Author: Insight News

InsightNewsgh.com looks at the stories making headlines of Ghanaian newspaper publications for Friday, 2nd June, 2023.

In the upcoming by-election scheduled for June 27, 2023, Mr. Jame Gyakye Quayson has declared his intention to run. The Electoral Commission (EC) has been informed in writing of the vacancy in the Assin North Constituency by the Clerk to Parliament, Cyril Kwabena Oteng Nsiah. The date of the by-election for Assin North was announced by the Electoral Commissioner, Jean Adukwei Mensah, in a release dated May 31, 2023. She stated that from Monday, June 12, 2023, to Wednesday, June 14, 2023, between the hours of 9:00am to 2:00pm to 5:00pm on each day, nominations will be accepted at the…

An old video shows H.E. the Vice President of the Republic of Ghana, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia purchasing waakye from a vendor during one of his visits around the time he started the campaign for mobile money interoperability. Dr. Bawumia and other government officials were seen in the video that has since surfaced online stopping at a Waakye joint to buy and try the MMI. Dr. Bawumia requested payment after purchasing the Waakye. To his surprise, The Waakye, which came in a disposable pack with wele, talia, and an egg, cost him GHc60. When the price was mentioned to him, he…

The munch anticipated official music video of the ‘Holiness’ chant song by Gospel musician Sebastian Aidoo featuring the Evangel Mass Choir and Sherif Ibrahim is finally out. The song led by Sebastian Aidoo in collaboration with the Evangel music ministry was released a few months ago. Already the “HOLINESS” song is making waves in the gospel music industry with the unique blend of gospel chant and poetry music. With his debut single “HOLINESS,” Mr. Sebastian is ready to take the world by storm. The song is already garnering views and comments from music lovers who have watched the video. This…

Shatta Wale, the king of the dancehall, has recently made some shocking claims about other musicians and the Kotoka International Airport. He claims that some Ghanaian artists use the Kotoka International Airport to smuggle hard drugs into and out of the country. The singer of “Ayoo” was responding to remarks made about Hajia4real’s arrest in the US on social media, where his name was listed as one of her aides. Shatta vehemently denied any affiliation with fraudulent activities in an emotional video that has gone viral on Twitter and expressed his disbelief that such accusations were being made against him.…

Rasta in vogue In response to rumors that their children had died, the TikTok couple known as Empress Lupita and Godpapa have been remanded in police custody. The Tema Community Police recently detained the couple, Daniel Chayah alias Godpapa The Greatest and his wife Jocelyn Chayah alias Empress Lupita. Empress Lupita, who confirmed that her husband had sacrificed their son to save the world in an interview, ordered the arrest. Social media users expressed their alarm over the revelation and called for the couple to be detained while also explaining how they had sacrificed their son, El Shaa. According to…

For an incredible seventh time, Sevilla defeated Roma on penalties to win the Europa League. The Spanish team overcame a 1-0 deficit to force penalties, where they successfully converted to win the match and the competition. The final kick was made by Gonzalo Montiel, who also helped Argentina win the World Cup with a penalty kick. Drama ensued though, as he missed his first penalty kick and it had to be retaken after Roma goalkeeper Rui Patricio was discovered to have encroached. Montiel converted on his second penalty attempt to break Jose Mourinho’s perfect record in UEFA competition finals. Sevilla…

James Gyakye Quayson, the troubled Member of Parliament for Assin North, could be imprisoned for 10-years if found guilty of all charges against him. The ousted National Democratic Congress (NDC) MP lost his seat following a unanimous ruling by the Supreme Court. The NDC MP’s name has been expunge from the records of Parliament, according to the supreme court. This comes after the Supreme Court’s ruling upholding a request to exercise its original jurisdiction over the constitutionality of James Gyakye Quayson’s election. The decision of the Supreme Court’s seven-member panel prohibits Mr. Quayson from identifying himself as a member of…

Market queens from Kumasi in the Ashanti Region have collected the nomination papers for Alan Kojo Kyeremanten to run as the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) flagbearer candidate. On November 4, the team, renowned for its grassroots mobilization initiatives, paid the Ghc50,000 entry fee necessary for Mr. Kyerematen to take part in the upcoming presidential primary elections. The nomination fee for Mr. Kyerematen was paid, according to the head of the Kumasi Tomato Sellers Union, Comfort Serwaa, to demonstrate their confidence in his qualifications to serve as president of this country. “We decided that we won’t allow Mr Kyerematen to pick…

The government headed by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will use the government apparatus to ensure they win the Assin North seat in upcoming by-elections, according to George Krobea Asante, the NPP’s deputy director of communications. Following the Supreme Court’s annulment of the 2020 parliamentary election results in that constituency, he predicted that the NPP would win the by-election in Assin North. “NPP will use a different strategy to win the Assin North bye-elections, this strategy will be different from the Kumawu bye-elections. We are going to move the entire government machinery to Assin North constituency to win the elections,”…