Author: Insight News

The Chamber of Indigenous Business & Investors (CIBI) has challenged the accuracy of an investigative report put out by The Fourth Estate and the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) regarding the National Lottery Authority’s (NLA) licencing arrangement with KGL Technology Limited. CIBI, in a rather strongly worded statement, signed by its Executive Director, Alistair Nelson, describe the investigative report from The Fourth Estate and MFWA as misleading and sensational. Below is the statement in full: According to an investigative report by the Fourth Estate, and the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), the National Lottery Authority (NLA) gave away…

The Government of the United States of America has officially lifted visa restrictions it placed on Ghana and holders of Ghanaian passports in July this year. The reversal happened at a time Ghana has become of the deportation hubs for President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. Ghana continues to receive West African nationals deported from the United States. There is however no official statement linking the reversal of the restrictions to the receiving of the deported West Africans. The United States Embassy in Accra confirmed the reversal of the visa restrictions on its official X page moments after the news was…

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has washed its hands off two of its loudest regional chairmen, Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, popularly called Chairman Wontumi, and Kwame Baffoe Abronye alias Abronye DC. In a strongly worded press release signed by General Secretary Justin Kodua Frimpong on Sunday, September 28, 2025, the NPP’s national leadership distanced itself from both men, calling on members and the general public to ignore recent statements made by these regional chairmen, insisting that their remarks do not reflect the official position of the party. “The National Leadership of the New Patriotic Party urges the public and its stakeholders to…

The Copyright Monitoring Team (CMT) of the Copyright Office of Ghana has announced a national operation to crackdown, arrest and see to the prosecution of all television station owners and managers who air movies for commercial purposes without the expressly granted permission of the rights holders. The CMT, fortified by Act 690 of the Copyright Act, 2005 is embarking on the operation in collaboration with the Ghana Police Service and television station operators and owners found guilty by court of showing movie content for commercial purposes without prior permission could face summary conviction up to a six-month jail term, a…

The Executive Chairman of the KGL Group and former Board Chair of the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC), Mr. Alex Apau Dadey, delivered a resounding opening address at the Forward Africa Leaders Symposium 2025, held in partnership with the Africa Peer Review Mechanism at the iconic home of global enterprise — NASDAQ, New York. Sharing the global stage with distinguished leaders and innovators such as H.E. Dr. Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah President of Namibia, Prime Minister of Lesotho Ntsokoane Samuel Matekane, Deputy Speaker of the Egyptian Parliament and Chair of Cleopatra Group H.E. Mohamed AbdulEnien, and CEO and President MTN Group, Mr.…

AMINATU AMIDU, a female illegal miner at Botrampa in the Ashanti Region, has reportedly died while digging for gold in an abandoned mining pit. The now-deceased woman was said to be prospecting for the precious metals with her colleague miners when she met her untimely death in the deep pit. The abandoned pit, according to Nyinahin District Police report, caved in unexpectedly therefore Aminatu Amidu could not escape from harm’s path. According to the police, the heartbreaking incident occurred on September 22, 2025 and they (police) have since commenced their investigations. One Fuseini Mamudu of Agogoso “reported that on 22/09/2025,…

In the wake of the devastating fire that ravaged the Sampa Market in the Jaman North District of the Bono Region, the Chief Executive Officer of the National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme (NEIP), Mr. Eric Adjei has extended a hand of support to affected traders and families. The fire, which broke out destroyed several shops, stalls, and wares worth thousands of Ghana cedis. The incident left many traders counting their losses, with some completely losing their source of livelihood. Moved by the plight of the victims, Mr. Eric Adjei swiftly mobilised resources and visited the scene to commiserate with those…

The Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod) has announced that a gang of four suspected gold smugglers are on the run and an amount of GH¢1 million has been placed on bounty on each of them, totaling GH¢4 million. The announcement, made by Chief Executive of GoldBod, Sammy Gyamfi at a press briefing yesterday Tuesday September 16, 2025 is in conformity with government policy that any person who provides credible information that leads to the arrest of persons involved in the smuggling or illegal trading of gold anywhere in Ghana would be rewarded with 10 percent of the value of the recovered…

FORMER PRESIDENT John Agyekum Kufuor was among the high profile people who conveyed their sympathies to the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, over the death of his sister on Monday. Otumfuo’s elder sister, Nana Ama Konadu Yiadom III, the Asantehemaa, joined her ancestors at the age of 98 on Thursday, August 7, 2025 at the Manhyia Palace in Kumasi, in the Ashanti Regional capital. On Monday, which was the first day of the four days set aside by Asanteman for the funeral rites of the queen, the Asante Monach dressed in mourning cloth and sat in state to receive thousands…

Tamale Technical University (TaTU) turned into a battlefield, as angry students clashed with police in a heated protest that left parts of the campus in chaos. The heated demonstration on Tuesday, September 16, went beyond the grip of the university authorities, with videos circulating on social media showing students waving placards and chanting slogans, accused the university’s management of neglecting their welfare, misusing funds, and introducing unjustified fee increases. What began as a peaceful demonstration quickly spiraled into violence, with tires set ablaze and stones flying as police fired warning shots and sprayed hot water to disperse the crowd. “The…