Author: Insight News

The Minority in Parliament has expressed anger and indignation over the decision of President John Mahama to suspend Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo following the establishment of a prima facie case in response to three separate petitions seeking her removal from office. Shortly after the Presidency issued an official statement to communicate the suspension of the Chief Justice, the Minority put out a public statement to condemn the decision, call for its immediate reversal and vowed to employ all legitimate means to oppose the suspension. The rather strong worded statement from the Minority described the suspension of the Chief Justice as…

BRYAN ACHEAMPONG, the former Agric Minister, has promised to reconstruct the gutted Blue Light Market in Kumasi for the traders in just one-year time. According to him, he constructed the Rock City Hotel in the Easter Region, which is the biggest hotel in Africa, so building the market would not be a big deal for him. Bryan, who is the sitting Member of Parliament (MP) for Abetifi, said he is only waiting for the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II’s approval to reconstruct the market. “I built the Rock City Hotel, the biggest hotel in Africa, so if I say I…

Thirteen people have been confirmed dead and a pregnant woman has lost her unborn baby after a fuel tanker collided head-on with a passenger minibus at Amanase, near Suhum, on the ever busy Accra-Kumasi highway in the Eastern Region. The tragic accident happened in the early hours of Tuesday, April 22, 2025. According to the Ghana Police and Fire Service, the fuel tanker, with registration number GR 1300-16, veered off its lane and crashed into a Benz Sprinter minibus registered GW 6510-23. Preliminary investigations suggest that the driver of the fuel tanker may have dozed off behind the wheel, causing…

Senior Presidential Advisor, Joyce Bawah Mogtari, says the Ghana Gold Board is taking major steps to ensure that gold acquired through illegal mining does not enter the formal market. She made this known during an interview with Woezor TV, aired on Sunday, April 20, 2025. Speaking about efforts to address the illegal mining crisis, popularly known as galamsey, Ms. Bawah Mogtari revealed that Ghana is now adopting a more structured approach, using international standards to trace the source of gold. She said this move would help sanitize the gold industry and prevent unregulated gold from being traded legally. “I listen…

Mayor of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA), Richard Ofori Boadi Agyemang alias King Zuba, has told a news conference that he has officially approved the physical assault and beating-up of traders who would continue to sell on the streets pavements meant for pedestrians in Kumasi, the Ashanti Regional capital. King Zuba said the flogging of grown-up traders, some old enough to be his parents, is called “democratic-military style” and he would need the support of journalists, especially broadcast journalists, when it becomes operational after a two-week ultimatum to Kumasi traders to vacate the pavements and move into the markets. King…

A 15-year-old boy who is a Basic Education Certificate Candidate has been slashed to death by a 17-year-old with machete to death at Akwapem Adukrom in the Eastern Region. The two childhood good friends were engaged an altercation over GHC10. 00 which escalated into violence. An eyewitness said ” The suspect slapped me and demanded why I had slapped a member of his gang days ago over GHC10.00. I told my friend who is now deceased what transpired. He demanded we look for the suspect and retaliate. The suspect came with cutlass amid sounds from a nearby taxi and slashed…

Bright Mensah Bonsu, the man suspected to have received an amount of  US$1.5 million in cash in his attempt to sell a prime beachfront property belonging to Ghana’s High Commission in Lagos, Nigeria, has been arrested. “No diplomatic property belonging to the people of Ghana is for sale, severe consequences await anyone who tests our resolve,” this was the strong message from the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Samuel OkudzetoAblakwa, after he confirmed the arrest in a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Tuesday, April 15, 2025. He revealed that Ghanaian security operatives apprehended Bonsu after months of investigations into the…

The Minority in Parliament has pointed out that the recently announced Staff-Level Agreement (SLA) between the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Government of Ghana under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) programme is evidence to prove that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) led Government had neither breached the terms of the Programme nor “criminally managed” the economy as was alleged by President John Mahama. The SLA paves way for a US$370 million release once the IMF Executive Board grants final approval but the Minority insists this good news and the 4th Review of the IMF program is based on End-December…

Level 300 communication students of the African University College of Communications and Business (AUCB) are gearing up to take centre stage on Saturday, April 26, with a dynamic presentation around branding excellence – a testament to the institution’s deepening focus on creative and entrepreneurial education. The upcoming event, which would be held at the university’s forecourt in Adabraka, promises to be more than just a typical academic display. It’s a curated experience, driven entirely by students, aimed at highlighting not only the principles of effective branding but also the practical, real-world applications of their studies in marketing, communication, and business…

Chaotic scenes vandalism, arson, violently expressed anger and threats have happened across parts of the country where some members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) are unhappy about persons nominated to become Metropolitan, Municipal or District Chief Executives of various Assemblies. Such protests have happened in the Okaikwei North Constituency, the Asanti Mampong Constituency, the Talensi Constituency, the Tema East Constituency among other places. Mampong The first of such protests started last week Wednesday when the Asanti Mampong Constituency office of the NDC got vandalized with furniture, motor bikes and other items set ablaze by some angry members of the…