The Attorney General’s Office has issued a directive to the Ghana Police Service to refrain from impounding and prohibiting the use of motor vehicles deemed to have violated minor road traffic regulations. The directive, signed by the Attorney-General, Godfred Yeboah Dame, dated February 9, 2024, was addressed to the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Dr […]
The former Northern Regional Chairman of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Daniel Bugri Naabu, has explained that he directed the senior police officers who came to him to help their plot to remove the current Inspector-General of Police to seek the assistance from mallams in order to enable them have their preferred candidate become […]
Mr. Peter Nanfuri, a former Inspector General of Police (IGP) during the era of late President Jerry John Rawlings has passed on at the age of 80. Peter Tenganabang Nanfuri was an iconic IGP in his time and distinguished himself to the admiration of many. Until his death on Friday February 17, 2023, he was […]
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 Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) have referred the Executive Director of the Alliance for Social Equity and Public Accountability (ASEPA), Mr Mensah Thompson, to the Inspector General of Police (IGP) for further investigations over an allegation that the presidential aircraft was used by relatives of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for a shopping trip to […]
The Police Administration has created a new administrative region, the first since 1966, as part of efforts to ensure effective and efficient policing across the country. The new region, carved out of its existing Central Regional Command, has been named Central East Region. The Ag. Inspector General of Police (IGP), Dr George Akuffo Dampare, has […]
The Director-General incharge of administration at the Ghana Police Service, Commissioner of Police (COP) George Akuffo Dampare has been appointed the new Inspector-General of Police (IGP). Information gathered by BestNewsGH.com indicates that President Nana Addo Dankwa Akuo-Addo will be making an official announcement of the appointment soon. Mr. Dampare is expected to start work on […]
Members of the National Peace Council today held a meeting with the Inspector-General of Police Mr. David Asante-Appeatu at the Police Headquarters to discuss pertinent issues about Policing and Peace in the Country. Issues discussed include the ongoing efforts to deal with the canker of vigilantism in the country, areas of collaboration between the Police […]
The Executive Secretary to the Inspector General of Police, Superintendent Peter Lanchene Toobu has resigned from the police service. He resigned to venture into full time politics and has announced plans to contest the Wa West Parliamentary seat on the ticket of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC). Already, his posters are awash on social […]
The Deputy Inspector General of Police (IGP), James Oppong Boanu, is fighting back allegations that he is thwarting the mandate of his boss, David Asante-Apeatu, by varying posting and transfers the latter did. Mr Oppong Boanu, says it is untrue, claim that the authority of the IGP, who is due to exit office in few […]
Information available to BestNewsGH.com indicate that four Commissioners of Police have been shortlisted for the position of Inspector General of Police (IGP). Sources within the top echelons of the police service however say COP Ken Yeboah is out of the race and that it is currently being narrowed to COP George Alex Mensah, who is […]
The Police Administration has interdicted the three police officers who assaulted some journalists with the Ghanaian Times. The three are Inspector Isaac Opare, Sgt Ebenezer Akrofi and Lance Corporal Evans Kofi Ntim. A statement issued by the Police Administration and signed by the Director-General of Public Affairs, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) David Eklu read […]
