Author: Insight News

Former sanitation minister Cecilia Dapaah’s five bank accounts no longer have their funds frozen by the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP). A press release issued on Monday, October 16 revealed this development. The order to freeze Ms. Dapaah’s other bank accounts and financial assets, however, is still in effect. The Office of Special Prosecutions (OSP) launched an investigation into alleged offenses involving large sums of cash and valuables that were allegedly connected to Ms. Cecilia Abena Dapaah, the former Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources, in July 2023. The Special Prosecutor issued a freezing order on Ms. Dapaah’s bank…

The Achimota Magistrate Court found the sixteen irate youths who were detained by the police and identified as members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) guilty of breaking into the UTV studios in Accra, which is owned by the Despite Media Group, in search of political activist A-Plus, and fined each of them GH200. They were accused of rioting and criminal conspiracy. They admitted guilt to the accusations, and the court later found them guilty. The outraged youth claimed that A Plus, real name Kwame Obeng Asare, a regular pundit on United Showbiz, had shown egregious disdain for the NPP…

New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential hopeful and Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Hon. Kennedy Ohene Agyapong has criticized the government over the recent attack on UTV by some 16 group of individuals. The incident involved some NPP thugs who entered the studio with hostile intentions, causing chaos and disrupting the ongoing live production. As a result, the live telecast was suspended. It has been brought to our attention that certain individuals trespassed onto the premises and physically assaulted two technical staff members upon entering the studios. The incident occurred during the production of the United Showbiz program on UTV.…

Kennedy Agyapong, the MP for Assin Central and prospective flagbearer for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has shared his thoughts on President Nana Akufo-Addo’s reluctant to re-shuffle under-performing ministers. The only ministerial shuffle that President Akufo-Addo made was in August 2018 of his first term. Since then, in response to claims that his government was overstaffed, he changed a few of his ministers and removed a few portfolios. Speaking in a recent interview, monitored by InsightNewsgh.com, Agyapong said he has a big problem with President Akufo-Addo’s refusal to make some ministerial changes under his government. According to him, he will…

Patricia Poku Amankwah, a fashion designer, is tired of Ghanaians mistaking her for Patricia Poku Diaby, the richest person in Ghana. Since a while ago, Patricia Poku Diaby, the richest woman in Ghana, has frequently been confused with the fashion designer who received her degree from the Joyce Ababio Institute, now known as JACCD Design Institute Africa. Patricia recently addressed the issue on social media because she was sick of the confusion. Patricia Poku dispelled the myth that she is the richest woman in Ghana in an interview with Pulse Ghana at the recently concluded Emy Awards 2023. She said;…

Former President and NDC 2024 flagbearer, John Mahama has criticized President Nana Akufo-Addo for the way the government has handled the Akosombo dam spillage which has displaced thousands of people. Many communities in the North, South, and Central Tongu districts of the Volta Region were forced to evacuate due to flooding brought on by this spillage, leaving them with no choice but to salvage what they could of their possessions. According to Mahama, the approach of President Akufo-Addo led NPP government has been a bit lackadaisical. The former president said he visited the affected communities so that the government would…

In the Ashanti Region, some supporters of John Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen and Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, one of the NPP’s flagbearer candidates, have openly stated their support for Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia. On Sunday, October 15, 2023, supporters of Alan Kyeremanten and Kennedy Agyapong defected to Dr. Bawumia’s side and pledged their unwavering support in a press conference. They can be heard singing Bawumia’s praises and yelling “It’s Possible” in a viral video under the leadership of Dawuda Afriyie, the First Vice Chairman of the Offinso North Constituency. The importance of Dr. Bawumia was emphasized by Adul Aziz Ismail, also…

The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) is alarmed by the Minister of Health’s absence from the government’s emergency committee, which was formed to plan relief efforts in the wake of the most recent water spill from the Akosombo and Kpong dams. Communities along the Volta Basin have suffered severe destruction as a result of this spill. A 13-person inter-ministerial committee was established to manage the disaster’s aftermath and coordinate government efforts in response to the devastation the spillage caused. Even though they assert that the Ministry of Health plays a crucial role in disaster relief efforts, the GMA has drawn attention…

InsightNewsgh.com looks at the stories making headlines of the various newspaper publications for today, Monday, 16th October, 2023.

Kennedy Agyapong, the MP for Assin Central and prospective flagbearer for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has pleaded with party delegates in the Western Region not to follow the recommendations of dishonest party officials when making their selections in the upcoming primaries. At a rally in Takoradi to wrap up his Health Walk event, he made this appeal. In addition to claiming that some NPP leaders in the Western Region sabotaged his campaign at the Super Delegates’ conference, where he did poorly, Agyapong also claimed that some NPP leaders are unable to criticize the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) because…