Author: Insight News

His Royal Majesty, the Ga Mantse King Tackie Teiko Tsuru II, has served notice that in Accra and among the Ga people for that matter, the correct expression for politely welcoming someone arriving from a journey is ‘Oobakɛ’ rather than ‘Akwaaba’, which is an Akan phrase and never a Ga language. “It is a pleasure to welcome you to Ghana Sir, and to Accra the heartbeat of the nation, we say bo, ‘Oobakɛ’. So instead of saying ‘Akwaaba’, we are saying ‘Oobakɛ’. Can you say that? ‘Oobakɛ’”, King Tackie Teiko Tsuru II noted as part of his opening remarks when…

Six persons have been killed in two separate communities during chieftaincy rivalry fights that broke out over the sprinkling of the traditional food, ‘kpekple’ during the celebration of the annual Homowo festival this year. The Ghana Police Service confirms that three persons, Abubakar Ramadan Sarbah alias Nii Kwashiebu, Theophilus Nii Amu Kwadjan, and Joseph Shaibu Dodoo, lost their lives in the violence that erupted during the climax of the annual Homowo Festival at Anyaa and Suwutuom on Saturday, 30th August 2025. In the same Anyaa and Suwutuom area, the Police Service confirms that four others sustained various degrees of injuries…

Director – General of CID, Commissioner of Police Lydia Yaako Donkor has made history by being the first Ghanaian to be elected as a member of the INTERPOL Africa Committee. She is to serve a 4-year term with other members from Egypt, Kenya, and South Africa. The members from Botswana, Nigeria, and Zimbabwe would serve  for two years. A statement from the Ghana Police Service said COP Lydia Donkor is the only female member on the Committee. It said the  election  of COP Lydia Donkor  to join the INTERPOL Africa Committee represents not only a recognition of her distinguished career…

The 1979 year group of the Manya Krobo Senior High School Old Students Association (MAKOSA) on Saturday 16th August converged at the school’s old site at Odumase Krobo to socialize and reflect on the 51 long years that destiny had brought them together as classmates. Even though they officially passed out from the school (graduated) in July, 1979, the group was admitted to MAKROSEC in August, 1974. They have since maintained that bond of friendship and togetherness, growing stronger each year. At the old school premises, members took time to tour nearly every classroom, cubicle and dormitory that housed them…

The Chief Executive Officer of COCOBOD, Dr. Randy Abbey, has sued outspoken politician and Bono Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwame Baffoe, popularly known as Abronye DC, for defamation. In a writ filed at the Accra High Court on Tuesday, August 26, 2025, Dr. Abbey is demanding GH¢20 million in damages over what he describes as false and malicious claims made by Abronye. The suit states that the politician’s allegations have not only injured Dr. Abbey’s image but also subjected him to public embarrassment. According to the documents presented before the court, Abronye  had falsely accused the…

Dr. Bryan Acheampong, Member of Parliament for the Abetifi Constituency who is contesting to become the 2028 Presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has called on his supporters to not fall for the temptation of issuing a negative response to what he describes as deliberate falsehood being thrown at his person without provocation. “Yes, I have come under a barrage of attacks. Falsehoods have been spread about me. Fake materials have been shared to question my character. But through it all, I remain focused, not on retaliation, but on restoration”, Dr. Acheampong noted in a statement he himself…

Ghana has dropped to 61st place across 163 countries in the latest edition of the Global Peace Index (GPI), marking a noticeable decline in its standing as one of Africa’s most peaceful nations. The report, released by the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP), raises eyebrows about the country’s internal stability and security trajectory. The latest ranking follows a downward trajectory from 55th in 2024, 51st in 2023, and 40th in 2022. The Global Peace Index, measures the peacefulness of nations based on 23 indicators across three broad domains: societal safety and security, ongoing domestic and international conflict, and militarisation.…

The Dambai township is in mourning following the tragic deaths of two prominent figures, a revered Traditional Chief and a former Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), including several others, reportedly succumbing to complications related to typhoid fever. The Oti Regional Minister, John Kwadwo Gyapong who made the revelation in an interview on Joy FM’s Midday News yesterday, August 26, said, there is need for urgent improvements to water and sanitation infrastructure in the township. He described the situation as “bad” and “scary,” warning that the disease is spreading rapidly, destroying homes and killing the community members. He said the waterborne bacterial…

A pastor of the Deeper Life Church, James Tawiah, tragically lost his life at Amantin in the Mpohor Fiase Municipality of the Western Region after a 350-litre water storage tank fell on his vehicle. According to reports, the sorrowful incident which occurred on Tuesday, August 26, 2025, Pastor Tawiah was on his way to Manso to preach, where he met his doom. His vehicle suddenly stopped midway while climbing a steep hill. Struggling to regain control, the car rolled backward at speed, crashing into a structure that supported a large 350-litre water storage tank. In a desperate attempt to maneuver,…

Ghanaian music superstar, Charles Nii Armah Mensah, who goes by the stage name Shatta Wale, has taken a spiritual bath with seawater as a ritualistic act to cleanse himself physically and spiritually and also to purify his body and mind. Shatta Wale, on Sunday August 24, which is three days after he gained his freedom from a day’s detention at the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO), was seen at the seaside of Teshie in the Greater Accra Region undergoing the ritualistic bath in broad daylight while wearing a pair of white linen shorts only. He was bare-chested with his…