The First Deputy Minority Whip has laughed off claims by the Employment and Labour Relations Minister that over one million jobs have been created by government within 15 months. The New Patriotic Party government rode on the back of corruption and unemployment into power in the 2016 general elections. Many, especially the opposition National Democratic … Read more
The Minister for Interior Ambrose Dery has charged board members of the National Commission on Small Arms and Light Weapons, to generate innovative ways to curb the frightening rate of small arms proliferation in the country. “Presently, there is a thriving weapon manufacturing industry in various communities in Ghana which is against the law. However, … Read more
The Ministry of Health has been advised to increase its surveillance at all levels over a strange disease that has already killed 11 persons in Liberia. A letter written by the Ministry to heads of ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) warned all and sundry to be alert over the disease. The symptoms reported by victims … Read more
The Ministry of Health has been advised to increase its surveillance at all levels over a strange disease that has already killed 11 persons in Liberia. A letter written by the Ministry to heads of ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) warned all and sundry to be alert over the disease. The symptoms reported by victims … Read more
As part of measures to revamp the agricultural sector of the Ghana Prisons Service to increase food production and to generate income to supplement government’s budgetary allocation, the Service has procured five tractors, four planters and ploughs from the Ministry of Agriculture through the assistance of the Ministry of Interior. In a short consecration and … Read more
US investigators believe Russian hackers breached Qatar’s state news agency and planted a fake news report that contributed to a crisis among the US’ closest Gulf allies, according to US officials briefed on the investigation. The FBI recently sent a team of investigators to Doha to help the Qatari government investigate the alleged hacking incident, … Read more
Israeli Interior Minister Aryeh Deri and his wife were being questioned by fraud squad detectives Monday as part of a major corruption investigation, Israeli media reported. Police confirmed an investigation was ongoing involving a “public official and his wife,” but did not provide further details. Public radio tweeted that Deri, who was freed in 2002 … Read more
The Ministry of Interior says none of its agencies is recruiting personnel as widely reported. According to the Ministry, any recruitment exercise will be duly advertised in the dailies before commencement. In a statement signed by Deputy Minister of Interior Henry Quartey on Monday, May 15, the four security agencies viz the Ghana Police Service, … Read more
Officials at the Tema Port have denied any knowledge of a container carrying bags of cocaine . This follows revelations that 500 kilograms of cocaine worth about 30 million dollars had disappeared from the port. Media reports indicated that 10 bags of cocaine, hidden in a consignment of rice had vanished from the ports under … Read more
The Lebanese Community in Ghana has presented scholarships to 31 children and wards of Police, Immigration and Prisons Service personnel who died in service. The ceremony for the presentation of the scholarships was held at the headquarters of the Ghana Police Service in Accra. The Minister for the Interior, Ambrose Dery, lauded the contribution of … Read more
The Interior Ministry has denied rumours that it now listens in on phone conversations and monitors social media activities of Ghanaians. The Ministry has therefore called on the general public to disregard the news item suggesting it is doing this. Rumours were rife on social media over the weekend that the Ministry has enforced a new … Read more
The Ministry of Interior has denied news reports circulating on social media that it intends enforcing a new communications regulation which will entail surveillance of calls and social media platforms by the Ministry for the Interior. A statement signed by Adelaide Anno-Kumi, Chief Director of the ministry, said: “The Ministry wishes to emphatically state that … Read more
The Ministry of Interior has rubbished reports that it plans on enforcing a new communication law aimed at surveilling calls and social media activities of Ghanaians. Reports are rife that the ministry is in the process of instituting a new regulation which will sanction wide spread surveillance of the citizenry’s calls and activities on the … Read more
SO it happened again last week. This time round the incident was at the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) Circuit Court where some members of Delta Force, a political vigilante group aligned to the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), struck again! ACCORDING to reports, some members of Delta Force last week Thursday, April 06, 2017 invaded … Read more
SO it happened again last week. This time round the incident was at the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) Circuit Court where some members of Delta Force, a political vigilante group aligned to the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), struck again! ACCORDING to reports, some members of Delta Force last week Thursday, April 06, 2017 invaded … Read more
Hamas will allow foreign UN and Red Cross workers to leave Gaza, the Islamist movement ruling the Palestinian enclave said Saturday, after closing the only foot crossing with Israel. Hamas shut the Erez crossing on March 26 after it blamed the Jewish state for the assassination two days earlier of one of its military officials. … Read more
Jerusalem – An Israeli policeman was caught on video on Thursday physically assaulting a Palestinian in the occupied East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Wadi el-Joz. The video shows a plainclothes police officer agressively confronting a Palestinian truck driver – later identified as 50-year-old Mazen Shweiki – after the latter hit the officer’s car. The verbal confrontation … Read more
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has made new appointments at the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) by making Mr Kwame Asuah Takyi the Acting Comptroller General. Mr Laud Kwasi Ofori Affrifah has also been appointed as the Acting Deputy Comptroller General. A statement signed and issued in Accra on Monday by Mrs Addelaide Anno-Kumi, Chief … Read more
Morocco’s Interior Ministry filed a lawsuit against the accusations of the Secretary-General of the Independent Party (PI), Hamid Chabat, that the “deep state” murdered two politicians. In an article shared in the PI’s official website that stirred controversy in Morocco, the state was accused of orchestrating the assassination of two prominent politicians, Ahmed Zaidi and … Read more
The Interior Minister nominee, Ambrose Dery has clarified that ministries and agencies considered as having security duties have distinct roles and would not duplicate each other’s work. Ambrose Dery and twelve others were nominated on Tuesday by President Akufo-Addo for various ministerial positions, pending parliamentary approval. If approved, Albert Kan Dapaah will be the National … Read more