Author: Insight News

InsightNewsgh.com looks at the stories making headlines of Ghanaian newspaper publications for Friday, 14th July, 2023.

It is evidently clear that a majority of Ghanaians are opposed to a supposed attempt by some pro-LGBT persons to legalize same sex marriages in the country and this is demonstrated in the public support the Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights And Ghanaian Family Values Bill 2021 has received nationwide. Many believe that opposing the said Bill amounts to supporting the so-called attempt to legalize same-sex marriages and LGBT in all its forms and shades: a strong public perception that has sparked emotions and sentiments. The opposition to the supposed plan to legalize same-sex marriages is overwhelmingly popular to…

Leadership of the Konkomba Youth Association (KOYA) and Dagbon Forum have joined forces to address the recent spike in hate speech directed at Konkomba and Dagomba communities on social media to avoid future bad occurrence. In a joint statement made on Monday, July 10, 2023 and signed by the heads of the two parties, they indicated that, they stand together in their commitment to fostering peace, unity, and understanding among all people of Northern Ghana. READ ALSO: 2024 election is a showdown between Mahama and Bawumia – Speaker Bagbin “We want to emphasize that the leadership of KOYA and the entire Nkpakpaando is…

There is presently an ongoing and uneasy chaos in the the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Techiman South Constituency in the Bono East Region.  Following the results of internal polls, the situation is alleged to have worsened on the already divided front in the party in the region. Following the ensuing turmoil, two people, including an 80-year-old grandpa, were reported to have been beaten by two heavily built men who are believed to have been assigned by the constituency chairman, Alhaji Nuhu Fawa. Alhaji Nuhu Fawa, the party’s chairman, who appeared in court to address the issue appealed for a settlement…

Four Members of Parliament from the Central Region, representing different political parties, have joined forces in an effort to resolve a possibly violent land dispute regarding exact borderlines between the Gomoa and Effutu enclaves. The land issue predates Ghana’s political independence from British rule and frequently resurfaces, igniting varying degrees of rivalry and hostility, with some criminally inclined people taking advantage of the division for their own gain. Four electoral districts are involved in the land boundary dispute: Effutu, Gomoa Central, Gomoa East, and Gomoa West. The administrative and customary borders between the villages can overlap in certain instances, and…

After more than two hours of a crucial meeting with the Minister of Roads and Highways, Kwasi Amoako-Attah, the Ghana National Petroleum Tanker Drivers Union and Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) Tanker Drivers have suspended their industrial action. While work to fix the road gets underway, the union is anticipated to start up again tomorrow, Friday. Due to worries about the inadequate road system surrounding their loading ports, the union declared a sit-down strike on Monday. Sunday Alabi, the vice chairman of the union, stated that following their discussion with the minister, the union resolved to call off their strike at…

Franklin Cudjoe, the founding president of the think tank IMANI Center for Policy & Education, has indicated that the National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) James Gyakye Quayson’s victory in the Assin North Constituency by-election is a disgrace for the current and future New Patriotic Party (NPP). His election as a Member of Parliament (MP) in 2020 was declared null and void because he had not received a confirmation of the renunciation of his Canadian citizenship at the time he filed to run for the position of MP in his constituency. For him, the power of the state was used to cruelly…

General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Franklin Fifi Kwetey has said that the victory for James Gyakye Quayson in the Assin North Constituency in the Central Region, by-election confirms what the party have been saying about the Akufo-Addo Bawumia leadership being abysmal.  “This is a signal that any wise people will learn from, any intelligent people will learn from, any humble people will learn from,” he said during an interview with 3FM reacting to the win for the NDC candidate. The former Ketu South Member of Parliament (MP) claimed that the NPP had been punished for the injustice…

John Dumelo – an actor, farmer, and former parliamentary candidate for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), in the Ayawaso West Wuogon constituency has sent an indication to Lydia Seyram Alhassan, Member of Parliament (MP) of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), for the constituency that she will be the next to lose after James Gyakye Quayson’s victory in the Assin North by-election. “Lydia Seyram Alhassan. Your downfall is next!’” Dumelo posted on his Facebook page. This comes after officials of the Electoral Commission declared James Gyakye Quayson of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) as the winner of the Assin North by-election.…

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) candidate for the Assin North constituency, James Gyakye Quayson has won the Tuesday, June 27, 2023 by-election.  He won the contest as against Charles Opoku of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and Bernice Enyonam Sefenu of the Liberal Party of Ghana (LPG). Mr. Quayson got 17,245 votes, representing 57.56 percent of the total votes cast. In the closely contested by-election, Charles Opoku received 12,630 votes, representing 42.15 percent of the total votes cast, while Bernice Enyonam Sefenu of the LPG received a pitiful 87 votes, representing 0.29 percent. Quayson hand was lifted to show victory…