Author: Insight News

There is growing anxiety over whether ex-Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta would return to Ghana between May 14 and May 30, 2025 to show up in person at the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) or he would remain outside the country at the risk of being officially declared a fugitive of Justice by June 2. What is certain beyond doubt is that the Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng would stick to his publicly declared intention and caution that if Ken Ofori-Atta’s presence is “mandatorily required” on June 2, 2025 else he shall be immediately re-listed as a wanted person and…

The Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng, has paid a courtesy call on the Commissioner of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), Dr. Joseph Akanjolenur Whittal, as part of efforts to deepen inter-agency collaboration in the national fight against corruption. At a meeting held on Wednesday, 14 May 2025, Mr. Agyebeng underscored the urgent need for the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) and CHRAJ to strengthen coordination and complement each other’s efforts. He cautioned that fragmented approaches and insufficient collaboration between Ghana’s key anti-corruption institutions create loopholes that enable corrupt individuals to exploit jurisdictional overlaps and evade justice.…

Popular Kumasi based entrepreneur and philanthropist Prince Kumi, popularly known as ‘Maxi De Car Dealer’, has been adjudged as the Best Car Dealer in the Ashanti Region in general. Maxi’s significantly huge garage is located at Bekwai Roundabout in Kumasi, where he deals in luxurious cars including Maybach, Roll Royce, Ferrari, Bentley, Defender and others. The prestigious award was presented to him during the 22nd Ashanti Business Excellence Awards 2025, which was held at the Lancaster Hotel in Kumasi. The organizers of the Ashanti Business Excellence Awards recognizes and honour individuals and businesses that are helping to develop Ashanti region.…

Centre for Citizenship, Constitutional and Electoral Systems (CenCES), a Ghanaian company limited by guarantee (LBG), has filed a writ at the Supreme Court seeking an order to stop the five-member committee appointed by the President from carrying out its probe into some three petitions against the Chief Justice (CJ) and for the warrant issued to suspend the Chief Justice to be struck down. The action of the Centre for Citizenship, Constitutional and Electoral Systems (CenCES) was instituted against the Attorney General (1st Defendant), Her Ladyship, Chief Justice Gertrude Araba Esaaba Sackey Torkornoo (2nd Defendant), and His Lordship Justice Gabriel Scott…

All Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) in Ghana must now make budget plans to pay their own electricity bills. This new directive was announced by the Minister of Energy and Green Transition, John Jinapor, during a meeting with the Energy Committee and power sector agencies on Thursday, May 15, 2025. According to the minister, this measures is to ensure MDAs take full responsibility for their power usage. Some essential services will have partial exemptions. “Cabinet has also adopted a position and we will want to brief you on it. All MDAs are supposed to pay for their electricity bills. They…

Six individuals have been convicted by the High Court in Tamale for their roles in a payroll corruption scheme involving ghost names and fraudulent salary payments within the Ghana Education Service. The convicted persons include school administrators, payroll officers, and accountants who facilitated the illegal validation and reactivation of salaries for a teacher who had vacated his post. Their actions led to the wrongful payment of over GHS 86,000, all of which has now been recovered—bringing the total amount retrieved to GHS 106,319.64. The convictions followed guilty pleas entered under the Office of the Special Prosecutor’s (OSP) plea bargaining framework,…

THE ASHANTI Regional Police Command has arrested Michael Owusu Ansah aka ‘Baby Last’, who is alleged to have murdered a policeman nine years ago. Also arrested in another operation is a top drug dealer, Adam Mohammed. Baby Last, according to the police, murdered G/Cpl Frank Essel of SWAT/Ashanti at the Open Space Hotel in Denchemuoso on 19th May 2016 and went into hiding for 9 years. He was just arrested few days ago upon intelligence. DSP Godwin Ahianyo of the Ashanti Regional Police Command Public Affairs Department, in a press statement, announced the two major arrests. According to him, the…

A former Director-General of the National Signals Bureau (NSB), Kwabena Adu-Boahene, would not hesitate to disclose full sensitive and classified national security information if that becomes necessary as to prove his innocence in the ongoing GHS49 million cybersecurity procurement scandal trial; his lead counsel Samuel Atta Akyea has warned. The National Signals Bureau, of which Adu-Boahene was the Director-General is a State Security institution which provides integrated signal systems for National Security and Ghana’s intelligence agencies to ensure the security of the country and the nature of information available to him may be volatile and not for public consumption. Mr.…

A storm of controversy hit the Nsawam-Adoagyiri Municipal Assembly on Monday, May 12, as Fummey Selorm Philibert—President Mahama’s nominee and two-time National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary candidate—was confirmed as Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) under disputed and dramatic circumstances. What was supposed to be a democratic confirmation process instead turned into a scene of intimidation, disputed vote tallies, and alleged disregard for constitutional procedures, drawing harsh criticism from opposition leaders and local stakeholders. A former NDC parliamentary candidate for the Nsawam-Adoagyiri Constituency in both the 2020 and 2024 elections, his political career has been marked by accusations of inciting violence and…

A 25-year-old man, Yussif Mohammed, has been arrested after being caught with a large stash of guns and bullets near the Asankare Police barrier in the Ashanti Region. His arrest, on May 8, 2025, happened thanks to the alertness of the public and a fortunate series of events. According to a police statement on May 12, 2025, Mohammed was traveling aboard an Accra-bound bus from Kumasi when his backpack bag  fell off the vehicle near the police checkpoint. The incident raised immediate attention, prompting police officers on duty to investigate. When questioned, Mohammed claimed ownership of the bag, which led…