Four soldiers, an immigration officer, and a private security man arrested for their alleged involvement in a robbery at Akyem Akanteng in the Lower West Akim Municipality of the Eastern Region have been remanded in police custody by the Koforidua Circuit Court B. While two of the soldiers are reportedly stationed at the Jubilee House […]
The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has asked all applicants who were selected when they submitted their online application, but were yet to receive an SMS for the second phase of the recruitment exercise, to report at their various regional screening centres. The second phase of the exercise began Monday (October 25, 2021) at the designated […]
Security agencies operating within Ghana’s entry points and borders are undertaking various measures to intensify vigilance and enhance capacity towards keeping the country’s gates safe in the event of emergencies and unexpected occurrences such as pandemics and rapid migration. To this end, the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) with support from the Integrated Centre for Migration […]
An Immigration Officer stationed at the Hamile Border in the Upper West Region has been shot and wounded by persons suspected to be fuel smugglers. BestNewsGH.com is informed the incident took place on Sunday, March 22, 2020. According to BestNewsGH.com sources, the victim whose name has not been disclosed, was stabilized at the St. Theresa’s […]
By John Elliot HAGAN, Accra The Kotoka International Airport (KIA) Regional Command of the Ghana Immigration Service has received 17 Ghanaian deportees from Germany on board chartered flight CT3721. The deportees, all males, who are aged between 21 and 60 years, were escorted by 67 police officers, including paramedics. They were deported for immigration-related issues […]
The Comptroller-General of Immigration (CGI), Mr Kwame Asuah Takyi, has bemoaned the deplorable state of commands and border posts in the Northern and Upper East Regional Immigration Commands, describing the situation as “unacceptable”. The CGI made this observation when he paid a working visit to the two regional commands of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) […]
The World Bank has approved a 35 million-dollar International Development Association (IDA) credit for Ghana’s Public Sector Reforms. The World Bank assistance is meant to improve efficiency and accountability in the delivery of public services for 16 selected Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDA’s) Chief Executive of Public Sector Reforms, Thomas Kusi Boafo, revealed this at […]
