Author: Insight News

For nearly two decades, the management of sanitation in Ghana has been significantly influenced by a single entity: Zoomlion Ghana Limited. From its inception under the National Youth Employment Programme (NYEP) to its continuation through GYEEDA and now the Youth Employment Agency (YEA), Zoomlion has held a central role in the nation’s efforts to address waste management and sanitation challenges. However, this long-standing arrangement has increasingly come under public scrutiny, raising critical questions about its effectiveness, fairness, and financial prudence. As the latest contract approaches potential renewal, a growing chorus of voices is calling for a fundamental shift: it’s time…

“I hereby formally petition your office to investigate and take appropriate disciplinary action against Constable Forson, a tall, fair, and heavily built officer who was stationed at the entrance of Parliament House to provide security during today’s “Save the Judiciary” demonstration”, was the opening paragraph of a petition signed by Minority Leader, Osahen Afenyo-Markin on Monday May 5, 2025 and addressed to the office of the Inspector General of Police (IGP). Afeny-Markin has explained that whereas he was the victim of assault during the said incident, there are reports on social media to suggest that he was rather the culprit.…

Two Ghanaian women who were kidnapped in Nigeria after they fell victim to an online romance scam have been rescued, the Ghana Police Service has confirmed from where they were being held hostage in Nigeria. The victims, Anastasia Badoo Atta and Evelyn Serwaa Konadu, were lured to Nigeria on April 22, 2025, after they were deceived by criminals posing as white men on Facebook who promised to marry them. The kidnappers used this fake relationship to convince the women to travel separately to Nigeria, where they were abducted upon arrival. The rescue operation was a joint effort between the Ghana…

Former presidential staffer Charles Bissue and another accused person, Andy Owusu, have pleaded not guilty to corruption-related charges filed against them by the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) and had been granted bail by the court. Confirming the bail, the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) took to its X (formerly Twitter) platform on May 6, 2025, stating: “Court Update: In Republic v. Bissue & Owusu, both pleaded not guilty to 15 counts including abuse of office for profit. Bail: GHS 200k each, 2 sureties (1 justified), passports deposited with court.  To report to OSP monthly. Adjourned to 29 May 2025.” The date…

Deborah Seyram Adablah, the beautiful lady who dragged her former sugar daddy who happens to be a junior pastor and senior banker to court on allegations that he had breached an agreement to take care of her, has been sentenced to 45 days in prison. The Accra High Court has sentenced Deborah Seyram Adablah to 45 days in jail after finding her guilty of contempt of court after publishing on social media, disparaging remarks about judges handling her case. The said social media postings went viral and after they were played in court, the lady was summoned to appear before…

Over the last 300 years, the Minority Leader in Ghana’s Parliament, Alexander Afenyo-Markin , is the first person to perform the ceremonial and traditional rituals reserved for the title bearer of ‘Osahen’, during the Aboakyer festival of the Effutu State. In November last year, Afenyo-Markin was officially installed as the Osahen of Effutu – the Chief Warrior of the Effutu State, making him the Commander-in-Chief of the two Asafo Companies; of Tuafo No. 1 and Dentsifo No. 2. As Osahen, he is the traditional liaison between the Asafo Companies and the Paramount Chief.  The position of Osahen is not a…

Former CEO of the National Petroleum Authority, Dr. Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, says the New Patriotic Party (NPP) 2024 electoral defeat is neither shocking nor shameful, but a political reality that comes with attempting the impossible adding that it is okay to lose and that the party did its best for the country. Speaking bluntly during the ongoing NPP’s Thank You Tour in Damongo, in the Savannah Region on April 4th 2025, the longtime party stalwart expressed no regrets over the party’s 2024 election loss. “Tell yourself the truth, why were you saying ‘Break the 8’? Because you knew it has never…

The Cyber Security Authority (CSA) has warned Ghanaians not to take, store or share nude images or videos of themselves on electronic devices, as these could be used by cybercriminals for blackmail and sextortion. “Avoid sharing intimate content with strangers online, even if they seem trustworthy. Keep social media accounts private, and limit who can view your content. Also avoid capturing or storing nude images or videos of yourself on any device,” the Cyber Security Authority warned. In a public alert on Friday, May 2nd, 2025, the CSA expressed concern over the increasing use of online blackmail tactics, with financial…

Kwadwo Mpiani,  former Chief of Staff under the John Agyekum Kufuor led-Government, cautioned the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) to as a matter of urgency, suspend the ongoing ‘Thank You Tour’, which he says has become messy, divisive and counter-productive. He said the focus of the party now should be to work to correct the wrongs detected by the Mike Oquaye Committee tasked to do a postmortem of the party’s 2024 electoral defeat but not to embark on a tour that has generated controversy and sparked internal quarrels demonstrated in the full glare of the media. The tour is for the…

A mobile money (MoMo) vendor named Christopher Ahordo was shot dead by armed robbers at Gbagblakope near the Diamond Cement Factory in Aflao, located in the Ketu South Municipality of the Volta Region. Christopher, popularly known as Colombo, was attacked around 6:15 p.m. on Monday evening, April 28th, 2025 by two masked men dressed in long robes and armed with pump-action guns. The victim had extended his working hours past his usual 5:00 p.m. closing time, the reasons remain unknown. According to Sylvia Awuye, a Ketu South-based journalist with Holy FM, Colombo was preparing to close for the day when…