Author: Insight News

The President, Nana Akufo-Addo, is all set to deliver the 2024 edition of his annual State of the Nation Address (SONA) to Parliament tomorrow, Tuesday February 27, 2024, by 9 o’clock in the forenoon. SONA is delivered to Parliament by the incumbent President in the early parts of every year in accordance with Article 67 of the 1992 Constitution. Tomorrow’s Address would be the very last SONA to be delivered by  President Akufo-Addo and his term expires by January 7, next year after which whoever succeeds him would be the person to deliver the next SONA. READ ALSO: Yashasvi Jaiswal’s Personal…

Afua Asantewaa Aduonum has indicated that, despite the negative outcome out of her Sing-A-thon attempt, as confirmed by Guinness World Records (GWR), she remains a winner and appreciates the genuine love from Ghanaians and all people across the globe. The disclosure which was made in a Facebook reads, “the news of the outcome of my Sing-a-thon attempt came few minutes as I was preparing to host a gala dinner and the launch of the Lebanese Scholarship Alumni Network attended by the President President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. I would announce my next line of action in few days. Thank you…

The Director-General of the National Lottery Authority (NLA), Mr. Samuel Awuku, has called on the European Lotteries (EL) to support the Authority’s fight against illegal gambling and campaign to enforce responsible gaming practices. The European Lotteries held its Public Order Seminar from 21st February to 23rd February 2024 on the theme, Enforcing Gambling Regulations: Significance and Challenges in Brussels. Representatives of the EL member bodies took turns highlighting law enforcement, regulation, and industry practices on illegal gambling in their respective jurisdictions. READ ALSO: Akuapem North Chiefs pledge support for Sammi Awuku Mr. Awuku was invited as a Guest Speaker to shed…

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Tolon Constituency, Alhaji Habib Iddrisu has brought honour to the area after being elevated as 1st Deputy Majority Chief Whip. The lawmaker, who is serving the last year of his first term in the legislature, becomes the first MP in the Fourth Republican constitution from the area, to have been elevated to such status. By the promotion which was announced by the Speaker of Parliament, Right Honourable Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, Habib Iddrisu will now be among leaders of the side of the majority who seat on the front row in the chamber. READ…

Following the resignation of Majority Leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsufrom his role in Ghana’s Parliament, his Deputy, Alexander Kwamena Afenyo-Markin is likely to take up the role. Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu announced his resignation during a meeting held between the Majority Caucus and President Nana Akufo-Addo at the Jubilee House, the official Seat of Government. The meeting was ostensibly to dialogue and build consensus among the Caucus, leadership of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the Presidency on a possible restructuring of the composition of the current Leadership of the Majority. Deep-throats in attendance at the meeting said after the usual protocol courtesies and exchange…

The Inspector General of Police Dr. George Akuffo Dampare has been ordered to, with immediate effect, suspend an upcoming 53rd Cadet Course for Senior Police Officers over “damning discoveries”. A confidential letter of directive to the IGP signed by Interior Minister, Henry Quartey, said the upcoming senior officers course on Sunday, 25th February 2024, at the National Police Academy and Training School which the IGP had ordered should be put on hold. This latest development comes after similar “issues” surrounding the 51st Officer Cadet Training under IGP Dampare which caught the attention of the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP)…

In order to achieve good governance and sustainable development, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has tasked Dr. Evans Aggrey-Darko, the newly appointed head of the Ghana Civil Service, to make the service more efficient, creative, accountable, and result-oriented. He stated that the effectiveness and efficiency of the civil service will be the primary determinant of the nation’s economic transformation and resurrection. As a result to effectively coordinate institutions and society, the Ghanaian Civil Service must operate as a contemporary organization that changes and adapts over time. In order to meet the government’s objectives for development, social progress, and the economy, it…

All Members of Parliament on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) have been marshaled for an emergency meeting with President Nana Akufo-Addo at the Banquet Hall of the Seat of Government- Jubilee House, tonight; this portal can state on good authority. Insiders say the meeting was originally to have been held on Tuesday but the President’s tight schedules compelled a postponement to tonight. Deep-throats say among the list of topics on the agenda for the meeting would be a dialogue and consensus building on the composition of a new leadership for the Majority Caucus of the current Parliament.…

One person is dead while vehicles have been burnt in a violent clash between Osino Presby Senior High Technical students and Nsuapemso residents in the Fanteakwa South District of the Eastern Region. Police presence has been beefed up in the school to avoid reprisal attack. The students of the Osino Presby Senior High Technical school allegedly beat up a student of the Nsutem Senior High Technical School on Monday February 19th on account of existing tension between the two schools. Efforts by relatives of the Nsutem Senior High Technical student to hold the assailants from the Osino Presby Senior High…

The Minister for Communications and Digitalisation and Member of Parliament for Ablekuma West Constituency, Hon. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has disclosed that 1010 rural telephony sites have been constructed by February 2024, out of a total of two thousand and sixteen expected sites. The project, according to the Minister, forms part of the New Patriotic Party’s effort to enhance digitalisation in the country and also to drive the extension of mobile telephony nationwide, especially where the internet is not accessible. READ ALSO: Ursula Owusu responds to rumors of becoming running mate for Bawumia Mrs. Owusu-Ekuful, during a press briefing at the Ministry of…