Author: Insight News

“I look forward, in my lifetime, to seeing a new Ghana; a Ghana where our sons and daughters would not line up for visa in any embassy to travel out of the shores of this country for greener pastures but that our sons and our daughters would be born, raised, schooled, educated and live and work and flourish and thrive within the borders of Ghana and would only travel outside for vacation and holidays but not to go and seek greener pastures”, Ghanaian charismatic-preacher of global fame, Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams has prayed. Archbishop Duncan-Williams said this when he was called…

The Minority Leader in Parliament, Osahen Alexander Afenyo-Markin, led the delegation of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) leadership that attended the National Day of Prayer and Thanksgiving held in Accra on Tuesday July 1, 2025. Afenyo-Markin did the third scripture reading for the national ceremony which saw Ghanaians both home and abroad unite in prayer and gratitude to God. The National Day of Prayer and Thanksgiving in an initiative of President John Mahama and this year’s is the debut.  The President explained that the aim is to unite Ghanaians of all faiths and express gratitude to God for the nation’s…

The Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has announced that Members of Parliament (MPs) will soon be allowed to speak in their mother tongues during debates in the Chamber. With this initiative now put in place, Parliament is about to sound a lot more Ghanaian. The announcement was made at the launch of the Open Parliament Steering Committee Inauguration & Launch Action Plan on Monday 30th, June, 2025 in Accra. According to Mr. Bagbin, this is part of the efforts to promote Ghana’s cultural identity and deepen citizen participation in democratic governance. He believes that the use…

A 33-year-old Ghanaian man, Samuel Yeboah, has been stabbed with a pair of scissors to death during a fight over an unpaid loan. The incident happened at Mile 11 in the Ga South Municipality of the Greater Accra Region, on the evening of Monday, June 30, 2025. According to Angel TV’s correspondent, Kweku Asedi, the conflict began when Samuel Yeboah went to their co-tenant, who sells food, to remind her about a debt she owed his sister. READ ALSO: Tanker Crash Kills Unborn Baby Plus 13 More Reports suggest that the co-tenant, a Nigerian, owed the money for over three months,…

The Minority Chief Whip and Member of Parliament for Nsawam-Adoagyiri, Hon. Frank Annoh-Dompreh, has raised serious concerns over the increasing threat of illegal and unregulated sand winning activities, revealing that parts of the Volta Lake, Ghana’s largest inland water body, have now become targets for sand extraction. Speaking on the floor of Parliament on Tuesday, July 1, 2025, in response to a statement made by the Hon. Member of Parliament for Ayensuano, Ida Adjoa Asiedu, Frank Annoh-Dompreh commended the Speaker of Parliament for graciously admitting the statement and praised his colleague MP for shedding light on the scale of the…

Members of the Minority Caucus in Parliament who serve on the Appointments Committee have voted against all seven Appeal Court judges nominated by President John Mahama to be vetted and approved as justices to the Supreme Court. Committee Chairman, First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Bernard Ahiafor, in presenting the Committee’s report on the vetted seven nominees revealed that they had to be passed by a majority decision because the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Parliamentarians on the Committee voted for the nominees. Parliament went ahead and approved the nomination of all seven justices for appointment to the Supreme Court but that…

A jaw-dropping video that captured two male adults subjecting a child to cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment under the pretext of a punishment sparked a public outrage on Tuesday when it went viral on social media. The video captured the child, a 12-year-old boy, completely naked and both wrists tied with a rope and hanged to the wooden bars of a roof. His entire body was dangling to and fro in the air while a bare-chested male adult used a stick to beat him up red and blue without mercy. The male adult beating up the child did not exercise…

Schoolgirl Gloria Segoe, who had reportedly gone to Kasoa to visit her boyfriend, was found dead in a pool of water at Tomefa, located in the Ga South Municipality near Kasoa on Monday night, June 23, 2025. The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) retrieved the body of a young schoolgirl. According to a statement posted on the GNFS Facebook page, the rescue team began their operation at exactly 10:02 p.m. and completed it by 10:42 p.m. Sadly, by the time they recovered her body, she had already passed away. It is still unclear what led to Gloria’s death, but the…

The Lawra Municipality in the Upper West Region is mourning the death of its newly appointed Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Alhaji Adam Muazu. Family sources confirmed that Alhaji Muazu died in Accra after a long illness. He was sworn into office in April 2025 but had been unwell before his appointment. Relatives say he had sought medical treatment in various hospitals across the country. His death is another sad moment for the Lawra community, which is still recovering from the recent drowning of seven students from Lawra Senior High School in the Dikpe River. Alhaji Muazu’s last public duty as…

Exactly a week from today would be Tuesday July 1, 2025 and all things being equal, would be observed as a statutory public holiday in Ghana, in fulfilment of a pledge by  President John Mahama. July 1, has over the years been observed as Republic Day in Ghana and a national holiday until 2019 when the then President Nana Akufo-Addo gave his  assent to the Public Holidays (Amendment) Act 2019 and scrapped it off the holiday list. The new President, John Mahama, has however been explaining why July 1 should be reinstated as a national public holiday and marked as…