Author: Insight News

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has filed a new application for an injunction, which could delay the party’s parliamentary and presidential primaries once more. The plaintiff, card-carrying NDC member Edgar Asamoah Boateng of Abuakwa North, claims that the party has failed to meet the requirements set forth in its constitution for the 2024 general election. He adds that the NDC has been issuing contradictory instructions regarding the issuance of a register, among other things, and that this is adding to the uncertainty surrounding the credibility of the upcoming elections. According to Mr. Boateng, the party’s reluctance to provide a…

Reigning Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMAs) ‘Songwriter of the Year,’ Perez Musik has shared some powerful testimonies received so far from his hit song ‘Hewale Lala.’ The celebrated Ghanaian Gospel musician was the guest artist on Best Entertainment Show hosted by Halifax Ansah-Addo on Okay FM. Perez Musik revealed the inspiration behind the popular ‘Hewale Lala’ song which is making waves in the music industry since it release. Narrating the story behind the song, he disclosed that during his most difficult times as a child of God, he got disappointed and decided not to communicate with God again because of…

The annual Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMAs), which are put on by Charterhouse and promote musicians from Accra, worry Ghanaian Afropop singer-songwriter Wiyaala. Wiyaala revealed during her appearance as a guest on The North Podcast with Prince Hamdan Banang that the VGMAs have criteria for selecting nominees that she feels disqualify her, which has caused her to stop submitting nominations. According to her, Wiyaala, one of the important requirements for nomination is significant radio airplay in Accra, a requirement that is impossible for her given her language preference. The singer, who sings in her native Sissala dialect, expressed her displeasure…

Dr. Kwabena Duffuor, a candidate for flagbearer, will perish, according to Allotey Jacobs, the former Central Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). He declared that the former finance minister had left the party. According to Allotey Jacobs, Dr. Duffuor has effectively given those in the NDC leadership who he refers to as “dark horses” the upper hand. “The dark horses in the NDC are at play…I would say this is the third trap. This trap is for Dr. Kwabena Duffour.” Allotey claims Dr. Duffour is “finished in the NDC…Kwabena Duffour is finished so far as the NDC is…

A post on social media that has been attributed to her is fake, according to Joyce Bawa Mogtari, a special aide to former president John Mahama. According to Joyce Bawa Mogtari, the post originated from a duplicate account made in her name. According to the aforementioned post, Joyce Bawa criticized Ashantis “for their unnecessary egos.” On Saturday, May 13, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) will hold its presidential and parliamentary primaries. This is allegedly related to Dr. Kwabena Duffuor’s lawsuit challenging those elections. However, the former deputy transport minister denied the post in a Facebook post on Wednesday and asked…

Dr. Kwabena Duffour’s request for an injunction prohibiting the National Democratic Congress (NDC)’s presidential and parliamentary primaries was rejected by an Accra High Court today, Friday, May 12. It came after his attorneys requested that the case be dropped. When the case was called for hearing in court earlier in the day, the request was made. The legal counsel for the NDC and the Electoral Commission (EC) did not object. The Dr. Duffuor campaign team claimed it had not been given a complete list of those eligible to vote in the May 13 presidential and parliamentary elections. He requested that…

Mrs. Joyce Bawa Mogtari, a campaign spokesperson for former President John Dramani Mahama has debunked viral reports that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearer aspirant has been involved in an accident with his convoy. According to the official statement from the team, the former president hasn’t had any accident neither have they postponed his campaign. The campaign spokesperson stated categorically that the accident that occurred involved the Regional team who went ahead of the Mahama to Yapei constituency. Watch the video below for more; https://twitter.com/utvghana/status/1656932641403281410?s=20 Earlier on, news went viral that Mahama’s campaign tour of the Savannah region, the former…

Despite the category’s cancellation that year, Stonebwoy feels he won the 2019 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards for Artiste of the Year. On stage during the awards show that year, Stonebwoy and Shatta Wale got into a fight. The incident caused a one-hour delay in the award ceremony. The organizers decided not to reveal the winner for the Artiste of the Year category that evening in order to control the chaos caused by the rivalry between the two acts. The president of BHIM Nation, who was up for Artiste of the Year at the 2023 VGMAs, spoke about the tragic incident…

Abeiku Santana, a prominent media figure, has heaped criticism on Christian Boakye Yiadom, a businessman, founder, and CEO of CEQA Foods and Beverages Ghana Limited, which runs Pizzaman-Chickenman, for seeing to it that justice was served in the case of two employees who stole 20 boxes of chicken wings and some vegetable cooking oil. Seidu Karim and Rashid Abdullah, two employees of Pizzaman-Chickenman, were recently given a 5-year sentence with hard labor by the Kwadaso Circuit Court for stealing 20 boxes of chicken wings and two gallons of cooking oil from their employer over time. He was reprimanded by Abeiku…

At Faanaa-Bortianor in the Greater Accra Region, a boat carrying school children reportedly capsized, killing nine (9) of them. On Wednesday in the late afternoon, the school children are reported to have drowned on their way home from school. Nine pupils were killed in the incident, which involved a total of twelve people, including the boat owner. According to a report by Accra-based Joy FM, the boat owner is currently being held by police and helping with inquiries. The deceased have been transported to the Accra mortuary of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in the interim. The parents of the…