Author: Insight News

The average end-user will be impacted by a 4.22 percent increase in electricity rates that was implemented by the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) for all non-lifeline residential customers. The main goal of the tariff adjustment, according to the PURC, is to guarantee that the true cost of providing utility services is maintained. This choice was made following a review that the PURC conducted for the third quarter of 2023. The main goal of the tariff adjustment, according to the PURC, is to guarantee that the true cost of providing utility services is maintained. “The PURC is continually grateful to…

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has come under fire from Ernest Owusu Bempah, the NPP’s deputy director of communications, for its numerous problems. He claimed that the controversy surrounding the central bank’s planned $250 million new headquarters is harming public opinion of the government. On August 21, when addressing media in Accra, Mr. Owusu-Bempah said “The whole brouhaha with the Bank of Ghana is becoming a problem for the government and party in power and so if they have anything to explain, they should.” “NPP as a political party we don’t condone wrongdoing, we don’t condone anything to do with…

The popular Ghanaian musician Mzbel has expressed her regret for the loss of the man she calls “daddy,” former President John Dramani Mahama. Mzbel admitted that she no longer has the former president’s phone number in an interview she recently gave to 3FM, despite the fact that she still wishes they could talk like they used to. The singer of “16 Years” acknowledged that she misses John Mahama but hasn’t tried to get in touch with him because she thinks he would give her his number if he wanted her to have it and she doesn’t want to look for…

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer hopeful, Kennedy Agyapong has outlined some measures he has in place to combat corruption if he is elected as the president of Ghana. One of the cankers drawing the development of Ghana backwards is corruption. The ordinary citizen view all politicians as corrupt since they easily amass wealth and properties within few years after appointments. Appearing on ‘Mpu Ne Mpu’ morning show on UTV, Kennedy Agyapong reacting to a question how to tackle the issue of corruption if he becomes the president of the country. In his submission, the NPP flagbearer aspirant said he…

According to Pius Enam Hadzide, CEO of the National Youth Authority (NYA), the New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration should be commended for its new taxation of gambling. He claimed that gambling is ruining Ghanaian society and interfering with children’s education. All parents, he said, should be concerned about the prevalence of gambling because it is affecting Ghanaian society’s values. Pius Hadzide claims that instead of working hard to earn money, Ghanaians have suddenly developed a taste for quick cash. The former deputy minister of information defended the government’s 10% gambling tax during an interview with Citi TV on August 21.…

Francis Asenso-Boakye, the minister of works and housing, has urged New Patriotic Party (NPP) members to support Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia. The Vice President’s selection to lead the party into the general elections of 2024, according to him, will demonstrate that the NPP is a party that appeals to all voters. The Bantama MP thinks that choosing Dr. Bawumia as the NPP’s flagbearer contradicts the idea that the party represents the Akan people. He implied that now is the time for the party to give members of other tribes the chance to lead in order to motivate party members who are…

Senior clergy members who make up the National Cathedral’s Board of Trustees, according to Reverend Christian Kwabena Andrew, founder of Life Assembly Worship Center and a.k.a. Osofo Kyiri Abosom, are corrupt. He regarded as corrupt and fake the men of God who are still working on the National Cathedral project in spite of all the controversy. “Those pastors on that board who have not resigned, I don’t think they are pastors from God or Bible preaching pastors. They are not true men of God, if they were they would see the beginning and end of this project. “Those who resigned…

The Member of Parliament for Asutifi South, Alhaji Collins Dauda, has said the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) under President Nana Akufo-Addo administration is gradually losing their popularity in the Ahafo Region. According to Collins Dauda, the NPP become unpopular in the Ahafo Region due to the development former president John Dramani Mahama has done in the region. The former Minister of Local Government and Rural Development added that the National Democratic Congress flagbearer established four new Nursing Training colleges for the youth to be enrolled into the schools during his tenure. Collins Dauda said over 3000 students have been…

Diamond Appiah, an actress, musician, and businesswoman from Ghana, is currently being held by police after attending court. Shortly after being exonerated by the Circuit Court in Accra in a case involving an alleged fraudulent land deal, the businesswoman was detained once more. The charges against her were dropped by the attorney’s office, which was represented by chief state attorney Evelyn Keelson. But as soon as she stepped outside the courthouse, the police detained her once more. Diamond Appiah was detained on January 17 of this year for allegedly taking part in a fraudulent land deal in which she received…

A 19-year-old car washer who committed robbery was given a 17-year sentence. He was given a prison sentence by the Mrs. Afia Owusuaa Appiah-presiding Accra Circuit Court for stabbing a woman he robbed, leaving her in critical condition in the hospital. On his first day in court, Christopher Amolee, the defendant, entered a plea of guilty simpliciter to the charge of robbery contrary to Section 149 of the Act 29/60. Following his own plea, he was found guilty. According to reports, Amolee carried out the crime on August 9, 2023, in Sakumono, Greater Accra Region, and stole GH976 from his…