Author: Insight News

InsightNewsgh.com looks at the stories making headlines of the various newspaper publications for today, Tuesday, 31st October, 2023.

In 2023, Presbyterian Boys Senior High School (PRESEC), located in Legon, set a record by becoming the eighth winners of the National Science and Maths Quiz. PRESEC Legon achieved this feat by surprising Opoku Ware Senior High School and Achimota School, both located in Kumasi and Accra respectively, in the final round. In the fifth and final round, they surprised everyone by surpassing both Achimota School and Opoku Ware Senior High School. They scored 40 points, while Achimota School and Opoku Ware SHS scored 28 and 23, respectively. With 18 points at the end of the first round of the…

Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram, Sam Nartey George has sent a strong warning to President Nana Akufo-Addo and his NPP government for neglecting the cry of the residents his constituency over poor roads. Sam George speaking to the media, the NDC MP revealed that the President and his government have turned death ears to their request to fix the Afiehya-Dawhenya road for the past seven years. Sam George also disclosed that the Minister for Roads and Highways, Mr. Kwasi Amoako-Attah has literally given up because he can’t figure where the delay is coming from. The MP added that the company…

The Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia’s campaign team has called Kennedy Ohene Agyapong’s claim that he was offered $800 million to step down in favor of the vice president as absurd. Bawumia’s campaign team claim that since the beginning of the flagbearer race, they have never had a meeting with the Assin Central Member of Parliament. “The Vice President, Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia, has not met privately with Kennedy Agyapong since he entered into the race,” the Monday, October 30 response, which was signed by spokesperson Dr. Gideon Boako. “The Vice President has never instructed anybody to meet with Kennedy Agyapong,…

A viral video of Ghanaian veteran actor Kofi Adu, popularly known as Agya Koo campaigning vigorously for Member of Parliament for Assin Central Kennedy Ohene Agyapong running for the NPP flagbearership has sparked reactions. On Saturday, November 4, the NPP will cast ballots to choose a new flagbearer. In view of this, Agya Koo who has not hidden his support for the unconventional politician took to the busiest Adum market in Kumasi, a suburb in the Ashanti Region to campaign for Ken Agyapong ahead of the presidential primaries. The actor together with some few supporters of Kennedy Agyapong, were seen…

The former Member of Parliament for the Okaikwei North constituency, Fuseini Issah, has debunked allegations by NPP presidential aspirant, Kennedy Agyapong that he was offered $800million to drop out of the race. Earlier on, InsightNewsgh.com reported that Hon. Kennedy Ohene Agyapong claimed he was given a huge amount of $800million to resign from the November 4 presidential elections. Kennedy Agyapong was speaking in an interview on Kumasi-bsaed Time FM, when he refused that claims of requesting for $500milion to step down from the NPP presidential race. According to him, he was rather offered $800million from one of the camp of…

The New Patriotic Party (NPP), led by General Secretary Justin Frimpong Kodua, has stated that the organization has moved past the past transgressions of Dome Kwabenya MP Sarah Adwoa Safo. He declared that the former Minister of Gender and Children Affairs has been pardoned by the party. Speaking on TV3, which is based in Accra, Mr. Frimpong Kodua stated that the party is now happy with Adwoa Safo. “Yes, issues happened in the past and she came back to apologise to the party and now I can tell you that she is doing her work as Member of Parliament for…

The Office of the Special Prosecutor has cleared Charles Adu Boahen, a former state minister in the finance ministry, of all corruption-related charges (OSP). “Adu Boahen’s actions are closely linked to corruption as they involve influence peddling or trading in influence, but there is no legal prohibition on them that the OSP is mandated to address further,” the OSP stated in a report. On that reckoning, the Special Prosecutor directs the closure, at this time, of the investigation in respect of allegations of corruption and corruption-related offences involving Charles Adu Boahen contained in the investigative documentary titled Galamsey Economy published…

Social media users were taken aback by 10-year-old Aaron Adepa, MzBel’s son, after learning about his views on religion, God, and Christianity. Aaron, who goes by Okomfo Black these days, claims he doesn’t believe in God. The 10-year-old stated he doesn’t think God created him in addition in a podcast interview. When the host asked, “Who created you?” he answered, “My mother, she gave birth to me”. “I believe through science, human beings were born not created and if human beings were created in the first place, I never got to see God as my father or mother. The only…

Significant fumigation and disinfection efforts have been initiated by the Volta River Authority (VRA) in the communities affected by the Akosombo Dam’s controlled spill. There has been a noticeable drop in floodwater levels as a result of the spill rate reduction. Since Mepe has the highest concentration of affected residents, the disinfection initiative started there. Mepe is located in the North Tongu District of the Volta Region. The VRA’s Emergency Preparedness Coordinator, Ing. Kwame Osei Mensah Darkwa, emphasized the organization’s dedication to reestablishing the community’s safety and habitability after the floods. “The VRA has engaged Zoomlion to conduct fumigation and…