The Inspector General of Police, David Asante Apeatu, will serve two more years after his retirement, 3news.com has gathered. The senior-most police officer was expected to proceed on his mandatory retirement this year. But the appointing authority has given him two more years to serve as the head of the Ghana Police Service. He was … Read more
Liberia’s 20 presidential candidates, including a former warlord, footballer George Weah and a former fashion model, started campaigning Monday to succeed Africa’s first female head of state in October’s election. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is stepping down and there is no obvious frontrunner to lead the fragile west African state. The Nobel Prize-winning Sirleaf was elected … Read more
The Speaker of Parliament, Professor Mike Ocquaye, has directed Parliament’s Defence and Interior Committee to investigate the recent killing of on-duty police officers and to recommend means of ensuring the safety of the officers. Four police officers have been shot at, and some killed, in the line of duty within June and July 2017. The … Read more
Elders and traditional office holders of Abese Divisional Area of La in Accra have called on the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr. David Asante-Appeatu, to, as a matter urgency, intervene in the chieftaincy dispute in La Township due to the destructive implications it may bring during this year’s La Homowo festival. Addressing a press … Read more
Sometimes, l pity those Ghanaians who are worried about Ghana. I have long stopped losing my sleep to think about the country. I would not even cry at what l see around me, because we lost it long ago. In the history of every country, leaders emerge at particular points in time to provide what … Read more
Inspector General of Police (IGP), David Asante Appeatu, has carried out another reshuffle among senior officers of the service. Among the officers who have been affected is the Director General of ICT, Dr. George Akuffo Dampare, who has now been appointed as the Director General of Operations. Dr. Dampare replaces COP Christian Tetteh Yohuno, who … Read more
The Inspector General of Police, David Asante Appeatu has carried out another reshuffle among senior officers of the Service. Among the officers who have been affected is the Director General of ICT, Dr. George Akuffo Dampare, who has now been appointed as the Director General of Operations. Dr. Dampare replaces COP Christian Tetteh Yohuno who … Read more
IGP shakes up Police Service with another reshuffle The Inspector General of Police, David Asante Appeatu has carried out another reshuffle among senior officers of the Service. Among the officers who have been affected is the Director General of ICT, Dr. George Akuffo Dampare, who has now been appointed as the Director General of Operations. … Read more
The issue of unregistered vehicles in Ghana and its disturbing consequences has moved the police into what has been described as a vigorous and robust action. In a quick response to the hasty directive of the Inspector General of Police, the Ghana Police Service has impounded a total of 256 vehicles and motorcycles. Officers and personnel of … Read more
The Ghana Police Service has arrested over 150 motor cyclists including four who were in possession of dried leaves suspected to be Indian hemp. The arrests were in connection with its ongoing operation to check criminal incidents especially the use of unregistered motorbikes and vehicles. In a statement copied to , the Police Service said … Read more
The Inspector General of Police (IGP) , David Asante Apeatu has ordered a nationwide seizure of all unregistered motorbikes and vehicles. Mr. Apeatu in a wireless message sent to all Police Commands in Ghana, explained that the move has become necessary due to the increasing number of unregistered motor bikes on the roads. “It has … Read more
Hundreds of motorbikes without the necessary registration documents were Tuesday seized within the Accra metropolis in a new nationwide exercise by the Ghana Police to end the use of unlicenced motorbikes in the country. Officers and personnel of the Service were deployed at strategic major roads in Accra, including the N1, Mallam- Kasoa road and … Read more
Various political parties in the Upper East Region have reiterated calls on governments to create employment opportunities for the youth and embark on a massive education of political party groups to end the menace of vigilantism in the country. According to them, the high unemployment rate in the country coupled with the lack of education on the … Read more
Ghana might witness more violent incidents involving extremely desperate individuals and armed criminals willing to fight the Police Service in the coming years, if its officers are not equipped with the requisite logistics needed to effectively deliver on its mandate, Security Analyst, Kwesi Anning has warned. His caution follows Inspector General of Police, David Apeatu’s … Read more
The Police have placed a 10,000-cedi bounty on the head of two assailants who gunned down a police officer in broad day light at Lapaz on the N1 Highway in Accra Thursday. Police have already launched a manhunt for the two and investigations are underway to establish who the two are and what their motives … Read more
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), David Asante-Apeatu, has said the Police Service lacks the requisite safety equipment to protect its officers. According to him, the current logistical challenges makes it difficult for the Police to fight crime effectively and as well protect its men. About five policemen have been shot in line of duty over the … Read more
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), David Asante-Apeatu, has said the Police Service lacks the requisite safety equipment to protect its officers. According to him, the current logistical challenges makes it difficult for the Police to fight crime effectively and as well protect its men. About five policemen have been shot in line of duty over the … Read more
The Police have placed a 10,000-cedi bounty on the head of two assailants who gunned down a police officer in broad day light at Lapaz on the N1 Highway in Accra Thursday. Police have already launched a manhunt for the two and investigations are underway to establish who the two are and what their motives … Read more
Sri Lanka announced Thursday a long-awaited investigation into the massacre of 27 prisoners that became a symbol of the rights abuses allegedly perpetrated by the war-era regime. Inspector-General of Police Pujith Jayasundara ordered the investigation into the 2012 bloodshed, when security forces allegedly gunned down inmates in cold blood. Trouble erupted inside the maximum security … Read more
Participants at a day’s public forum in Tamale which focused on the need to disband political parties’ vigilante groups have called for a national security summit to deliberate on the human security threat. They have also advocated the establishment of an independent appointing authority to take charge of appointing the nation’s security heads. The Coalition … Read more