Author: Insight News

InsightNewsgh.com looks at the stories making headlines of the various newspaper publications for today, Friday, 20th October, 2023.

The New Patriotic Party (NPP), according to Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, is not a tribalistic party. He claimed that if he wins the flagbearership contest on November 4 with a resounding victory, the idea that the party is an Akan party will be completely disproved. The Vice President further revealed that he is the best choice to lead the party to victory in the general elections of 2024. “I am the third person from the North to contest the presidential primary of the party and the support is across the sixteen regions with everyone supporting Dr Bawumia, because I…

Seth Terkper, a former Finance Minister has testified before an Accra Economic and Financial Court that he gave his then-deputy, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, full permission to write to the Bank of Ghana and request that Letters of Credit (LCs) be established in favor of Big Sea General Trading Ltd of Dubai for the supply of ambulances. The authorization for Dr. Forson to request the establishment of the Letters of Credit was given at a special management meeting he presided over at the Finance Ministry after receiving a legal opinion from the Attorney General and the Ministry’s Lega. Mr. Seth…

A former signee of Lynx Entertainment and Ghanaian musician, Kuami Eugene has called for a cooperate support in the Ghana music industry to help push the industry to a higher level. It is not a secret anymore that Nigerian music is dominating over our very music in Ghana and this has become a big worry to many Ghanaian musicians and industry players. Speaking in a recent interview on Hitz FM, monitored by InsightNewsgh.com, Kuami Eugene revealed why Nigeria music is thriving across the world while Ghana music is struggling to dominate in Nigeria. The Rockstar disclosed that while on a…

KT Hammond, the minister of trade and industry, is happy that the Accra High Court dismissed the contempt complaint James Gyakye Quayson’s legal team had brought against him. The Adansi Asokwa MP hailed the decision as a victory for free speech and admonished the Assin North MP’s legal team to review Ghanaian law before bringing forth another contempt case against anyone. “The judge was very articulate to the point, very legal in her analysis, and very clear, and in the end, freedom of speech has been vindicated. I want the lawyers of Gyakye Quayson to understand that you don’t take…

No matter how urgent the situation, Prophet Nigel Gaisie has stated that he will never prophesy about some musicians in Ghana. The founder of True Word Prophetic Fire Ministries (Grace Chapel) listed the aforementioned musicians, including Shatta Wale, Okyeame Kwame, and Fameye. The man of God claims that his decision to withhold what God has revealed to him is a result of the abuse he encounters when he prophesies about people. The prophet alleged that whenever he makes a prophecy about someone public, Shatta Wale, in particular, enjoys criticizing him. Prophet Nigel Gaisie mentioned that before Shatta Wale became well-known…

Mahmud Kabore, a national communication team member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has criticized President Nana Akufo-Addo over his recent remarks regarding the affected people of Volta Region following the Akosombo dam spillage. According to Mahmud Kabore, the president had only one business and that is delivering on his mandate because he was elected as the president of Ghana to serve the interest of Ghanaians. He said President Nana Akufo-Addo’s ‘You Don’t Vote For Me’ comment was totally unnecessary. The NDC communications team member claimed that the president’s comment is a clear breach of the presidential oath. “The constitution…

The lone survivor of the infamous Deadly Voyage stowaway tale in 1992, Kinsley Ofosu, has been detained on suspicion of taking part in a €120,000 scam. In 1992, Kinsley Ofosu made headlines around the world for surviving a stowaway trip miraculously. After nearly 25 years of tenacious pursuit, Ofosu is said to have been apprehended from a hideout in Prampram, Greater Accra, according to the police. Ofosu was detained on October 14th, and he was then brought before Takoradi Circuit Court B for arraignment. Inspector Robert Yawson, who was prosecuting, informed the Henrietta Charway-presiding court that the suspect had been…

Mr. Alfred Thompson, a former of Deputy Managing Director of the National Investment Bank (NIB), and an activist of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), has defended President Nana Akufo-Addo’s ‘vote comment’ he made while on visit to affected residents in the Lower Volta Basin following the Akosombo dam spillage. According to the NPP communication team member, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s remarks regarding the spill from the Akosombo Dam that displaced over 26,000 people in the Volta Region, destroying farmlands and other valuable properties was to debunk the mischievous politics the opposition NDC are playing with the disaster. Mr.…

Kobina Tahir Hammond, a member of the Adansi Asokwa party, had a contempt case against him dismissed by a high court in Accra. James Gyakye Quayson, a member of parliament from Assin North, was represented in court by attorneys who pursued the Trades and Industry Minister. K.T. Hammond, as he is affectionately known, was accused of making remarks in a media interview that were thought to be detrimental to Quayson’s criminal case, who is accused of having dual citizenship. On Thursday, October 19, 2023, the judge ordered that the case be dismissed because there was insufficient evidence to support a…