Author: Insight News

A young Ghanaian forex trader, Kojo Forex has dragged notorious Twitter troll and social commentator, Bongo Ideas of a series of social media banter. Kojo Forex decided to end his back-and-forth social media feud with Bongo Ideas by taking a legal actions against the popular Twitter bully after engaging in a series of heated exchanges on the popular social media app. The young forex trader initially wanted Bongo Ideas to put an end to the online harassment, But, the latter as far as even contacting their own lawyers to react to the legal complaint. Kojo Forex, however has shared on…

Kenneth Nana Yaw Ofori-Atta, the minister of finance, has issued a warning that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Executive Board’s approval of Ghana’s bailout request will not provide a quick fix to the current economic crisis. “Ghana’s IMF Board approval is far from a magic solution,” Mr. Ofori-Atta stressed. “What it is, however, is that it is a crucial first step on the necessary journey of strong reforms, inclusive growth and relentless pursuit of a growth agenda geared towards restoring our economy to a place of strength, prosperity and resilience.” At a joint press conference held by the Fund following…

Ghana is anticipated to receive the first payment of $600 million from the $3 billion credit facility of the International Monetary Fund on Friday, May 19, 2023, barring any last-minute hiccups. On May 18, the IMF team and Ghana’s Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, held a press conference together. “There is a $600 million release, and we will be working with the IMF to see if we can get it by tomorrow, and then we will move on to the next 6 months which will be another $600 million, and then we move on to about 5 different tranches every 6…

Eighty-two (82) Ghana Police Service officers have filed a lawsuit against the Inspector General of Police (IGP) for delaying their promotions. The Police Service, in the opinion of the disgruntled officers, made an unfair decision not to promote them. According to the police officers, the study leave with pay policy of the service entitles them to promotions after their studies are finished, but even several months after finishing their studies, they have not yet received a promotion. “All the Plaintiffs applied for the 2017/2018 Academic Year Study Leave with pay programme for Tertiary Courses ranging between two (2) to four…

InsightNewsgh.com looks at the stories making headlines of Ghanaian newspaper publications for Friday, 19th May, 2023.

An unsuccessful candidate for parliament in the National Democratic Congress (NDC) primaries in the Asawase constituency has refuted claims that the party’s leadership sponsored him or her to participate in a plot to unseat the sitting Member of Parliament. When some party supporters in the constituency called for a change, Muntaka Mubarak, the incumbent MP, and Masawudu Mubarick, who received 734 votes during the primaries, were both running for the position. The incumbent Asawase MP, however, claimed that a large-scale plot by some party heavyweights to unseat him after he lost his position as the Minority Chief Whip, which helped…

Parts of the agreement made by the Ghanaian government and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have Haruna Iddrisu, the member of parliament for Tamale South, concerned. When he considered some of the conditions offered, he said the deal was very ambitious. “It appears to me that the IMF ECF that the government of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and Bawumia has signed is an overambitious one. It is overambitious in the sense that it is going to affect the fiscal space that may be available to a successor government. It may be John Mahama government and NDC government tomorrow,” he said…

The Grammy Award is a dream of Ghanaian superstar Stonebwoy, but he doesn’t approach it with an obsessional mindset. He emphasized that consistently producing his best work is his true obsession in an interview with Amansan Krakye. The Grammy Awards are a big stage for Stonebwoy, but his main goal is to win over people’s hearts with his extraordinary talent. “Obsession is a big no I mean I’m not obsessed with winning the Grammys or any other awards for that matter but my obsession will rather be that I always want to continue to deliver my best,” he told Amansan…

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) leadership has declared that it will support the troubled James Gyakye Quayson in his bid to run for re-election as the representative for Assin North. The NDC, according to General Secretary Fiifi Kwetey, will support Mr. James Quayson in a by-election. The NDC referred to the Supreme Court’s ruling as “strange” in a statement released on May 18, 2023, and signed by its general secretary, Fifi Fiavi Kwetey. “In the light of many previous decisions that we are aware of, including decisions in cases involving Honourable J.H. Mensah, Honourable Baba Jamal and Honourable Peter Amewu…

Okyeame Kwame, a rapper from Ghana, has admitted that he does not follow any particular religion because he draws inspiration from all of them. Speaking to Kwame Dadzie on Joy Prime, he disclosed that he is an omnist who draws inspiration and faith from a variety of religious beliefs but does not identify with any one particular religion. “I was born as a Christian in the Methodist Church and then I grew up in the Christian faith until I was maybe 14 years. Most of my values are Christian. My father was a Catholic. My mother went to the Methodist…