Author: Insight News

The highly regarded, charismatic, and booming RoyalHouse Chapel International, which has its main office in Accra, has released a statement officially refuting claims made by others that its founder defiled a 5-year-old girl and used her blood for church growth rites. Apostle General Sam Korankye Ankrah, the head of the Church, has come under a sustained and continuous series of allegations published mostly on social media, that for he had sexually abused a 5-year old minor who once upon a time stayed with him and that that said sexual misconduct travelled or a period of 5 years. “The Church views…

But for the swift intervention of the Deputy Majority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, a self-confessed trained karatist, Kennedy Agyapong could have most likely left his college MP, Sylvester Tetteh with some broken ribs and a dislocated jaw bone. Sylvester Tetteh narrowly escaped the beatings and flying kicks which was to have happened right in the Plenary of Ghana’s Parliament at a time other sitting was in session and legislators were on their feet making meaningful contributions. Someway, somehow, the drama seems to have escaped the eyes of the First Deputy Speaker, Joe Osei Owusu who was presiding in the absence of…

Several Ministers and deputy Ministers were said to have been summoned individually to the Four Floor of the Jubilee House, yesterday Tuesday February 13 and told to prepare their handing over notes ahead of a major ministerial reshuffle expected to be announced today, Wednesday February 14, which is Valentine’s Day.  The reports say, the persons to nominated by the President, as replacements for the said Ministers and deputies were equally invited to the Seat of Government and informed officially ahead of the public announcement. Anxiety was reported to have set in for almost all appointed ministers and deputies because none…

A 55-year-old farmer, Isaac Donkor, who mistook a hunter for a game, shot and killed him, has been sentenced to three years imprisonment and a GH￠600 fine by the Tarkwa Circuit Court. In default of the fine, Donkor will serve six years in prison and both sentences are to run consecutively. He was charged with negligently causing harm and possessing a firearm without authority. He pleaded guilty on both counts. Superintendent Juliana Essel-Dadzie, prosecuting, told the court, presided over by Mrs Hathia Ama Manu, that the complainant, Osman Awuni, was a farmer and brother to Aziz Abukbil, 37, now deceased.…

The deals and unpleasant working situation of Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of National Petroleum Authority has and seems to be affecting his boss at the Energy Ministry known as Matthew Opoku Prempeh, popularly called NAPO as his name has been out of the running mate discussion of the New Patriotic Party this week. Mustapha known to this portal is not superintending over an effective NPA as various filling stations, are affected negatively, making the public lose interest and focus on the dealing of Petroleum products for their various cars. Earlier, Napo has been a top runner with many vying…

Enacting a law purposely to imprison LGBT persons and advocates of sexual rights in Ghana is not the best technique to curb the spread of the practice, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, the deputy Majority Leader in the country’s Parliament has stated and appealed that the clauses of custodial sentencing be expunged from the anti-gay Bill currently being considered for passage by the Ghanaian Legislative body. The anti-gay Bill, officially known as the Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights And Ghanaian Family Values Bill 2021, if passed into Law, would mean that persons in Ghana found to have been involved in any form…

Prominent entrepreneur and Chief Executive of Intermerc Ghana Limited, Eric Johnson, was found dead lying in a pool of blood in one of the rooms at his hotel, the Royal Cossy Hill Hotel at Jirapa in the Upper West Region, an official statement from the Ghana Police Service has confirmed. The statement, issued on Sunday said “one person has since been detained to assist the investigation” and that the “Inspector-General of Police has deployed a team of investigators and experts led by the Director-General/CID  to work with the Upper West Regional Police Command to ensure a thorough investigation into the…

The Ministry for Lands and Natural Resources has officially handed over a newly competed and fully furnished office complex to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) for use as its Greater Accra Regional Headquarters. The built-for-purpose facility will accommodate all activities of the Greater Accra Regional DVLA and give both management and staff a more conducive environment to do their work. Hon. Benito Owusu-Bio, the Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources in Charge of Lands and Forestry, on behalf of the Sector Minister, officially handed over the newly-constructed office to DVLA. READ ALSO: Disregard the purported fare increase –…

Herbert Wigwe, the CEO of Access Holdings, together with his wife and son, are likely to be among the six people on board of a helicopter that crashed in the United States early on Saturday, Nigerian time, according to claims from The New York Times. There were no survivors found from the incident, which happened close to the California–Nevada line. Access Holdings, the parent company of Access Bank, are yet to officially confirm Mr Wigwe’s death as of the time of this report. READ ALSO: OSP gives Cecilia Dapaah access to her 5 seized bank accounts However, the Premium Times in…

A member of the communications team of Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, Mr. Dennis Miracles Aboagye has criticized Media General – owners of TV3, Onua FM and TV, among others over what he describes as an unfair panel arrangement from the media house to the New Patriotic Party.  In a social media post, he remarked “Apart from the paneling, the biases and the biased emotions shown by your Hosts across programs is shameful. And they can’t hide it. This is an NDC campaign platform and that is what it is. No more pretense. It is fine if you come clean…