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Godfred Yeboah Dame, the Attorney General and Minister for Justice, has pleaded with Ghanaians to ignore the charges brought against him by the National Democratic Congress (NDC). He asserted that the accusations made by Sammy Gyamfi, the NDC’s communications officer, are unfounded. On Wednesday, October 18, 2023, The Attorney General released a statement in which he claimed that the NDC’s accusations were nothing more than a last-ditch effort to hide their own failures to combat the galamsey threat while they were in power. “In spite of a multitude of allegations and invectives spewed on me by the Communications Officer of…

The Assemblies of God in Ghana have demanded a long-term solution to the problem of communities flooding whenever the nation’s dams overflow. The Assemblies of God claimed that in order to accomplish this, practical engineering solutions must be sought, public education on disaster prevention must be intensified, and effective sanctions must be taken against those responsible for environmental degradation. Even though the church supported calls for a state of emergency to be declared, it emphasized the need for those solutions. “if we decide, as a nation, to be serious in finding long-term answers to the flooding and other nagging environmental…

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Functional Executive Committee (FEC) has reported to a Special Committee the violence that took place at its Greater Accra Regional Office during the vetting of candidates for the party’s Odododiodio Constituency parliamentary primary. On Friday, October 13, a group of people stormed the location, causing property damage and assaulting a journalist as they were screening potential parliamentary candidates for the Odododiodio constituency. Three NDC parliamentary candidates for the Odododiodio constituency appeared before the Greater Accra NDC vetting committee, and that’s when it all started. Emmanuel Nii Okai Laryea, Michael Nii Yarboi Annan, and Alfred Kotey…

Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, the Member of Parliament for North Tongu and a member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has praised Reverend Eastwood Anaba and Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams for leaving the National Cathedral Board of Trustees. Ablakwa claimed that by leaving the scandal-riddled cathedral, the two highly regarded men of God had brought glory to themselves. The opposition lawmaker said the resignation is welcome and that it has vindicated him regarding the problems with the cathedral in an interview with Citi FM in Accra. “I want to commend highly the two revered clergymen. Some may say it is delayed, but…

InsightNewsgh.com looks at the stories making headlines of the various newspaper publications for today, Wednesday, 18th October, 2023.

Dzifa Gomashie, a member of parliament for Ketu South and a member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has criticized President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for his remarks regarding the spill from the Akosombo Dam. He claimed that the President’s trip to the Volta Region to offer condolences to the victims was a complete failure. The lawmaker claimed, in an interview with Class FM in Accra, that the President had disrespected the people of the area rather than provided any workable solutions to the disaster. “His Excellency, the president, should be ashamed of himself because if you go into your…

According to COP George Alex Mensah (Rtd), a senior police official involved in the alleged plot to oust the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Dr. George Akuffo Dampare, has revealed that Chief Daniel Bugri Naabu plotted with someone to record their private conversation. COP Alex Mensah (Rtd) speaking in a recent exclusive interview on JOY News PMExpress, said Chief Bugri Naabu is the masterminder behind the leaked alleged plot to oust IGP tape. According to him, Chief Naabu, a former Northern regional chairman of the New Patriotic Party, (NPP) invited him over to his office promised to lobby for him…

Both Rev. Eastwood Anaba, president of the Eastwood Anaba Ministries, and Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams, founder and general overseer of the United Denominations of Action Chapel Churches Worldwide, have resigned from the National Cathedral Board of Trustees. Both Reverend Anaba and Archbishop Duncan-Williams explained in a statement that the government’s failure to appoint an impartial accounting firm to audit all public funds contributed to the National Cathedral was the reason for their decision to resign. “Despite our prayers, best hopes and wishes, unfortunately, a needed audit to help restore public confidence and trust in this consequential project has not been enacted…

Richard Ahiagbah, the NPP’s director of communications, claims that President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo made the remark “you don’t vote for me” when he visited Mepe, one of the areas in the Volta Region hit by the flood caused by the spillage of the dam, in response to the tribal politics of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). According to Mr. Ahiagbah, the President’s remarks weren’t in error. “President Akufo-Addo’s remark at Mepe was meant to decry the usual NDC politicization of issues occurring in the Volta Region, to further their false campaign that the NPP and its governments do not…

Mr. Kwasi Amoako-Atta, the Minister of Roads and Highways, promised that every effort would be made to prevent the Sogakope Bridge from being damaged by the Akosombo Dam spill. Following reports of the extent of the destruction brought on by the spillage in the area, he inspected the bridge yesterday at Sogakope in the South Tongu District of the Volta Region and provided the assurance. The danger point was located at 0.3 meters, or about two and a half feet, from the bottom of the bridge to the water at the time of the visit. Additionally, weeds from upstream have…