Monday is here again after a weekend packed with several activities. GhanaWeb brings you all the news that you may have missed over the weekend, from Saturday, August 30, 2025, to Sunday, August 31, 2025.
With the Akwatia parliamentary by-election just hours away, reports from the constituency made headlines over the weekend.
The one-week observation of Ghanaian music legend Daddy Lumba was also held over the weekend.
Ghanaian-American science prodigy, Sean Atitsogbe, also made news headlines following his interview with CNN’s Dr Sanjay Gupta.
A deadly clash at Omanjor in the Anyaa Sowutuom constituency, which resulted in deaths and injuries, was also recorded over the weekend.
Below are details of some news which made headlines over the weekend:
Asiedu Nketia reacts to assault at Akwatia:
The National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, on Saturday, August 30, 2025, addressed an attack on him during the one-week observation of the late Member of Parliament for Akwatia, Ernest Yaw Kumi, on Friday, August 29, 2025.
Addressing the chief of Akwatia in a video shared by Akwatia TV on Sunday, August 31, 2025, Asiedu Nketia narrated the events which led to the incident.
He explained that it was the wife of the late MP who invited the NDC to the one-week observation, and since he was in Akwatia, he decided to lead his party’s constituency executives and other national officers to the event.
Asiedu Nketia speaks after ‘assault’ at Akwatia
Daddy Lumba’s one-week observance:
Hundreds of fans, friends, and family gathered at the Black Star Square on Saturday, August 30, 2025, to commemorate the one-week observation of the late Ghanaian highlife legend Daddy Lumba.
The ceremony was filled with emotions and musical tributes as attendees paid their last respects to the highlife icon.
Prominent personalities from the entertainment industry and other sectors were also present to honour the life and legacy of the “Makra Mo” hitmaker.
Daddy Lumba, born Charles Kwadwo Fosu, passed away on July 26, 2025. His music career spanned over four decades, producing timeless highlife hits that influenced generations.
The one-week observation is the first of several events planned to mourn the late Daddy Lumba.
One-week celebration for Daddy Lumba draws massive crowd
Bawumia, NPP stalwarts storm Akwatia:
Leading figures of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), including the party’s presidential candidate for the 2024 election, former Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, stormed Akwatia to show their support for the party’s candidate in the election, Kwame Asumadu.
A number of the party’s leaders went through Akwatia to canvass for votes for their candidate.
Akwatia By-Election: Dr Bawumia embarks on grounds campaign for NPP’s Asumadu
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Asiedu Nketia, Julius Debrah campaign in Akwatia:
Bigwigs of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) were also in Akwatia to campaign for their candidate, Bernard Baidoo.
Among the leading members of the party who were in Akwatia are National Chairman, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, Chief of Staff, Julius Debrah, and a host of other government officials.
NDC blames NPP for tensions at late Akwatia MP’s funeral
Several injured as rival groups clash during Omanjor Homowo
Several injured as rival groups clash during Omanjor Homowo:
Multiple reports indicate that violent clashes between two rival groups from Sowutuom and Omanjor resulted in a shooting incident that claimed three lives on Saturday, August 30, 2025.
The incident occurred during the annual Homowo festival celebration at Omanjor, in the Greater Accra Region.
The ceremony reportedly took a violent turn when the traditional kpoikpoi sprinkling was disrupted by a clash between rival groups, resulting in the death of three persons and several others, including a police officer, sustaining various degrees of injuries.
The conflict stemmed from a dispute over the approved route for the ritual. The Omanjor community failed to adhere to the designated route approved for the ceremonial sprinkling of kpoikpoi, a traditional maize-based dish, prompting a confrontation with a rival group from Sowutuom.
The group from Sowutuom, armed and with the intention to halt the ceremony, allegedly opened fire, injuring several people and killing three in the ensuing chaos.
Read more of the weekend news you probably missed below:
NDC gives police ultimatum over assault on Asiedu Nketiah
‘If NPP loses Akwatia by-election, I will resign as MP’ – Michael Okyere Baafi vows
Akwatia By-Election: Any masked police will be treated as a thug – Salam Mustapha
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