Author: Insight News

InsightNewsgh.com looks at the stories making headlines of Ghanaian newspaper publications for Friday, 16th June, 2023.

Efya, a musician from Ghana, has emphasized her status as a child of God despite her career and way of life as a secular artist. Efya took advantage of the opportunity to dispel the myth that secular musicians are not interested in sharing the gospel through their music during an interview with Berla Mundi on TV3’s The Day Show. Efya described a situation in which she experienced harsh criticism for working with a gospel musician. She expressed her frustration and said “I did a song with the gospel artist, and they came at me and her, asking why she would…

The discovery of Christian Kwame Amuzu’s dead body, a former assemblyman for the Nogokpo-Ativuta electoral area, has shocked the people of Yelibato, a community close to Nogokpo in the Ketu South Municipality of the Volta Region. Early on June 14, 2023, the 60-year-old’sbodywas discovered hanging from a rope in his living room. The late Assemblyman’s wife, Madam Baby Amuzu, told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) that her husband had not previously voiced any complaints. She claimed that while it had been the deceased’s custom to drive their children to school every morning, on the fateful day he had asked her…

The 2019 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMA) organizers, Charterhouse Production Ltd, have refuted Amakye Dede’s recent allegations that he was forced into naming Kuami Eugene as the country’s next king of highlife. Robert Klah, the head of public events and communication at Charterhouse, claimed on the Asaase Breakfast Show on June 15 that they had no involvement in planning the crowning session in response to Amakye Dede’s revelation. “We did not orchestrate any crowning session. So I am a bit lost when it comes to the assertion that event organisers are responsible,” He emphasized that although they give artists and…

The Majority Chief Whip, Frank Annoh-Dompreh, has urged the other New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer candidates to back Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia. He claimed that the Vice President is unbeatable and that we should therefore support him. According to him, since politics is defined by times and seasons, now is the right time for Dr. Bawumia to serve as the NPP’s flagbearer and then as president. The Nsawam Adaogyiri lawmaker claimed that 119 of the Majority Members of Parliament support Dr. Bawumia for the position of flagbearer in an interview with TV3’s Komla Kluste. “As at the last count we were…

Security agencies recently detained 25-year-old contract worker Emmamunel Sakyi Afriyie of one of Ghana’s largest banks for allegedly stealing about GHc1.2 million from customers’ bank accounts. He stole money from several accounts, including those of a late judge and a former inspector general of police. Some of the stolen money is alleged to have been transferred to Afriyie’s personal account in a different bank, as well as to the accounts of his 17 accomplices in various banks and their mobile money accounts. He is also accused of going on a spending binge with his loot, using some of the money…

Due to the subsequent parliamentary by-election in the constituency, the Assin North Constituency is currently the focus of attention in Ghanaian politics. Bigwigs from the two largest political parties, the National Democratic Congress (NDC), which is the main opposition force, and the New Patriotic Party (NPP), which is in power, have visited Assin North to canvass for votes. According to reports, the NDC candidate, James Gyakye Quayson, was removed from parliament after the Supreme Court of Ghana ruled that he was ineligible to run in the 2020 election, and the two parties are doing everything in their power to win…

Prices for COPEC and diesel are anticipated to increase starting on Friday, June 16, 2023. However, it’s anticipated that the cost of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) won’t change. Since the beginning of June 2023, when the price of gasoline and diesel increased, this will be the first time in a row. The expected increase in gasoline and diesel prices, according to the Chamber for Petroleum Consumers (COPEC), is largely the result of the cedi’s 4.16% depreciation against the dollar over the past two weeks. “Crude price has seen a decline from the mean price of $76.04 per barrel to $75.46…

The Ghana Statistical Services estimates that inflation will be 42.2% in May 2023, up from the 41.2% seen in April as a result of a slight increase in the cost of food commodities. Professor Samuel Kobina Annim, the government statistician, attributed the increase in inflation to increases in the cost of food, with food inflation rising to 51.8% from the 48.7% noted in April. However, non-food inflation saw a slight decline from 35.4% in April to 34.6% in May. The monthly inflation rate between April 2023 and May 2023 was 4.8%, up from the monthly inflation rate of 2.4% between…

A Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) immigration officer stationed at the Kasoa Command used his instincts to prevent what might have resulted in the attempted kidnapping of a young female student. The officer, Assistant Immigration Control Officer (AICO II) Emmanuel Ofosu Acheampong, claimed that he saw a scene while traveling by public transportation (Trotro) from Nsawam to Dome along the Nsawam-Amasaman highway. Three times he made an attempt to get inside the Camry with the registration number GR 3668-16 after seeing a young schoolgirl standing by it. She finally did, and the vehicle accelerated. When he developed suspicions, he ordered the…