Author: Insight News

The Minority Leader in Parliament, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, has officially notified Parliament that all Members of Parliament on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) would not accept the national voters register compiled by the Electoral Commission of Ghana for the December 7, 2024 general elections as credible and fit-for-purpose until a forensic audit is conducted into its database. He said even the Electoral Commission itself has admitted that the all-important voters register is ridden with errors and irregularities and adds that it is possible someone may have tempered with the database and therefore a forensic audit is…

The Member of Parliament for Damongo Constituency, Samuel A. Jinapor has averred that a vote for the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the upcoming general elections will be a vote against the free SHS policy. The Damongo lawmaker made this remark on Tamale based Diamond FM on Monday, September 2, 2024. According to him, the NDC and former president John Dramani Mahama never believed in the free senior high school policy and sponsored numerous adverts against it. READ ALSO: Jinapor Quizzes NDC Over 24-Hour Economy “These people have never ever believed in free senior high school. Pesident Mahama has fought…

As part of efforts to enhance the regulation and transparency of lottery activities across Ghana, the National Lottery Authority (NLA) has publicly issued licenses to 15 Private Lotto Operators (PLOs). This move underscores the NLA’s commitment to fostering a fair and competitive lottery industry. The public licensing event marks a significant advancement in the regulation of the lottery sector, reflecting the NLA’s ongoing efforts to promote transparency, protect legitimate businesses, and ensure fair competition. With this latest issuance, the total number of licensed PLOs in Ghana has risen to 23, following the licensing of eight companies earlier this year. These…

A final-year student of O’Reilly Senior High School  in Accra, Edward Borketey Sackey, is reported to have been  stabbed to death by a fellow student named Godwin. The killed boy is writing his final exams and had just completed one of his papers when the argument started. The two were said to be arguing over whose father was richer when the verbal argument turned into a misunderstanding and eventually Godwin grabbed a knife and stabbed Edward thrice in the chest, according to eye witness reports. A video gone viral  captures some students of the school carrying their stabbed colleague and…

Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has destooled Wirempehene Nana Opia Mensah II for violating the revered Asante Sacred Oath (Ntamkɛseɛ). This decisive action was taken on Monday, September 2, 2024, during a session of the Kumasi Traditional Council at the Manhyia Palace, where Nana Opia Mensah II was censured for blatant disrespect towards the sacred traditions of the Ashanti people. Despite having served as aMember of Parliament and reigning as Wirempehene for 54 years, the 90-year-old chief was stripped of his title for attempting to manipulate historical facts for personal gain, thus breaching both statutory and traditional laws. Otumfuo stated,…

Today is 96 days to the December 7th general elections and Vice President Mahamadu Bawumia, flag-bearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) is on a campaign train dancing to King Paluta’s ‘Aseda’ as if all is well in the country and he is already the next President. He, and perhaps the sitting President himself, Nana Akufo-Addo, seem oblivious to the clear signs of threat to the peace of the country and an obvious electoral violence ahead of the country; an electoral violence which the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has not hidden its preparedness for. The NDC has decided to not…

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Tolon Constituency in the Northern Region, Alhaji Habib Iddrisu continues to send fear down the spines of his political opponents as he kick starts a campaign for his re-election. Alhaji Habib Iddrisu who is leaving nothing to chance in his quest to retain the seat for the New Patriotic Party(NPP), has intensified his engagements with Chiefs, opinion leaders, Religious Leaders, youth groups and women’s associations who he indicates all matter in the development of Tolon. On Saturday, August 31, 2024, residents of the Tolon District were shocked when the launch of ‘Volunteers for Soyalana’…

In what appears to be an attempt to subdue the New Patriotic Party(NPP) Parliamentary Candidate in the Akuapem North Constituency of the Eastern Region, Mr. Samuel Awuku, top guns of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) led by its National Chairman, Johnson Asiedu Nketiah have intensified campaigns in the area. The NDC leadership spent several days in the Constituency visiting communities and interacting with various youth groups with the sole aim of getting them to reject the former National Organiser of the NPP as their lawmaker in the 2024 polls. READ ALSO: SAMMI AWUKU: NPP has solid records to win 2024…

THE POLICE has arrested three male suspects in connection with the gruesome murder of Yao Xian, a 52 year old Chinese miner. They are Kwadwo Mensah, aged 32, Robert Agyei, aged 29, and Abdullah Mohammed, aged 45. The trio are said to be workers of the deceased. Yao Xian, the police said, was shot in the chest by his runaway killers whilst riding a motorbike at Manso Watreso 11am on August 30. The body has since been kept in the morgue for preservation and autopsy to confirm what exactly ended the life of the Chinese miner. According to the police,…

The Ghana Police Service has successfully secured convictions of five armed robbers, with some receiving sentences of up to 120 years of hard labor and one getting 105 years for dishonest receiving. Taking to their official Facebook page on Friday, 30th August 2024, the Ghana Police Service confirmed that the convicts, Jeffrey Dwomoh, Clifford Opoku, KwabenaKyeiBarfour, Prince Opuni, and Henry KusiMarfo, faced charges including conspiracy to commit robbery, robbery, abetment of crime by supplying ammunition, and dishonest receiving. READ ALSO: Police on manhunt for Kumasi fuel station robbers Jeffrey Dwomoh and Clifford Opoku, both convicted of conspiracy to commit robbery and…