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New Patriotic Party (NPP) Parliamentary aspirant, Patricia Abena Narko Nartey has pledged to overthrow incumbent Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram, Sam George in 2024 polls if given the nod. Currently the Parliamentary is comfortable occupied by Sam George but the NPP Parliamentary hopeful is confident of snatching the seat for NPP. Speaking to the media after meeting with some NPP faithfuls in the Ningo-Prampram constituency, Patricia Narko Nartey said she decided to run for the parliamentary primaries because she realized that the men who contested with Sam George in previous elections have failed. According to her, it is time for…

Following the viral reports carried out by the Ghanaian Newspaper Chronicles and some other media outlets that the largest opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has expelled their Women’s Organizer in the Ashanti Region, Kumawu constituency, the party has denied it. Previous InsightNewsgh.com reported that Madam Akua Afriyie was sacked for openly endorsing Alan Kojo Kyeremanten, a candidate for the party’s flagbearer position, who is a member of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP). She claimed that shortly after the video of her endorsing Alan during the Kumawu by-election went viral, she was fired the from NDC. She had made it…

The World Bank has declared its intention to suspend providing new loans to Uganda due to the country’s controversial anti-LGBTQ legislation. The Washington, DC-based lender said it would pause project financing pending a review of measures it introduced to protect sexual and gender minorities from discrimination and exclusion in its projects. “Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Act fundamentally contradicts the World Bank Group’s values,” the World Bank said in a statement. It emphasized that its vision “includes everyone irrespective of race, gender, or sexuality”. The Ugandan parliament recently enacted some of the most comprehensive anti-LGBTQ laws in the world. Even though same-sex acts…

InsightNewsgh.com looks at the stories making headlines of Ghanaian newspaper publications for Thursday, 10th August, 2023.

It took the prompt action of the Tuobodom police to stop what would have been a bloody brawl between the local MP’s supporters and the DCE’s supporters over who has the right to replace a broken traffic light. The Techiman North member of parliament, attorney Elizabeth Ofosu Adjare, was in the district’s administrative center when contractors arrived with equipment to replace the broken traffic lights at her request. She promised to fix it during her 2020 campaign in order to decrease traffic accidents at the intersection in question, according to the locals. To prevent the legislator from replacing the traffic…

Some of Cecilia Abena Dapaah’s accounts have been frozen by the Office of the Special Prosecutor. She was the former Minister for Water Resources and Sanitation. The accounts reportedly contain sizeable sums of money in both cedi and dollar denominations. According to court records, the OSP has submitted a motion to seize the funds uncovered during the home search. Although the OSP has the power to administratively freeze accounts connected to a person of interest, a judge’s permission is required to extend the action. In connection with this, two more people have been detained in relation to the former Minister’s…

Bryan Acheampong, the minister of agriculture, has taken action to clarify a divisive statement he made about the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) chances of becoming the next government several months ago. It will never happen that we, the NPP, will stand on a platform to hand power to the NDC, Acheampong said in April of this year while addressing supporters at a gathering in Mpraeso. He continued with a warning, declaring, “If the NDC dares to resort to threats, violence, and imprudence during the 2024 election, we will demonstrate our strength. We will show them that we are well-prepared.” The…

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) government under President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has been ordered to explain to Ghanaians why they deserve another term in office after the 2024 elections by Rev. Prof. Emmanuel Asante, a former chairman of the National Peace Council. He also questioned the necessity of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) regaining power. Power has alternated between the NPP and NDC every eight years since the Fourth Republic’s inception in 1992. Prior to the 2024 election, the NPP established a goal known as “breaking the 8” to end this curse by remaining in power. READ ALSO: NDC…

According to the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Dr. Ernest Addison, the governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), is partially to blame for the nation’s economic difficulties due to his poor management and careless financial decisions. The Minority Leader in Parliament, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, spoke on Asempa FM’s Ekosii Sen and made several references to the Bank of Ghana’s Annual Report, which showed how significant sums of money were wasted on what he called pointless administrative expenses. Dr. Ato Forson claims that the country has suffered greatly as a result of the Governor’s carelessness and incompetence in allegedly conspiring…

Rapper Tory Lanez of Canada received a 10-year sentence for killing Megan Thee Stallion, another musician. Following a party in 2020, Lanez and Grammy winner Megan Thee Stallion got into a fight, and Lanez shot Megan Thee Stallion in the feet. In December, he was found guilty of three charges involving firearms, and he has been imprisoned ever since. Megan Thee Stallion required surgery to have the bullet fragments out of her foot after the shooting, which polarized the music industry. After the verdict, the LA District Attorney claimed that her notoriety had contributed to raising awareness of the problem…