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InsightNewsgh.com looks at the stories making headlines of the various newspaper publications for today, Thursday, 24th August, 2023.

General Secretary of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), Nana Yaa Jantuah has added her two cents to the upcoming New Patriotic Party (NPP) special delegates conference to choose five candidates out of ten to contest the November 4, 2023 presidential primary. During a panel discussion on Adekye Nsroma on UTV, Nana Yaa Jantuah opined that there shouldn’t be a contest within the NPP because their history clearly shows that the Former Trade Minister, Mr. Alan Kwadwo Kyeremanten is the next in line to lead them in 2024 elections. According to her, the Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia isn’t a long-serving…

A Ghanaian driver was shot by gunmen who are believed to be terrorists while attempting to transport food from Niger despite the security situation in that area of the West African sub-region. The gunmen also set fire to several trucks. One of a group of divers who decided to travel through Burkina Faso to transport food to Ghana was the injured diver, who is reportedly receiving treatment at a medical facility in Niger. Due to the military coup that caused the Niger borders to close and its subsequent disagreement with the regional bloc ECOWAS, they had been stuck. The drivers…

A communications team member of the largest opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Bernard Anim Piesie said opined that the Member of Parlament for Assin Central, Hon. Kennedy Ohene Agyapong is the best candidate for lead the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in 2024 polls. Bernard Anim Piesie endorsed the MP for Assin Central, a NPP flagbearer hopeful during a panel discussion on Adekye Nsroma on UTV morning show. According to him, Kennedy Agyapong would be the right presidential candidate to contest in 2024 if only the NPP delegates would judge the presidential aspirants by their campaign messages. He further went on…

Fire has damaged some of the studio where Nana Ama McBrown’s Onua Showtime on Onua TV was broadcast. Although the cause of the fire incident is still unknown, firefighters from the Headquarters Substation responded quickly and were able to contain it. The GNFS said in a statement on its Facebook page that their team was successful in keeping the fire from spreading to other areas of TV3’s property. According to a statement released by the Ghana National Service; Management of TV3 Ghana Limited praised firefighters for the prompt response in attending to a fire involving a studio used for ONUA…

Former General Secretary of the Christian Council of Ghana, Reverend Kwabena Opuni-Frimpong, has blasted the politicians for taking advantage of the nation. He claimed that Ghana is now at the mercy of corrupt politicians who act without consequence. READ ALSO: A Victory For Bawumia Will Prove That NPP Appeals To All – Asenso-Boakye He claimed that Yaw Osafo-Marfo, Senior Presidential Adviser to President Akufo-Addo’s appeal for Christians to spearhead the fight against corruption is nothing more than a “political sound bite.” Rev. Opuni-Frimpong said on Morning Starr with Naa Dedei Tettey on August 23, 2023, that politicians are more likely…

James Gyakye Quayson, the member of parliament for the Assin North Constituency, has adamantly declared that he is not afraid of prison. He claimed that the president Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s administration interfered with his daily trial. The president of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo urged residents of Assin North to vote against Gyakye Quayson ahead of the by-election in Assin North on Tuesday, June 27, 2023. He claimed that Quayson would probably be charged with perjury and that it would be pointless to vote for him. Residents, according to Nana Addo, shouldn’t back or vote for people who are embroiled…

In the capital of the Northern Regional, Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia oversaw the commissioning of the Tamale International Airport Phase II Project. The project, facilitated by the UK-Ghana Business Council (UKGBC) and co-chaired by Dr. Bawumia, is a component of Ghana’s infrastructure development plan for the aviation sector, which aims to grow the sector and establish Ghana as a hub for aviation in West Africa. Dr. Bawumia, who formally launched the project on August 15, 2019, expressed his happiness at the Tamale International Airport Phase II’s four-year completion. In addition to strengthening Tamale’s position as a Sub-Saharan Hub Airport and…

The fares that people who use commercial vehicle services pay will likely increase by at least 20% in the near future. If the government does not remove some taxes related to the increase in petroleum prices, the Coalition of Transport Union and Association has threatened to raise transportation costs by 20%. To relieve the unnecessary pressure on drivers and other consumers, the transport operators argue that the government should abolish the sanitation and pollution levy as well as the energy sector levy. The Concerned Drivers Association has given the government a two-week deadline to take the necessary action, according to…

InsightNewsgh.com looks at the stories making headlines of the various newspaper publications for today, Wednesday, 23rd August, 2023.