasn’t 100 per cent.”
Ibrahimovic, who has scored 62 international goals in 118 matches, said he was ready to play whatever amount of time coach Janne Andersson asked him to.
“I shouldn’t push it after my injuries but everybody wants to play.
“I’m getting older but I understand my body better now. It’s older even if my mind is younger and I’m getting better looking.
“It all depends on what Janne wants, I’m here as a member of the squad.”
Sweden lead qualifying group B with 15 points, two ahead of Spain, with Greece third on nine points.
The group winners automatically reach next year’s World Cup in Qatar and Sweden’s final qualifier against Spain in Seville could be a winner-takes-all clash.
Midfielder Paul Pogba has been ruled out of France’s World Cup qualifiers against Kazakhstan and Finland after suffering a right thigh injury, the French federation (FFF) said on Monday.
The Manchester United player was seen leaving Monday’s training session with team doctor Franck Le Gall.
“Paul Pogba is forced to withdraw from France’s next two games at the Parc des Princes against Kazakhstan and against Finland in Helsinki,” the statement read.
He is being replaced in the squad by AS Roma’s Jordan Veretout.
France are top of their qualifying Group D with 12 points from six games and victory against Kazakhstan will secure them a place in next year’s World Cup finals.
Coach Didier Deschamps, however, warned against complacency as the world champions take on a side who have not won any of their seven group games.
“The important thing is to reach our goal, to qualify for the World Cup. All my energy and our concentration must be on that,” Deschamps told a news conference.
“We must not think that we are already qualified because it is only Kazakhstan. We’re going into the game with all our determination and strength to win.”
Italy must remain calm in their preparation for Friday’s crucial Fifa World Cup qualifier against Switzerland but they will be without injured pair Lorenzo Pellegrini and Nicolo Zaniolo for the match, Azzurri coach Roberto Mancini said on Monday.
The European champions are level with the Swiss on 14 points at the top of group C, but sit in first place on goal difference, ahead of their meeting at Rome’s Stadio Olimpico.
The winners will therefore be in pole position to secure an automatic qualification spot for Qatar 2022 with one game left, and the two sides could not be split during a 0-0 draw in Basle in September.
The losers will likely have to settle for a playoff spot, a frightening prospect for Italy after their embarrassing playoff defeat by Sweden during 2018 World Cup qualifying.
“We must be calm in our preparation for this important game,” Mancini told a news conference.
“Games against Switzerland are always difficult and it will be on Friday too. If we play like we did in the first game, we can get a great result, but I believe we can do even better than that. It will be an important match, so you can’t prepare for it with tension.”
Mancini revealed that Pellegrini and Zaniolo have been sent home from camp with physical problems, while midfielder Nicolo Barella will be monitored after picking up a knock.
The Italy squad is largely made up of the same players who triumphed at Euro 2020 in July, but Torino midfielder Tommaso Pobega earned his first call-up.
24 players will make the trip to South Africa for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Ethiopia, the Ghana FA has announced.
The Black Stars will play away to Ethiopia at the Orlando Stadium on Thursday in a must-win game in the World Cup qualifiers.
Ghana and South Africa are in a race for the top spot with both teams hoping to win their last two games to make the playoffs.
The Black Stars trained on Tuesday morning ahead of the trip to Johannesburg. Ghana is hoping to make a return to the World Cup after missing out in the 2018 edition in Russia. A win over Ethiopia and South Africa will guarantee Ghana a place in the play-offs.
Full Squad:
Goalkeepers: Joseph Wollacott (Swindon Town), Lawrence Ati-Zigi (St.Gallen), ManafNurudeen (Eupen), Richard Attah (Hearts of Oak)
Defenders: Andy Yiadom (Reading FC), Philemon Baffour (Dreams FC), Baba Abdul Rahman (Reading FC), MontariKamaheni (Ashdod), Daniel Amartey (Leicester City), Alexander Djiku (Strasbourg), Joseph Aidoo (Celta Vigo), Ismail Abdul Ganiyu (Asante Kotoko)
Midfielders: Baba Idrissu (Real Mallorca), Mubarak Wakaso (Shenzhen F.C), Edmund Addo (Sheriff Tiraspol), Mohammed Kudus (Ajax Amsterdam), Daniel Kofi Kyere (FC St. Pauli)
Wingers: Andre Ayew (Al Sadd), Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace), Abdul FatawuIssahaku (Dreams FC), Kamal DeenSulemana (Rennes), Samuel Owusu (Al Fayha)
Meanwhile, Jonathan Mensah (Injured), Thomas Partey (Injured), and Felix Afena Gyan (Unavailable) will not travel with the team to South Africa for the clash against Ethiopia.
With a big game against South Africa to climax the group stage, Ghana will be counting on their star men to step up when they face Ethiopia on the penultimate matchday on Thursday.
DANIEL AMARTEY
The Leicester City man is expected to lead Ghana’s backline from central defence, most likely with support from Strasbourg’s Alex Djiku, and Reading fullbacks Andy Yiadom and Baba Rahman.
THOMAS PARTEY
Thomas Partey
Uncertainty hangs over the availability of the Arsenal ace for the upcoming double-header, having sat out his club’s 1-0 Premier League win over Watford on Sunday due to a groin problem. Should he be passed fit for the Ghana games, he will undoubtedly be the main man in midfield.
MOHAMMED KUDUS
Mohammed Kudus
In what will most likely be a midfield trio with Arsenal’s Thomas Partey and Real Mallorca’s Iddrisu Baba, the Ajax sensation will look to show his creative ability and goal scoring prowess once again as he has done in the qualifiers so far.
KAMALDEEN SULEMANA
Kamaldeen Sulemana
The 19-year-old winger, perhaps, Ghana’s most dangerous player at the moment, and following his fine form at club level, will hope to fetch his first goal for the Black Stars against the Walias.
ANDRE AYEW
Andre Ayew
The former Swansea City man is enjoying a purple patch of form at club level, having registered seven goals in nine league matches for Qatari side Al Sadd so far this season. Just as he scored against Zimbabwe last month, the Black Stars captain will hope to spur his team on to victory on Thursday.
The Ashanti Regional Police has arrested one person for the planned robbery of a businessman in Buokrom Estate. Three other persons who sustained injuries during the operation have been pronounced dead.
In a statement signed by the Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Kwesi Ofori, Director-General, Public Affairs, the Regional Police Anti-robbery Taskforce personnel mounted a search and screening operation of all vehicles entering the estate, when it received intelligence on the planned attack on the business man.
As a result the police mounted a check on all vehicles entering the Estate.
ACP Ofori said that four suspects who were in a car that had been stopped attempted to fire at the police and the personnel also returned fire resulting in the injury and subsequent death of the three at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital.
The Director-General indicated that the police retrieved a pump-action gun, a revolver pistol, a locally manufactured pistol and a dagger.
There were two black hoods, two pairs of scissors and a quantity of dried leaves suspected to be cannabis also in the car, the Director-General said.
ACP Ofori commended the Ashanti Regional Police Commander and his team for their relentless effort in fighting robbery and other violent crimes in the region and the public for assisting them in intelligence gathering.
