President John Mahama has announced that his government has commissioned a Singaporean company to construct housing units for Ghana’s security services. This includes the Ghana Police Service, Ghana Prison Service, Ghana National Fire Service, and the Ghana Armed Forces. He revealed that the partnership was sealed during his visit to Singapore in 2025, where he […]
The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has stressed that the true measure of effective law enforcement lies in preventing crime before it occurs, rather than reacting after damage has been done. According to him, societies must invest in values, discipline, and cultural responsibility as the first line of defence against crime. “The greatest victory of […]
The Ghana Police Service (GPS) has taken decisive action against five of its personnel, interdicting them from duty immediately for various acts of misconduct involving the unauthorised use of the police uniform on social media platforms. The disciplinary measure was announced in a press release dated December 16, 2025, and signed by Deputy Superintendent of […]
The Ghana Police Service says its efforts to investigate the viral kidnapping allegation made by an American woman in Accra have been seriously hampered by her lack of cooperation. In a statement issued by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), the Police noted that although the woman, identified as Arianna Naomi Mackey, recorded a video claiming […]
The Ghana Police Service has opened a full-scale investigation into a viral video in which an American woman, identified as Arianna Naomi Mackey, claimed she was kidnapped and robbed in Accra by men she alleged were police officers. According to a statement from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), the video, recorded at a hotel in […]
The Ghana Police Service has arrested a woman captured in a viral video assaulting her boyfriend, following an operation by the Inspector-General of Police’s Special Cyber Vetting and Enforcement Team. According to the police, the incident, which sparked widespread public outrage on social media, led to the arrest of Esther Nana Afia Sarfowaa on November […]
The Executive Director of the Ghana Centre for Democratic Governance (CDD Ghana), Professor H. Kwasi Prempeh, has condemned the Ghana Police Service (GPS) following the arrest of a suspect over alleged false claims related to illegal small-scale mining (galamsey). Prof. Prempeh, the Chairman of the Constitutional Review Committee, asserted that the police are “wasting scarce […]
The Ghana Police Service has launched a manhunt for a suspect identified as Mark Agingre, a native of Binduri, believed to be behind a series of gruesome murders in the Binduri District and surrounding communities in the Upper East Region. According to police reports, the suspect is wanted in connection with the murder of a […]
The Accra Regional Police Command has arrested two suspects in connection with the violent disturbances that disrupted the Ablekuma North parliamentary re-run election on July 11, 2025. The suspects, identified as Musah Muntari, 46, a Station Manager at STC, and Ali Saeed, alias Mboma, 43, a businessman, are currently in custody assisting with investigations. The […]
The Electoral Commission (EC) has ruled out an immediate re-run of the 2024 parliamentary election in the Ablekuma North Constituency, clarifying that results from three outstanding polling stations are yet to be collated but remain valid. The collation of results has been delayed due to security concerns, with the Ghana Police Service currently awaiting advice […]
The Ghana Police Service, in close collaboration with the National Signals Bureau (NSB) and the Nigeria Police Force, has successfully rescued two female victims who were abducted and later appeared in a widely circulated distressing video. The harrowing footage, which depicted the victims being mistreated, sparked widespread outrage and raised alarm across both countries. Following […]
The Eastern South Regional Police Command has commenced investigations into a fatal shooting incident at Asiyaw, near Akwane-Dobro in the Nsawam area in the Nsawam-Adoagyiri Municipality on Tuesday, April 29, which left five persons dead. A Police statement said a crime scene team dispatched to the area found the bodies of five male adults with […]
