Author: Insight News

All national service personnel in Ghana will undergo two months of basic military training starting August 3rd, 2025, the National Service Authority (NSA) has announced. The decision follows a high-level meeting between the NSA and the Military High Command on Wednesday, April 23rd, 2025, at the Ministry of Defence in Accra. The meeting focused on finalizing plans for the new National Service Emergency Response Readiness Programme (NSERRP), which aims to equip graduates with military drills, discipline, and a sense of national pride. The initiative mirrors President John Dramani Mahama’s proposal in his February 27thState of the Nation Address, where he…

A 34-year-old man, Robert Kwabena Boamah, has been arrested for the brutal murder of 23-year-old Dorothy Owusu Annor, whose lifeless body was found earlier this week with multiple stab wounds. The Ashanti Regional Police Command confirmed his arrest through a press release issued on Thursday April 24th 2025. “The Ashanti Regional Police Command has arrested suspect Robert Kwabena Boamah, 34, in connection with the murder of a young woman. The suspect was apprehended at his hideout in Namong, near Offinso, in the Ashanti Region on Wednesday, 23rd April 2025, following his involvement in the heinous crime,” the statement read. The…

A 44-year-old farmer, Enoch Kusi, has been accused of brutally murdering his 47-year-old wife, Ama Kwakyewaa, in the bush, with a beer bottleat Akyem Adwafo in the Akyemansa District of the Eastern Region. The suspected killer, who allegedly accused his wife of infidelity, is on the run. The local youth have launched an intensive search for him, believing he has taken refuge in the neighborhood. According to a report from Graphic Online, the tragic incident unfolded when a family member, Osei Amponsah, revealed to Daily Graphic at Adwafoon Wednesday April, 23rd, 2025, that the couple had been experiencing marital issues…

The Ghana Bar Association (GBA) has called for strict adherence to the rule of law as constitutional processes unfold to determine the fate of Chief Justice Gertrude Torkonoo. This follows a petition submitted by three individuals to President John Dramani Mahama, seeking the removal of the Chief Justice. The petition was subsequently forwarded to the Council of State, which determined that a prima facie case existed. In line with constitutional provisions, a five-member committee was constituted to investigate the matter, prompting the suspension of the Chief Justice pending the outcome. In a statement issued on the matter, the GBA emphasised…

Member of Parliament (MP) for Old Tafo, Vincent Ekow Assafuah, has filed an application at the Supreme Court seeking an order to halt the operation of the warrant issued by the President, which suspended the Chief Justice, Justice Getrude Araba Esaaba Sackey Torkornoo, from office pending an investigation into petitions against her ladyship, the Chief Justice. President John Dramani Mahama on Tuesday, 22 April 2025, suspended the Chief Justice from office and constituted a five-member committee chaired by a justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Gabriel Pwamang, to investigate several allegations made against the Chief Justice by some five petitioners…

The Centre for Democratic Movement (CDM) has said the Committee formed to investigate petitions filed against Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo is  politically compromised and therefore has doubts it would be impartial, avoid bias and not take sides in its work. A statement issued by the CDM said the neutrality of any committee tasked with reviewing the conduct of the nation’s highest judicial officer must be unimpeachable. “However, in this case, the makeup of the investigative committee is marred by political affiliations and past controversies, undermining both its perceived and actual impartiality” the CDM statement noted. The CDM’s concerns were in…

On Saturday, April 26, 2025, level 300 communication students from the African University of Communications And Business (AUCB) would unveil their branding initiatives in a much-anticipated event. The event, which is expected to be held at the forecourt of the university campus, promises to be a dynamic showcase of innovation, strategy, and creativity focused on the changing landscape of branding. The showcase, a core part of the students’ coursework in “Branding and Brand Management”, is designed to give young creatives an opportunity to take theory beyond the classroom and into real-world application. Students would unveil original brand identities, marketing campaigns,…

Protecting private sector entrepreneurs from the excesses of partisan political interference should be a deliberate, concerted and sustained policy to ensure business owners can thrive without fear of being tagged or targeted when there is a change of regime, the Minority Leader, Osahen Alexander Afenyo-Markin has said. He explained need for the political class in Ghana to de-politicise entrepreneurship: “when we politicise local enterprise, we create an uneven playing field that stifles innovation and discourages risk-taking. When this happens, it is foreign businesses that stand tall and dominate our markets while our indigenous enterprises — unfairly branded or sidelined —…

Dennis Miracles Aboagye the Director of Communications and Spokesperson for the 2024 presidential campaign of Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia has denied reports that he violently grabbed the testicles of a highly respected New Patriotic Party (NPP) stalwart, squeezed them hard and given the balls a sharp bite with his teeth because his victim had disagreed with the candidate over the choice of a running mate. The allegations of balls squeezing is sourced to a so-called page 66 of a supposedly leaked copy of the  Prof. Oquaye Committee Report which is a postmortem of the NPP’s campaign, strategy and performance at the…

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…