Author: Insight News

Hajia Abibata Shanni Mahama Zakariah has resigned as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC), effective immediately. In a resignation letter dated January 31, 2025, she formally informed the Chief of Staff at the Office of the President, copying the Secretary to the President as well, however the Chief of Staff officially received the letter on February 4, 2025. After serving eight years under President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo; first as Deputy CEO and later as substantive CEO, Hajia Abibata called her tenure a privilege. She emphasized her commitment to MASLOC’s growth and success…

A Sunyani District Court has granted bail to former Employment and Labour Relations Minister, Ignatius Baffour Awuah, following his arrest in connection with violent clashes during a league match between Nsoatreman FC and Asante Kotoko at Nsoatre in the Bono Region, which resulted in one death. Police arrested BaffourAwuah, also the former Sunyani West MP, along with Agyemang Duah Owusu and Joseph Kyeremeh on February 3, 2025. Authorities charged him with abetment to commit crime, to wit murder, under Sections 20(1) and 46 of the Criminal Offenses Act 1960 (Act 29). Judge Eric Daning, who presided over the Sunyani District…

For years of my writing on various topics, I have never touched on religion not because I dread the area but as a sinner I have decided not to delve into sacrilegious things. I leave it for the Holy people. However, I feel extremely compelled to write this piece to forcefully argue to defend the newly appointed Director-General of the National Lottery Authority, Mr. Mohammed Abdul-Salam. The two main religions in Ghana, Christianity and Islam, abhor lotto, gambling, betting, drinking of alcohol, smoking, promiscuity, and other social vices. But for the purposes of this piece, I will pick lottery as…

Highly respected Member of Parliament for South Dayi, Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor Esq. – the Majority Chief Whip, has described as a “silly joke” and “pure fabrications” reports that his testicles got squeezed without his consent by another Member of Parliament during the recent chaos that broke out at the Appointments Committee. The balls squeezing allegation was put in the public domain by Alexander Akwasi Acquah, MP for the Akim Oda Constituency in the Eastern Region during an interview he granted to Kwesi Parker Wilson, host of the Oyerepa Breakfast Time (OBT). Akwasi Acquah has not been able to produce any evidence…

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has accepted the prayer of Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin and accordingly lifted the suspension he placed on four Members of Parliament over their purported involvement in the reported chaos that enveloped the Appointments Committee last week. The affected MPs are the Majority Chief Whip and MP for South Dayi, Rockson Nelson Dafeamakpor; the Minority Chief Whip and MP for Nsawam-Adoagyiri, Frank Annor-Dompreh; the MP for Gushiegu, Alhassan Sulemana Tampuli, and the MP for Weija-Gbawe, Jerry Ahmed Shaib. The Minority Leader, in his statement of plea to Alban Bagbin in Parliament, noted that  he takes…

The mature testicles of a prominent Member of Parliament were grabbed  without his consent and squeezed hard by another Member of Parliament during the recent chaos that broke out at the Appointments Committee, Hon. Alexander Akwasi Acquah, MP for Akim Oda in the Eastern Region has revealed. Mr. Akwasi Acquah on Monday morning told Kwesi Parker Wilson, host of the Oyerepa Breakfast Time (OBT) that he was a witness to the testicles squeezing but the cameras could not capture that particular aspect of the drama. The Akim Oda MP boldly mentioned the name of the MP who had his testicles…

Samuel Kwesi Fletcher has been tipped by many as the right candidate for the position of Chief Executive of Volta River Authority (VRA). Known for his extensive skills, unmatched experience and visionary leadership, Fletcher possesses the qualifications to transform the VRA into a world-class power producer and supplier. Fletcher has served as the head of Corporate Communications and spokesperson for the VRA—Ghana’s major utility responsible for generating hydro, thermal, and solar power. His tenure coincided with the power crisis that plagued Ghana from 2012 to 2015, a period where he emerged as a resilient voice for the VRA and the…

Students of Kumasi Technical Institute (KTI) and Kumasi Anglican Senior High School (KASS) in the Ashanti Region were involved in a violent clash which resulted in vandalism on both campuses. According to reports, during the violent exchange, students set car tires ablaze and hurled stones and other objects. The rampaging students damaged four private vehicles on the KASS campus, destroyed the school gate, and vandalized a billboard and notice board at KTI. Gabriel Kingsford Osei, Principal of KTI, accused KASS students of initiating the attack on Thursday night. According to him, they stormed KTI armed with stones and machetes, targeting…

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has said the unilateral decision of the Speaker of Parliament to suspend four Members of the House without recourse to due process is selective, autocratic and dangerous. A statement issued by the Party and signed by its General Secretary, Justice Koduah Frimpong on Monday February 3 said the Speaker, Alban Bagbin’s motive is ostensibly to “to cow the Minority into submission, consequently weakening its potential to hold the government accountable.” “The Party calls on ALL, especially it’s Hon. Members of Parliament, to be assured of the Party’s unflinching support at all material times and fully…

Available checks confirm that all the six vehicles belonging to Lord Commey that got seized at gunpoint from his private residence by armed men purporting to be National Security officials have been returned to him. Mr. Commey, the immediate past Director of Operations at the Presidency got his cars returned to him a day after they were forcefully confiscated. The incident has caused some embarrassment and public backlash to leadership of the State security system after it was established that the cars were indeed not Government owned but rather Mr. Commey’s private properties. The system has since apologized to him.…