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 […]
Former Director of communications at the Office of the President and aide to late President John Evans Atta-Mills, Koku Anyidoho has revealed that the former Inspector General of Police (IGP), Paul Tawiah Quaye declined an offer by the late president to extend his stay as IGP by two years when he attained the mandatory retirement […]
The Ghana Police Service has effected some changes in its command positions. In all, about 14 senior officers have been affected by the changes. A news release issued by the service a while ago and signed by the Director General in charge of Public Affairs, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) in charge of Public Affairs, […]
The man who attempted committing suicide by jumping into the moving convoy of president Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has been granted bail to the tune of 20 thousand Ghana Cedis by an Accra High Court. Seth Nana Amovi committed the dastardly around the Ako Adjei interchange and was briskly apprehended and sent to the Nima […]
Kweku Adoboli deportation: UK Authorities set September 18 for deportation of former UBS banker jailed for the UK’s biggest ever fraud Kweku Adoboli, the former UBS banker jailed for the UK’s biggest ever fraud, was on Wednesday transported to a immigration removal centre near Heathrow airport as the government pushes ahead with his deportation despite […]
As part of measures to facilitate a smooth and hitch-free funereal for the late United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan, the Police administration has temporarily closed some roads in Accra. The road closure is beginning today and will run through till Thursday 13th September when the 3 day mourning sanctioned by government for the late […]
