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In order to discuss the crisis in Niger, the military chiefs of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) are scheduled to meet in Accra, Ghana’s capital, on Thursday and Friday. The deployment of a standby force to Niger has been ordered by the Authority of Heads of State and Governments of ECOWAS as part of decisions made at its meeting on August 10, 2023, in Abuja, Nigeria. The military juntas in Burkina Faso and Mali have stated that they will consider any attempt to forcibly reinstate President Mohamed Bazoum in neighboring Niger as an act of war. Security…

Justice won’t be done, according to the late investigative journalist Ahmed Hussein-Suale’sfamily,if Ken Agyapong, the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) nominee for president of Ghana, wins the election. The independent politician had earlier characterized Ahmed Suale as a bad person. He claimed Suale’s own actions led to his demise. Ken Agyapong said Suale was a bad man in a TV3 interview, adding that his support for the late journalist will not change because he wants to be President. He said that his [Ahmed Suale] own actions—not mine—were what led to his death. Kennedy Agyapong, according to the family in a statement,…

InsightNewsgh.com looks at the stories making headlines of Ghanaian newspaper publications for Thursday, 17th August, 2023.

Investigative journalist Ahmed Suale, according to Assin Central MP Kennedy Agyapong, is a bad man. He claimed Sual’s own actions led to his demise. In an interview with Roland Walker on TV3’s New Day on August 16, 2023, flagbearer candidate for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Ken Agyapong said: “He was a bad man. I won’t change my stance on him because I want to be President. His own deeds caused his death not me.” He made the statement in response to a question about whether or not Ahmed Suale’s exposure on television led to his passing. https://twitter.com/tv3_ghana/status/1691761174763786627?s=20 Further defending…

Police officers in charge of a demolition exercise in Nima, Accra, detained a frightful Juju man wearing a charm who had been invited by some irate locals to stop the workers. An online video of the dramatic incident shows the angry-looking Juju man storming the demolition site while some locals cheer him up and ask him to demonstrate his powers to the officials. However, as soon as the Juju man arrived at the location, police officers met him and ordered him to leave. The video showed one of the officers—possibly the team leader—telling the others to take him away. The…

Ghanaians’ opinions on sports betting have recently frequently been divided, with some highlighting its negative effects on the youth. Ghanaian youth who partake in sports betting were vocal in their criticism of the new tax on social media. The New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer hopeful, Kennedy Agyapong shared his two cents on the controversial 10% tax imposed all betting and lottery wins which commences this August. Sharing his opinion, the Member of Parliament for Assin Central said he supports the 10% tax government has instituted on all bet and lottery wins. According to him, the 10% tax should have been…

The potential return of England International Mason Greenwood is still subject to final approval, according to a statement from Manchester United. Since January 2022, Mason Greenwood has been barred from the club after social media users posted images and videos purporting to show him abusing his partner at home. Although he was detained and the Crown Prosecution Service developed a case against him, this case was ultimately dropped as a result of important witnesses declining to testify. After that, the club conducted an investigation into the circumstance, and United has stated that they are in the “final stages” of making…

Leading NPP official Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko has claimed that the contentious PDS and Agyapa deals were not done with bad intentions. He asserted that the deals were not corrupt, in contrast to the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) and some civil society organizations (CSOs). Gabby criticized CSOs in a tweet from August 15, 2023, who had taken the deal to a regional court in Abuja, which had rejected it, but who had since kept quiet about the decision. He insisted that the deal would ultimately be in Ghana’s best interests, but it was abandoned for political reasons. I wonder why…

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has given notice that it will protest the New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration’s ten percent tax on winning bets. The party’s youth wing claims that it is an oppressive taxation measure that unfairly affects the nation’s youth and the larger gambling industry. George Opare Addo, the NDC’s national youth organizer, expressed the party’s displeasure with the tax in a press release, saying, “The introduction of the 10% betting tax, part of the government’s efforts to raise revenue, has been met with criticism and concern.” “Our determination to protect the funds Young People secure through…

John Dumelo announced with sadness that his mother had been called to glory to his fans and followers. The sad news of his mother Antionette Dumelo’s passing was confirmed by the Ghanaian actor on social media. The actor claims that his cherished mother passed away yesterday, August 15, 2023. In a Facebook post, John Dumelo said “My heart is broken. My dear mother passed away peacefully yesterday….my number one supporter. Heaven has gained an angel”. The actor shared the sad news with fond photos of his mother. The mother of John Dumelo was a former customs official. Her death’s cause…