The Ghana Police Service says 29 demonstrators who took part in Tuesday’s demonstrations organised by the Arise Ghana movement, have been arrested for their part in the violence that occasioned the event. The police in a statement say they are also looking to arrest organisers of the demonstration, as well as others to be identified […]
The Ghana Police Service says 12 police officers sustained various degrees of injuries on Tuesday when they were pelted with stones by demonstrators organised by Arise Ghana. According to the police, the injured were initially treated in Police Mobile Hospitals and have since been transferred to the Police Hospital for further treatment. In a statement […]
Arise Ghana, the group seeking to lead a two-day demonstration in Accra beginning Tuesday, June 28, to protest the current economic hardships, says its lawyers have filed an appeal against the High Court ruling asking the demonstrators to follow routes proposed by the Police Service. The High Court ruled that the demonstration should take place […]
An Accra High Court has ruled that pressure group, Arise Ghana can stage its protest only between the hours of 8am to 4pm. The court additionally directed that the protest should commence at the Obra Spot here in Accra and end at the Independence Square. This was the decision of the court in connection with […]
The Ghana Police Service says it expects the courts to give directions today (Monday, June 27, 2022) on whether the two-day demonstration led by Arise Ghana, including picketing the precincts of Jubilee House into the night, should proceed as planned. Arise Ghana is mobilising the public for the demonstrations in Accra beginning 3pm on June […]
The Ghana Police Service has announced that the Accra-Tema Motorway has fully been opened to traffic. According to the police, repair work on the Lakplakpa bridge along the stretch has been completed. “Due to the repair works on the bridge, the Tema-Accra bound traffic was diverted onto the Accra-Tema bound lane since Monday, June 13, […]
The Ghana Police Service has promoted two of its personnel for effecting the arrest of a fellow policeman carrying substances suspected to be Indian hemp, otherwise known as “wee”. The two promoted officers are Inspector Justice Komla Azumah and Lance Coropral Felix Diameh. “The Police Administration has promoted two officers, Inspector Azumah Komla Justice and […]
The Inspector-General of Police Dr. George Akuffo Dampare and his team arrived in Kumasi on Monday afternoon for a first-hand assessment of the incident at the Islamic Senior High School at Abrepo, where some students took to the streets and blocked the road to allegedly protest against frequent accidents in front of their school. Some […]
The Managing Editor of the Insight newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr is noted for being part of many street protests in Ghana and touted as an experienced street protester even to the extent of solely staging a one man street protest during the era of former President J.A. Kufuor. He has a strong conviction for street protests and it’s powerful signal […]
The Ghana Police Service has secured an injunction against the planned three-day armed demonstration by the #FixTheCountry Movement. The Accra High Court on Friday granted an order to restrain the organisers of the planned demonstration from embarking on the demonstation after the Police filed a motion on Wednesday, June 1. A statement from the Police […]
The Police in Wa have arrested 25 people for attempting to forcefully release three suspects who were in Police custody for flogging the victims in the Wa viral video. The 25 were part of a mob who attacked the Wa Police Station on Wednesday to demand the release of the three suspects, Sidiki Osman, Bushiran […]
The Upper West Regional Police Command was attacked on Wednesday evening by hundreds of irate youth demanding the release of the three persons arrested for their alleged involvement in the public flogging of the two persons whose leaked sex video went viral on social media. The youth went on a rampage, pelting the facility with […]
