The High Court in Accra has prohibited the people of Teshie from organising non-traditional outdoor or public events related to the Homowo Festival. The restraining order was procured by the Ghana Police Service after the sprinkling of kpoikpoi was marred by violent clashes which led to the death of two people and the injury of […]
The National Youth Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Salam Mustapha, has sounded the alarm over a possible plot to infiltrate Tuesday’s Akwatia by-election with individuals posing as police officers. Speaking on Channel One TV on Sunday, 31 August, he disclosed that intelligence gathered by the party suggested that some unidentified persons, allegedly from […]
On Saturday, July 5, Ghana’s Minister of Defence, Dr Edward Omane Boamah, posted on Facebook that the Electoral Commission Chairperson, Jean Mensa, has been placed under the protection of the Ghana Police Service. This follows the withdrawal of the military escort that previously guarded her, a move that triggered public discussion on the appropriate roles of security services […]
The Kaneshie District Court has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for Madina, Mr Francis-Xavier Sosu. This was after the MP, who has been charged for unlawfully blocking a public road and the destruction of public property, failed to appear in court for the third […]
Police has arrested comedian, Funny Face for threatening the lives of some individuals in a video on social media. On Sunday, October 17, Funny Face, born Benson Nana Yaw Oduro Boateng in a video noted that he will take the life of Vanessa Nicole, mother of his children, and commit suicide thereafter. “Your mother, Vanessa. […]
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr. James Oppong-Boanuh has reminded the Association of Bankers to provide fortified armoured vehicles for carting currencies by the close of June, 2021, or the police will withdraw its officers from escort duties. The Police Service says the provision of fortified armoured vans has been agreed with the Association of […]
Emmanuel Sowatey, a criminologist at the Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge, UK, has indicated that the deployment of police officers cannot guarantee the safety and security of MPs. He argued that Ghana’s security services should rather look at another strategy to deal with armed robbers since they pose a threat to all persons living […]
Kenneth Takyi Agyapong, the first son of Businessman and Politician, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong has disclosed how his father, instead of rescuing him from the hands of law enforcement officers, rather encouraged them to deal with him. Mr. Takyi Agyapong who made the disclosure on the Dentaa Show during an interview which was monitored by BestNewsGH.com, […]
Mynewsgh has confirmed that two policemen have tested positive for the novel coronavirus and are currently undergoing treatment. The two were exposed to patients of the virus in separate instances while on official duties. According to police sources, one of the policemen who was on escort duties to the Upper East Region was exposed to […]
Like a confidence trickster, a taxi driver who was caught by lenses of GhanaWeb managed to manoeuvre his way around a COVID-19 police checkpoint at Darkuman Junction. How did it happen? As per usual in this period of lockdown, police barriers have been mounted at vantage points to maintain order and enforce the president’s directives on […]
A police officer got the shock of her life when a driver she stopped by the road, insisted she sanitized her hands before he would hand over his license for inspection. The incident which was caught on camera showed the police officer with a straight face as she repeatedly ordered the driver to present his […]
Three policemen had a harrowing time on Wednesday for taking a ride in a seized sports utility vehicle (SUV) to Lakhimpur Kheri district as the owner used the global positioning system (GPS) to track down the car and got it locked. The policemen, who were caught unawares, remained stranded inside the vehicle for over three […]
