Security Analyst, Irbard Ibrahim has described the decision of the Attorney General’s Department to discontinue a case in which 8 members of the pro ruling NPP, Vigilante group, Delta Force were standing trial for freeing their 13 colleagues from lawful custody, as bad Public Relations move for government. According to him, though the Akufo-Addo administration … Read more
Security Analyst, Dr Kwesi Anning wants security along the country’s Western borders boosted as the country’s western neighbours, Cote d’Ivoire, struggle to address the recurring mutiny by former rebels in the army. According to him, security personnel along the border must be quick in detecting any suspicious movements and report to inform the country’s response … Read more
Security Analyst, Dr Kwesi Anning wants security along the country’s Western borders boosted as the country’s western neighbours, Cote d’Ivoire, struggle to address the recurring mutiny by former rebels in the army. According to him, security personnel along the border must be quick in detecting any suspicious movements and report to inform the country’s response … Read more
A security analyst, Nana Owusu Sekyere has urged the Police Service to stop covering up and protecting wrong activities by their own men in an attempt to save their image. According to Owusu Sekyere, the police administration’s spirited defence against media reports in the media that a police officer allegedly stripped a taxi driver naked … Read more
A security analyst, Nana Owusu Sekyere says the erratic power supply which hit the nation Wednesday night poses a security threat. According to him, the situation provided a perfect environment for armed robbers to carry out their criminal activities. Majority of Ghanaians went to bed without power Wednesday night after what appeared to be a … Read more
Security Analyst, Dr. Kwesi Aning says the case involving the alleged disappearance of 500kg of cocaine worth about USD 30 million from the Tema Port has raised national security concerns, calling for serious investigations to be launched into the matter. The Finder newspaper Friday reported that 10 bags of suspected cocaine, each weighing 50kg (500kg … Read more
The Executive Director of the Ghana Institute of Governance and Security, David Agbey, has urged government to take over the disputed Nkonya-Alavanyo land to foster peace. It will be recalled that renewed violent clashes in the age-old dispute left two people dead with two others sustaining gunshot wounds on Wednesday. The latest attack, which occurred … Read more
The family of the murdered former Member of Parliament for (MP) for Abuakwa North Constituency, Joseph Boakye Danquah-Adu wants fresh investigations conducted into circumstances leading to his death. At a family press conference to commemorate one year of his unfortunate demise, the family said it is so far dissatisfied with the conduct of the police … Read more
At least two people have been confirmed dead following the Konkomba-Dagomba clash which rocked the Agbobgloshie Yam market in Accra on Tuesday, April 11, 2017. The clash between the Konkombas and Dagombas which left scores injured was said to have erupted following an allegation of a mobile phone theft by a member of one of the … Read more
At least two people have been confirmed dead following the Konkomba-Dagomba clash which rocked the Agbobgloshie Yam market in Accra on Tuesday, April 11, 2017. The clash between the Konkombas and Dagombas which left scores injured was said to have erupted following an allegation of a mobile phone theft by a member of one of the … Read more
A security analyst, Dr Franklin Biney, says it is a misnomer to refer to NPP-affiliated Delta Force, and other such groups, as a ‘vigilante group’. He wants the media and other institutions to stop assigning such groups with the term ‘vigilante’ since their actions contradict the meaning of the title. “The ‘vigilante group’ that we … Read more
A Security Analyst, Henry Tuffour is confident that the impunity carried out by the pro-ruling NPP Vigilante group, Delta Force in Kumasi, the Ashanti Regional capital cound not have happened if COP Kofi Boakye were still to be the Regional Police Commander. Thirteen members of the group who had been remanded into prison custody and … Read more
By: Kofi Asamoah, Sr. It is disheartening to see the devastation of our forests and pollution of rivers and water bodies in Ghana, by illegal miners (a.k.a. galamsey). Ghana appears to be without any government. Illegal mining has gone on for years, destroying our environment while our so-called governments and other stakeholders turn blind eye. … Read more
The cancer of illegal mining, also known as galamsey, that has gone unchecked in Ghana could escalate already existing tensions with neighbouring Cote d’Ivoire a security analyst, Dr. Kwesi Aning, has warned. The analyst noted that a number of Ghana’s rivers polluted by galamsey run into Cote d’Ivoire and are threatening the livelihood of its … Read more
The cancer of illegal mining, also known as galamsey, that has gone unchecked in Ghana could escalate already existing tensions with neighbouring Cote d’Ivoire a security analyst, Dr. Kwesi Aning, has warned. The analyst noted that a number of our rivers polluted by galamsey run into Cote d’Ivoire threatening the livelihood of its nationals. Dr. Aning’s comments … Read more
Ghana needs to tighten security or elevate advocacy concerning approach to security issues else the country “will be caught sleeping” in the likelihood of a terrorist arrack, Dr Philip Attuquayefio, Senior Research Fellow at the Centre For International Affairs and Diplomacy, Legon, has admonished. “If we analyse terrorism in the last five years I think … Read more
A security analyst, Adib Saani has called for the arrest of heads of vigilante groups and their financiers as a way of dealing with their menace which has caused mayhem in time past. According to Mr. Saani, various governments and security leaders have only paid lip service to efforts of nipping the vigilante problem in … Read more
The recent thuggery perpetuated by pro-NPP vigilante group Delta Force against Mr George Agyei, the head of the Ashanti Regional Security Coordinating Council, smacks of Stone Age behaviour which must be condemned in the strongest term, security analyst David Agbey has said. “It tells us clearly that people are still in the Stone Age,” Mr … Read more
A senior Al-Qaeda commander linked to major attacks in Pakistan including the bombing of a luxury hotel and an assault on a cricket team has been killed in a drone strike in Afghanistan, Washington said Saturday. Qari Yasin, a member of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan group (Pakistani Taliban), was killed on March 19 in Afghanistan’s eastern … Read more
Security analyst, Adib Saani has blamed the police for the incessant attacks by some politically-affiliated vigilante groups in the country. According to him, the inability of the police to effectively deal with such incidents in the past has sent the wrong signal to criminals. About 200 macho men believed to be sympathizers of the ruling New … Read more