Author: Insight News

Ghana has dropped to 61st place across 163 countries in the latest edition of the Global Peace Index (GPI), marking a noticeable decline in its standing as one of Africa’s most peaceful nations. The report, released by the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP), raises eyebrows about the country’s internal stability and security trajectory. The latest ranking follows a downward trajectory from 55th in 2024, 51st in 2023, and 40th in 2022. The Global Peace Index, measures the peacefulness of nations based on 23 indicators across three broad domains: societal safety and security, ongoing domestic and international conflict, and militarisation.…

The Dambai township is in mourning following the tragic deaths of two prominent figures, a revered Traditional Chief and a former Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), including several others, reportedly succumbing to complications related to typhoid fever. The Oti Regional Minister, John Kwadwo Gyapong who made the revelation in an interview on Joy FM’s Midday News yesterday, August 26, said, there is need for urgent improvements to water and sanitation infrastructure in the township. He described the situation as “bad” and “scary,” warning that the disease is spreading rapidly, destroying homes and killing the community members. He said the waterborne bacterial…

A pastor of the Deeper Life Church, James Tawiah, tragically lost his life at Amantin in the Mpohor Fiase Municipality of the Western Region after a 350-litre water storage tank fell on his vehicle. According to reports, the sorrowful incident which occurred on Tuesday, August 26, 2025, Pastor Tawiah was on his way to Manso to preach, where he met his doom. His vehicle suddenly stopped midway while climbing a steep hill. Struggling to regain control, the car rolled backward at speed, crashing into a structure that supported a large 350-litre water storage tank. In a desperate attempt to maneuver,…

Ghanaian music superstar, Charles Nii Armah Mensah, who goes by the stage name Shatta Wale, has taken a spiritual bath with seawater as a ritualistic act to cleanse himself physically and spiritually and also to purify his body and mind. Shatta Wale, on Sunday August 24, which is three days after he gained his freedom from a day’s detention at the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO), was seen at the seaside of Teshie in the Greater Accra Region undergoing the ritualistic bath in broad daylight while wearing a pair of white linen shorts only. He was bare-chested with his…

In Ghana, you don’t need brains, hard work, or vision to endear yourself to the lazy idle masses. All you need is cheap money, not earned, usually stolen, and a bit of performance art. The formula is embarrassingly simple. Convert a stolen bundle into two and five cedi notes, hire or borrow a shiny car with a loud private number plate, and drive into the crowd during rallies, funerals or festive jams. Then, toss the notes into the air like a frisbee champion on steroids. The crowd will scream. Children will chase the notes, adults will scramble with dignity thrown…

DISASTER STRUCK when a farmer, one Sumaila Ayambi, accidentally slipped and got drowned in a deep Galamsey pit and died soon afterwards. The sad incident reportedly occurred on August 14, 2025 at Agogoso, a small community near Nyinahin, in the Atwima Mponua District in the Ashanti Region. According to the police, Ayambi had closed from work in his farm and he was walking towards home to ready as he always did but things didn’t go as planned for him. On his way back home, he saw a mining pit, which was filled with water. Ayambi, who was a bit dirty,…

The campaign office of Dr. Bryan Acheampong, a presidential candidate hopeful of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has denied reports that he had blamed former Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia for the Party’s defeat in the northern part of the country. Bryan Acheampong insists his comments on “tribal dynamics” were taken out of context and deliberately twisted for mischief. In an official statement released on Saturday, August 23, 2025, and signed by campaign spokesperson Pius Enam Hadzide, the team stressed that the viral social media videos, which appeared to show Dr. Bryan Acheampong making tribal remarks, were mischievously pieced together…

Corruption remains one of Africa’s biggest governance problems therefore there is the urgent need to strengthen anti-corruption agencies in the continent and ensure they are not weakened by the challenges of political interference, low funding and lack of true independence, former President Nana Akufo-Addo has said. “In 2023, over two-thirds of African countries scored below 50 out of 100 on Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index. It is important to note that, although many countries have anti-corruption agencies, like Nigeria’s EFCC, Kenya’s EACC, and Ghana’s CHRAJ, their work is often weakened by political interference, low funding, and lack of true independence.…

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has said reports suggesting that former Sanitation Minister, Cecilia Abena Dapaah, has been cleared of corruption allegations by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) are misleading and should be dismissed. In a press statement issued on Tuesday, August 19, 2025, the OSP said recent media publications misrepresented its findings and wrongly claimed that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) had found no evidence against her. According to the OSP, its official half-yearly report did not state that Ms. Dapaah was free of wrongdoing. Instead, it said that investigations found “no direct and immediate…

The Minority Health Caucus of Parliament has issued as statement in condemnation of a recent a chaotic incident at Ridge Hospital in Accra which was captured on video that showed a group of men verbally and physically assaulting health professionals at the hospital’s emergency unit. On the same subject matter, the Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has warned that health workers may withdraw their services if violent attacks on medical staff are not stopped. A statement signed by Dr Nana Ayew Afriyie, Ranking Member, Health Committee and released on Tuesday, August 19, also called on the Ghana Police Service to thoroughly…