Author: Insight News

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…

The Executive Secretary of the National Film Authority (NFA), Kafui Danku-Pitcher, has made known her avowed commitment to revive Ghana’s once upon a time vibrant film industry. Barely over a month into her new role, Kafui has already begun stirring conversations with her plans to reform and re-energise the movie sector. In an interview on Joy FM’s Showbiz A-Z with host Kwame Dadzie on April 12th, 2025, Kafui spoke with passion and confidence, stating: “When we grant interviews addressing our problems in the industry, apart from reviving the cinema culture, we also talk mainly about funding and distribution. It runs…

Users of electricity in Ghana are to pay bills that are 14.75 percent higher than the current rates, government has announced. The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC), in an official statement issued on Friday April 11, said the Commission has approved the increased tariffs of 14.75 percent for electricity and further given approval that water should also be increased by 4.0 percent. The new prices are to take effect from May 3, 2025 and are to cover all categories of consumers whether rich or poor, domestic or commercial. The PURC explained in the statement, signed by its Executive Secretary, Dr.…

A special task force created by the Eastern Regional Security Council has arrested seven people involved in illegal mining activities commonly known as galamsey. The team also seized a large number of mining machines from the Denkyembuor, Atiwa West, Fanteakwa, and Ayensuano districts. The operation took place on Friday, April 11, 2025. It was carried out by a joint team of police officers from the Eastern Regional Police Command and military personnel from the Southern Command. According to Adom Online, the task force seized 24 excavator batteries, 16 water pumping machines, one chainsaw, three monitors, five control boards, three single-barrel…