Don’t Be My Appendage – Akufo-Addo To Police

President Akufo-Addo has charged personnel of the Police Service to remain neutral and Professional in the discharge of their duties. He said he does not want the officers to be appendages of his government. He advised the security officers to recognize the crucial role they play in ensuring the safety of the public. Speaking at … Read more

Don’t Be My Appendage – Akufo-Addo To Police

President Akufo-Addo has charged personnel of the Police Service to remain neutral and Professional in the discharge of their duties. He said he does not want the officers to be appendages of his government. He advised the security officers to recognise the crucial role they play in ensuring the safety of the public. Speaking at … Read more

Police Bust 24 For Attacking Alleged Female Thief

POLICE in the Ashanti regional capital, Kumasi, have arrested twenty-four (24) men suspected to be involved in the stripping and beating of a lady accused of theft. The incident occurred at Adum, Kumasi, on February 17, 2017. This was after the woman reported the assault to the police. The 24 suspects are currently in the custody … Read more

Plane Crashes Near Airport In Melbourne, Police Say

A plane has crashed near an airport in the Australian city of Melbourne, police have confirmed. “At this stage we do not have information regarding possible casualties. Police currently evacuating area. Please avoid the area,” Victoria Police said. Local media reported it was a light plane. “Paramedics are responding [to] an aircraft crash at Essendon … Read more

Obiri Boahen Petitions IGP Over CId’S ‘shoddy Investigations’ On Adams’ Car

The Deputy General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Lawyer Nana Obiri Boahen, has petitioned the Inspector General of Police (IGP) over what he describes as a shoddy work done by the police in their investigation of cars belonging to the National Organizer of the opposition NDC, Kofi Adams. The Criminal Investigations Department (CID), … Read more

We Won’t Apologise To Kofi Adams

The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service has said that they won’t apologise to the National Organizer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Kofi Adams for seizing his vehicles. The CID, on Thursday released the five vehicles it confiscated from Kofi Adams. According to them, the Police released the five vehicles … Read more

Kofi Adams Threatens To Sue Obiri Boahen For Defamation

Lawyer for National Organiser of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Kofi Adams, has said his client will sue the Deputy General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Obiri Boahen, for alleging that he stole vehicles belonging to the state. The vehicles; two land cruisers and three pickups, were confiscated in the wake of … Read more

Kofi Adams To Sue Obiri Boahen For Defamation

Lawyer for National Organiser of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Kofi Adams, has said his client will sue the Deputy General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Obiri Boahen, for alleging that he stole vehicles belonging to the state. The vehicles; two land cruisers and three pickups, were confiscated in the wake of … Read more

Police Service To Use Technology To Tackle ‘mob Justice’

The Police administration says it is employing the use of technology to arrest and prosecute persons who exact what has become known as instant justice on suspected criminals. “The Police has commenced an exercise, employing the use of modern technology, including cameras to arrest and prosecute all persons who take the law into their own … Read more

Obiri Boahen Slams Police For Releasing Kofi Adams’ Seized Cars

The Deputy General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Obiri Boahen, is outraged that the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), released the five vehicles it confiscated from the National Organizer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Kofi Adams. Mr. Obiri Boahen believes the police were not thorough enough in their investigations of the true ownership … Read more

Obiri Boahene Slams Police For Releasing Kofi Adam’s Seized Cars

The Deputy General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Obiri Boahene, is outraged that the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), released the five vehicles it confiscated from the National Organizer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Kofi Adams. Mr. Obiri Boahene believes the police were not thorough enough in their investigations of the true ownership … Read more

Anti-Police Protests Spread To Streets of Central Paris

Violent anti-police protests that have swept the suburbs of Paris since early February spread into the French capital’s city center on Wednesday night. Two hundred demonstrators gathered in the neighborhood of Barbes, near Paris’ Gare du Nord train station, protesting against the alleged rape of a 22-year-old black man by police. An investigation into the … Read more

21 Drug Pushers Arrested At Tema

The suspects were said to be between the ages of 18 and 51. Twenty-one drug peddlers were arrested by the Tema Regional Police Command in a dawn swoop on Saturday. The operation, which took place at Old-Tulaku, a suburb of Ashaiman and Community 25 in Tema in the Greater Accra Region, also led to the … Read more

Police Deploys Reinforcement To Bimbilla

The Police Administration says it has dispatched personnel from the elite units of the Service to Bimbilla to help maintain law and order in the area. A statement issued by the Director/Public Affairs, Supt Cephas Arthur said the reinforcement team is made up of personnel from the action units of the Service, and Crime Scene … Read more

Police Deploys Elite Teams To Bimbilla

The police administration says it has dispatched personnel from the elite units of the Ghana Police Service to Bimbilla in the Northern region to help maintain law and order in the area. The re-enforcement team, according to a statement from the police on Friday, is made up of personnel from the action units of the … Read more

Kofi Adams Unable To Retrieve Vehicles From Police On Orders of Lord Commey

National Organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Kofi Adams has written to the Acting Inspector General of Police to use his high office to order the release of his five vehicles from police custody. According to Mr Adams, the vehicles are in the custody of the police unlawfully. In the letter intercepted by 3news.com, … Read more

Give MPs, Ministers ‘proper’ Security – K.B Asante

There is the need for the state to provide adequate security for Members of Parliament (MPs), ministers of state, and other high-ranking state officials, K. B Asante, a retired diplomat, has said. According to him, the current security arrangement for ministers of state and MPs is not the best. His comments follow suggestions in certain … Read more

Ridding the Police of Bad Nuts, A Good Cause

ON Friday, February 3, 2017 the Ghana Police Service sent home some two hundred and six (206) new police recruits.  The reason for that action by the police hierarchy was that these recruits had entered the service with fictitious certificates. THERE were also among these sacked recruits who did not meet the minimum qualification requirement … Read more

‘Sacked Police Personnel Pose Security Threat’

A security analyst, Nana Owusu Sekyere, has indicated that the sacking of police personnel from the Police Service after three months’ training poses a security threat to Ghanaians. According to him, it is not only a security issue but also a national issue. He said it was necessary to also critically examine any lapses that … Read more

Sophisticated, Shameful Car Thieveries

The sophistication with which state vehicles have been stolen by individuals who were associated with the erstwhile government is mind-boggling, more so when the thievery is defended by those who should be on the side of propriety. Each day brings with it fresh tales of the sophisticated thieveries by those who preached to their compatriots … Read more