Author: Insight News

Former CEO of the National Petroleum Authority, Dr. Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, says the New Patriotic Party (NPP) 2024 electoral defeat is neither shocking nor shameful, but a political reality that comes with attempting the impossible adding that it is okay to lose and that the party did its best for the country. Speaking bluntly during the ongoing NPP’s Thank You Tour in Damongo, in the Savannah Region on April 4th 2025, the longtime party stalwart expressed no regrets over the party’s 2024 election loss. “Tell yourself the truth, why were you saying ‘Break the 8’? Because you knew it has never…

The Cyber Security Authority (CSA) has warned Ghanaians not to take, store or share nude images or videos of themselves on electronic devices, as these could be used by cybercriminals for blackmail and sextortion. “Avoid sharing intimate content with strangers online, even if they seem trustworthy. Keep social media accounts private, and limit who can view your content. Also avoid capturing or storing nude images or videos of yourself on any device,” the Cyber Security Authority warned. In a public alert on Friday, May 2nd, 2025, the CSA expressed concern over the increasing use of online blackmail tactics, with financial…

Kwadwo Mpiani,  former Chief of Staff under the John Agyekum Kufuor led-Government, cautioned the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) to as a matter of urgency, suspend the ongoing ‘Thank You Tour’, which he says has become messy, divisive and counter-productive. He said the focus of the party now should be to work to correct the wrongs detected by the Mike Oquaye Committee tasked to do a postmortem of the party’s 2024 electoral defeat but not to embark on a tour that has generated controversy and sparked internal quarrels demonstrated in the full glare of the media. The tour is for the…

A mobile money (MoMo) vendor named Christopher Ahordo was shot dead by armed robbers at Gbagblakope near the Diamond Cement Factory in Aflao, located in the Ketu South Municipality of the Volta Region. Christopher, popularly known as Colombo, was attacked around 6:15 p.m. on Monday evening, April 28th, 2025 by two masked men dressed in long robes and armed with pump-action guns. The victim had extended his working hours past his usual 5:00 p.m. closing time, the reasons remain unknown. According to Sylvia Awuye, a Ketu South-based journalist with Holy FM, Colombo was preparing to close for the day when…

Three Indian men have been arrested by the Ghana Gold Board security taskforce in Kumasi for allegedly engaging in illegal gold trading and smuggling activities. The suspects, Goutam Katriya, 35, Miraj Sarvaych, 22, and Manash Damani, 42; were picked up from a residence near Atinga Junction, which had been turned into an illegal gold trading hub. In a Facebook post on Tuesday, April 29, 2025, the Ghana Gold Board announced that the suspects appeared before the Achimota Circuit Court and have been remanded into National Intelligence Bureau (NIB) custody until May 12, 2025. According to the Director of Investigations at…

The Ghana Bar Association (GBA) has demanded an immediate revocation of the suspension of Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo on grounds that the suspension spearheaded by  President John Mahama was unconstitutional and deeply troubling for Ghana’s judicial independence. The Association’s demands were contained in a statement dated April 26th and signed by its President, Mrs. Efua Ghartey to communicate that  at its 2025 Mid-Year Conference held in Accra on April 26th, 2025, the GBA passed strong resolutions challenging the legality and transparency of the President’s decision. President Mahama’s  action of suspension, taken after a prima facie case was allegedly established against…

The Adwumawura Programme which is expected to create 40,000 jobs over a four-year period is not just a policy but a commitment, a lifeline to the countless young men and women who rise every morning with big dreams but are often met with closed opportunities, the Acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme (NEIP), Mr. Eric Adjei has said. He made this known during the launch of the Adwumawura Programme which took place at the Prempeh Assembly Hall in Kumasi on Monday, April 28, 2025, drawing a significant audience of government officials, young entrepreneurs, and…

“Tertiary education should not only provide knowledge; it should spark innovation.” – (World Economic Forum, 2017). In a remarkable and inspiring event that represents a significant shift in tertiary education in Ghana, the African University of Communications and Business (AUCB), situated in Adabraka, Accra, has established an impressive benchmark in practical tertiary education. On April 26, 2025, the university hosted a ground-breaking poster presentation under their course title Branding and Brand Management. At the program, the university’s level 300 Strategic Communication and Business Marketing students demonstrated entrepreneurial skills that extend beyond conventional lecture hall learning. Guided by Mr. Peter Wonders…

The decision of former President Nana Akufo-Addo to authorize the spending of an amount of $58 million on a National Cathedral project that was never completed, the sheer arrogance of power and the decision of government to increase the cost of fuel at a time that was less than 72 hours to General Elections contributed to the defeat of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the December 2024 elections, Vice President Mahamadu Bawumia has noted in public. Dr. Bawumia, the 2024 presidential candidate of the NPP made  the remarks during his ‘Thank You’ tour of the Western Region on Sunday…

The town of Amanokrom once again witnessed an extraordinary surge in economic activity as the second edition of the Ofie Market took place on Saturday, 26th April 2025. Following the overwhelming success of the maiden event, the second edition not only attracted greater participation from farmers and traders but also demonstrated the tangible economic transformation that the Ofie Market initiative is beginning to drive in the Akuapem North Constituency. From the early hours of the morning, Amanokrom was bustling with activity. Farmers and traders, now better organized and better stocked, showcased an even wider array of fresh produce, grains, vegetables,…