Author: Insight News

Ursula Gifty Owusu-Ekuful, the Member of Parliament for Ablekuma West Constituency in the Greater Accra Region is an inspiring testimony of women’s participation in political and public life at the local and national level; her quest for yet another four-year term as a member of Ghana’s Legislature certainly deserves the support of all well-meaning persons. Her achievements and legacy as a Member of Parliament travels way beyond the funding of the provision of the tall list of critical social amenities in her constituency or lobbying for the facilitation of same. Her legacy, most importantly, is evidenced in the iconic personality…

All 16 Regional Ministers are to converge at the conference room of the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources in Accra by 10 o’clock in the forenoon of Wednesday September 11, 2024 to take decisions to comprehensively tackle the challenges of illegal small scale mining with a sense of urgency, this portal has gathered. The meeting, insiders hint, would take a review of initiatives implemented by successive Governments over the years and draw lessons from whatever shortfalls may be contained in the implementation of the said initiatives. This would be followed with ho-brutally frank deliberations to come up with practical…

While the corpse of the 18-year old O’Reilly Senior High School student stabbed to death last week is still in the mortuary, another student of the school has been captured on video with a machete stashed into his school uniform and boldly displaying the weapon and daring anyone to try him and see. Circumstances under which the ‘try me’ video was taken and went viral is still sketchy but the content has drawn condemnation and worry. The video captured the student raising his school shirt to display the machete stashed in his school shorts and held firmly with the belt…

On Friday, 6th September, 2024, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the Flagbearer of the NPP, as part of his nationwide Constituency Campaign Tour, visited the Adentan Constituency. During the visit, he engaged in what he calls a “Meet-and-Greet” session from Ashaley Botwe New Town Junction to Nmaidzorn School Junction to interact with traders, drivers and their passengers as well as passers-by. He also engaged in a meeting with the Clergy and Traditional Leaders at the Victory Presby Church and later held a Community Connect event at the Adentan Lorry Station. In his speech, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia highlighted the achievements of the NPP…

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…