Author: Insight News

The new directive to reduce transport fares across Ghana has sparked tension between some commercial drivers and passengers, as many drivers refuse to implement the changes. The 15% reduction, introduced by the Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU), was expected to have taken effect following a drop in fuel prices and the recent appreciation of the Ghanaian cedi. However, over the weekend, several passengers took to social media to share their frustrations. In one viral video filmed on Sunday, May 25, 2025, a female passenger expressed anger after a driver at a station reportedly returned the car to the terminal…

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) led Government is rolling out a pre-mediated agenda to colonize the Judiciary and as part of that plot, has deliberately politicized the processes for the removal of Chief Justice Torkonoo from office, the immediate past Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Godfred Dame, has alleged. “I construe all that has been happening as a very calculated effort on the part of the NDC government to attack the independence of the Judiciary and shred it to the manner that they desire”, Godfred Dame noted on Wednesday night during an interview with Joy News. One of the reasons,…

The Vice President, Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, has returned home in good health after weeks of medical treatment in the United Kingdom. Confirming her arrival, the spokesperson to the President, Felix Kwakye Ofosu said the Vice President arrived in Ghana in the afternoon of Thursday, May 22, 2025. “Vice President Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang this afternoon returned home from London, United Kingdom, where she traveled for medical treatment”, Ofosu-Kwakye noted. In a brief address at the airport, Vice President Opoku-Agyemang expressed her gratitude to Ghanaians for their prayers and support. She also thanked her medical team at UGMC, and praised President…

Richard Adikyere, the ringleader behind the shocking murder of Sogakope Assembly Member Mawuli Adzahli, has been sentenced to life imprisonment by the Ho High Court, five years after the crime. Two of his accomplices, Emmanuel Hedzro and Stephen Adzibolo, were each given 47 years in prison for their roles in the deadly robbery. Four other men involved in the case namely: Obed Ayornu, Michael Sam, Samuel Kofi Zotorvi, and his twin brother Christian Zotorvi, had earlier entered plea deals and received 15-year sentences each. The court, presided over by Justice Daniel Ekow Mensah, heard chilling details of how the crime…

The Minority Caucus in Parliament has said there has been a consistent the non-payment of key statutory funds nearly six months into the tenure of President John Mahama’s administration. Addressing a press conference in Parliament on Thursday, Minority Chief Whip and Member of Parliament for Nsawam-Adoagyiri, Frank Annoh-Dompreh, described the situation as unlawful and detrimental to local governance and essential services. The Chief Whip accused the government of flouting provisions of the Local Governance Act and other statutory obligations by failing to release the District Assemblies Common Fund (DACF), GETFund, National Health Insurance Fund, and other constitutionally mandated disbursements. “It…

A group of young Ghanaians on Thursday, May 22, 2025, staged a peaceful picket near Independence Square, close to the premises where the Chief Justice’s probe is being heard. They are demanding justice, transparency, and the revocation of the suspension of Chief Justice, Her Ladyship Gertrude Araba Esaaba Sackey Torkornoo. Reports indicate that the picketing took place at the venue where the committee probing the Chief Justice was sitting. The protesters, wielding placards with bold inscriptions such as “Chief Justice Suspension Is Political”, “Stop Undermining the Judiciary”, “Don’t Erode Public Trust”, “Save Our Justice System”, and “Restore the Chief Justice…

A 32-YEAR-old man is in big trouble as he has been accused of defiling a 15-year-old girl and also getting her pregnant in the process. The suspect’s name was only given by the Mankranso DOVSSU as Kwabena, a resident of Adugyama, a farming town in Ashanti region. The victim, who is a form-one student of Afia Kobi Senior High School (SHS), reportedly fell sick suddenly so she was sent to hospital by her parents. After thorough checks and tests were done on her body at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi, it was detected that the girl was…

Finance Minister, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, has given an assurance to the Ghanaian public and economic stakeholders that the Cedi’s new strength and appreciation against the US dollar and other global trading currencies is sustainable and has been achieved mainly through the transformative activities of the Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod). Dr. Ato Forson added that as at Tuesday May 13, 2025, the Ghana Cedi had appreciated by 16.7 percent against the US dollar, making it the world’s best performing currency so far this year. This, he said, marks a significant reversal from the 13.4% depreciation observed in the same period…

The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has revealed that a huge majority of foreign street beggars arrested in the ongoing national operation are from Niger. Out of 2,244 people detained so far, 2,073, more than 92 percent, are Nigeriens. This was confirmed in a press release issued by the GIS on May 19, 2025. The arrests are part of a special nationwide effort to remove foreign nationals who are begging on the streets of Accra and other major cities. The GIS also listed other detainees: 138 Nigerians, 28 Burkinabes, one Guinean, and one Malian. “All detainees have gone through profiling and…

Former Board Chair of the Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund (GIIF), Professor Christopher Ameyaw-Akumfi, could not be present in court on Tuesday, May 20, 2025, due to ill health challenges, but has assured he will be present on Monday May 26, 2025 on the adjourned date for the trial over the controversial $2 million Sky Train project. His lawyer, Duke Aaron Sasu, told the court that Prof. Ameyaw-Akumfi had to be rushed to the hospital in the early hours of the Tuesday morning he was scheduled for court. A medical emergency, counsel explained, had once again kept his client from taking…