Author: Insight News

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…

TWO CIVILIANS are in hot waters after police arrested them in possession of a pump action gun and 3 BB live cartridges, without legal permit which is against the law. Suspects Yaw Adu and Samando Dokurugu, alias ‘Shapichino’ were nabbed with the offensive weapon at Ahenkro Lorry Station in the Ashanti Region. At the time of the arrest on May 16, 2025, the two male suspects were said to be riding a motorbike. They have since been placed in police custody. Police report disclosed that “they were arrested on 16th May 2025 at the Ahenkro Lorry Station while riding a…

A Ghanaian by name Alfred Ababio Kumi, has petitioned President Mahama to dissolve the five-member committee he has constituted to investigate some petitions submitted against the suspended Chief Justice, Gertrude Araba Esaaba Sackey Torkornoo over what he describes as serious breaches of judicial conduct by members of the committee. In his petition to the Presidency, he says the conduct of the committee members compromising a meeting between two committee members, Justices Gabriel Pwamang and Samuel Adibu-Asiedu, and Thaddeus Sory, counsel for one of the petitioners in the matter undermine the integrity and credibility of the ongoing inquiry. He alleges that…

Members of the Minority Caucus serving on the Energy Committee in Parliament have called for an immediate halt to the planned increase in utility tariffs. The Minority has cited the severe impact it will have on ordinary Ghanaians and low service delivery from the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) as key reasons the increment should be halted. According to the Minority Members, the proposed tariff hike if accepted will be “unreasonable” and “ill-timed,” to Ghanaians because ECG has failed to address its persistent commercial losses, poor performance and operational inefficiencies. The Minority’s position follows a recent 14.75% increase in electricity…

Residents in Ghana should prepare for heavier-than-usual rainfall during this year’s rainy season, and potential flash floods, head of the Central Analysis and Forecasting Office at the Ghana Meteorological Agency, Felicity Ahafianyo has served notice. Felicity Ahafianyo said, this year’s rains are expected to be intense and prolonged, with a high possibility of flooding in low-lying areas. She made the comments in a response to questions on the heavy downpour, that submerged some neighborhoods in Accra, Kumasi, and other parts of the country on Sunday evening, According to Felicity Ahafianyo, the Agency’s climate models are showing an “above-normal rainfall pattern,”…

Some Members of Parliament (MPs) on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and all from three different Regions, have publicly expressed their frustration about the ongoing erratic power outages, commonly known as ‘dumsor’, which they say is creating both social and economic challenges for their constituencies and making them unpopular among the respective electorate. The concerned Parliamentarians have therefore urged the government and power sector agencies to act swiftly and decisively to end the crippling electricity disruptions. Speaking to the media after a meeting between Parliament’s Energy Committee and key power agencies on May 17, 2025, MP for…