Author: Insight News

Hon Joe Ghartey, a former Attorney General and Minister of Justice, and Potential Presidential contender for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has categorically denied media claims that he blamed the NPP Government for the Accra Sky Train Project’s poor execution. After Hon. Ghartey’s appearance on Citi FM’s Eyewitness News with Umaru Sanda Amadu, there were untrue media stories claiming that he had blamed the NPP for the failure of the Accra Sky Train Project. In a statement responding to the misled publications, the seasoned politician who served as the Minister of Railways Development said, “there is nothing further from the…

The Asiedu Nketia – Fifi Kwetey leadership of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has raised fees to be paid if interested in the Flagbearership position of the party to GH¢530,000. The payment consist of picking up forms which goes for GH¢30,000 while the filing fees goes for GH¢500,000. However women and people with disabilities who choose to pick up forms to contest, would be responsible for paying ONLY 50% of all fees. At a news conference in Accra, NDC General Secretary Fifi Kwetey explained that all constituencies will hold both the presidential and parliamentary elections. The opposition political party will…

Ghana is the greatest site in West Africa to conduct business, according to President Nana Akufo-Addo, who also urged the private sector and investors in the United Arab Emirates to make Ghana their first stop when doing business in the region. President Akufo-Addo said in a speech to the UAE-Ghana Business Forum on Tuesday, January 17, 2023, which was held in conjunction with Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week, that the government has been putting in place the necessary measures since 2017 to lower business costs and enhance the business environment. In addition to being one of the most business-friendly in Africa,…

Some University of Ghana (UG) continuing students who were stranded due to the school’s new residential policy have made use of a Catholic church’s restroom as a place to sleep. A student claimed in an interview with Citi News’ Kwaku Aduamah Ansah that they had no choice but to sleep in the hallways of other residence halls and occasionally in the restroom of a Catholic Church on campus. “We slept in the corridors of Legon Hall on Monday, but on Tuesday, we didn’t get any place to sleep, so we went through the bush and went to the Catholic Church…

The Ghana Police Service has began investigations into a viral recording alleging that some of its officers purposefully inserted drugs in the car of a man posing as a doctor. In the recording, the aforementioned doctor is heard describing how the police, who allegedly found illegal chemicals in his car after a check threatened and humiliated him, tried to extort money from him. According to reports, there were four cops involved. In the tape, the aforementioned doctor asserted that the Narcotics Control Commission, the Ghana Armed Forces, the East Legion and Accra Central Police Stations, as well as other parties,…

Former Attorney – General and Minister of Justice and NPP Presidential candidate aspirant, Hon. Joe Ghartey, has stated that he will appoint 60 Ministers when elected as President of Ghana. He made this known in an interview with Umaru Sanda on Citi FM’s Eyewitness News. According to him, his government will have a maximum of sixty Ministers. This was in response to a question which described President Akufo-Addo’s first term Government of 111 Ministers as bloated. Hon. Ghartey disagreeing with the suggestion that the Akufo-Addo government was bloated, said that in the first term, President Akufo-Addo’s philosophy of the size…

A couple in Accra went to the maternity unit of the 37 Military Hospital anticipating twins, but they were shocked to receive a single baby instead. They are demanding answers from the hospital staff for allegedly being responsible for the apparent “disappearance” of one of the twin babies who had just been delivered. On September 8, 2022, a Caesarean section was used to deliver the baby. The mother of the alleged twin, Audrey Agyapong, a 38-year-old trader, and her 54-year-old husband, Daniel Naawu, are suspicious of foul play. The pair described their story to the Ghanaian Times Newspaper in Accra.…

As a result of recent decisions made on the domestic debt program scheme, Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta appears to have angered the majority in Parliament. The fact that the Finance Minister declined to consult them before implementing the domestic debt exchange scheme notwithstanding current events in the legislature has left the leaders of the majority furious and enraged. Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, the majority leader and minister of parliamentary affairs who opposes the scheme, warns that the middle class may be wiped out and urges the minister to move more cautiously. “What we [are] talking about is that many of these bondholders also…

The Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO) and its Executive Director, COP Maame Tiwaa Addo-Danquah, have been threatened with legal action by the Chamber of Automobile Dealership Ghana (CHADG), however they have now backtracked on their threats. The used car dealers had threatened to deal with the anti-crime organization for the seizure of some vehicles they thought to be stolen at the time they made the threat. According to the dealers, they were furious at the time. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), and the Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO) worked together to…

Alleged Meek Mill’s phone thief given GH¢50,000 bailout – An Accra circuit court has released on bail a 33-year-old scrap dealer who is accused of stealing the phone belonging to American rapper Meek Mill. The bail amount is 15,000 Ghana cedis, and the court requires two sureties. The alleged perpetrator of the theft, Nuhu Sule, is currently on trial before the court presided over by Samuel Bright Acquah. In accordance with the terms of the bail, the sureties have to be members of the public sector. On February 6, 2023, he is scheduled to make another appearance. After the victim,…