Author: Insight News

On Thursday August 7, which was day two of the three-days of national mourning declared by the Government in honour of the eight persons who died during Wednesday, August 6’s helicopter crash, the mortal remains of the victims were flown to South Africa for DNA testing and analysis to help in the proper identification of the bodies which got burnt beyond easy recognition. The testing procedure is expected to be done with results ready within 12 hours. Early reports suggested that the 37 Military Hospital in Accra had assembled a team of specialists for the DNA analysis and identification. It…

The National Communications Authority (NCA) has officially informed MultiChoice Ghana Limited that it plans to suspend the company’s authorisation to operate its pay-TV service, DStv, in Ghana due to high and unfair subscription fees. In a press statement released on Thursday, August 7,2025 by the NCA stated that it is acting under Section 13 of the Electronic Communications Act, 2008 (Act 775). This section gives the Authority the power to suspend or revoke licences if a service is considered harmful to the public interest. MultiChoice Ghana has been given 30 days to respond to the notice. During this period, the…

The Ghana Road Transport Coordinating Council (GRTCC) has suspended its earlier plan to increase public transport fares by 20%, which should have taken effect today. This decision came after a high-level meeting with the Ministry of Transport on Wednesday, August 6, 2025. The fare hike, which was supposed to start on today, Friday, August 8, 2025, faced strong public criticism. Many people expressed concern that there had been no proper consultation with key stakeholders before announcing the increase. Due to the backlash, the GRTCC and the Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU), after a joint meeting, decided to put the…

The Minority in Parliament has challenged claims of economic progress under the President John Mahama led-government, saying that while the cedi appears to have stabilized on paper, its real value has drastically weakened in the everyday lives of Ghanaians. The Minority was responding to claims of economic growth made by Finance Minister Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, when he presented the Mid-Year Budget Review to Parliament on Thursday July 24, 2025. Speaking to journalists in Accra, on Tuesday, July 29, 2025 the Minority pointed out that although the government boasts of a stable exchange rate, the real test of economic health…

Any appointee who served in the Akufo-Addo administration and is currently under investigation would be picked up the Police Service if they step foot in Akwatia to campaign for the by-election, Deputy General Secretary and Deputy Director of Operations at the Presidency, Mustapha Gbande has served notice. Gbande explains the former appointees are on record to have engaged in several unlawful practices and transactions including money laundering, visa racketeering, among others, reason they would be arrested as soon as they arrive in the Akwatia constituency. “We will go to Akwatia; however, all previous appointees who were involved in any crime…

Former Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame has dared the current Attorney-General, Dr. Dominic Ayine to provide evidence of a GHC10million settlement offered by council for the accused in the Beige Bank case. Dame, in a social media post, suggested there has been no such offer. He alleged Dr. Dominic Ayine, peddled lies to Ghanaians. “I ask, under what circumstance does Dr. Ayine claim that counsel for the accused in the Beige Bank case offered him GHC10Million? I assert that there is no record of this. I challenge Dr. Ayine to produce receipt of such a proposal, and,…

The recent bizarre attempt by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Majority in Parliament to oust the Minority Leader, Osahen Alexander Afenyo-Markin from the ECOWAS Parliament has become an exercise in futility because per the laws governing the ECOWAS Parliament, the tenure of a Member, more so, an elected Deputy Speaker is fixed and as long as he has won his Effutu Constituency seat, no person, group or nation can remove him unless he himself voluntarily resigns, takes a position in the Executive or dies. Under the Supplementary Act A/SA.1/12/16, governing the ECOWAS Parliament, a Member State cannot unilaterally or arbitrarily…

THE INSPECTOR General of Police (IGP), Christian Tetteh Yohunu, rushed to Kumasi on Saturday in the company of top police officers from Accra. The hurriedly arranged visit was in connection with the recent shootings in Asawase, where two people, including a Kusasi Chief, have been fatally shot dead. The IGP, in a speech read on his behalf, said the shootings in Asawase, notably the loss of lives, was a worry to the president and the entire security forces. In this regard, he explained that he decided to visit the Ashanti Regional capital to personally assess the security situation in order…

SIXTEEN SUSPECTS have been busted by the Manhyia Divisional Police in Kumasi on suspicion of either using or peddling narcotic drugs, which is against the law. The suspects include Emmanuel Asante, 23, Osman Ibrahim, 27, Issah Ahmed, 27, Robert Addison, 26, Opoku Basoa, 29, Gabriel Yussif 34 and Mohammed Yusif, 31. The other suspects, who are in police grips, are Aziz Mohammed, 27, Far Iddrisu, 29, Siley Imani, 26, Ali Mohammed, 24, Hahaha Abdul, 33, Abubakar Mohamed, 22. Also apprehended during the successful police operation includes Rafat Issahaka, 17 years old and Clement Taking, 18 years old and Amadu Awal,…

In what insiders fear could spiral into a nationwide scandal, a group of unscrupulous individuals, described by local workers as “politically connected hoodlums”, have, on the blind side of key state actors, seized control of several Axle Load Stations in the Ashanti Region and parts of the Eastern and Bono Regions. This alarming development, which continues to unfold quietly under the radar of the Presidency, the Ministry of Roads and Highways, the Ashanti Regional Minister, Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs), and the Director of the Ghana Highways Authority (GHA), threatens to derail some of the current administration’s hard-won…