I Don’t Incite Violence
President John Mahama has said he is not a violent person and, thus, will not be the one to spark any violence in this year’s elections. “By my nature, I’m not a person who encourages violence...
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There Are More Polling Stations Than Police Officers
The Ghana Police Service has a daunting task in ensuring peace and security at all the polling stations for the December polls. This is because there are fewer security officers compared to the...
UK Condemns NDC Attack On Akufo-Addo’s House
The British government has condemned political violence in Ghana in the run-up to the presidential and parliamentary elections on 7 December. “We condemn all violent acts by the supporters of any...
UK Threatens To Deny Ghana Political Parties Visas Over Violence
UK sanctions Ghana political parties over recent of political violence in the run-up to the presidential and parliamentary elections The United Kingdom government have threatened to deny or revoke...
UK Urges Ghanaians To Uphold Peace
A statement by the UK on peaceful elections in Ghana British High Commission Accra's statement on peaceful elections in Ghana The British Government expresses its concern at recent incidents of...
UK, US Condemn Political Violence In Ghana; Caution Trouble Makers
Two of Ghana’s major allies, the United Kingdom (UK) and the United States of America (USA) have condemned recent political violence between the two main parties – the National Democratic...
UK Threatens To Deny Visas Over Election Violence In Ghana
The United Kingdom (UK) government, has said Ghanaians found to have engaged in election-related violence ahead of the 2016 polls, could face some sanctions within its remit. A statement from the UK...
UK, US Condemn Political Violence In Ghana, Caution Trouble Makers
Two of Ghana’s major allies, the United Kingdom (UK) and the United States of America (USA) have condemned recent political violence between the two main parties – the National Democratic...
China Police Official To Head Interpol
A high-level Chinese police official has been elected president of Interpol, the international police organisation, angering rights advocates concerned over abuses and lack of transparency within...
Let’s Now Follow The Igp And The Ghana Police Service On Social Media
I have seen two official facebook accounts or pages, one for the IGP and the other for Ghana Police Service itself as a security organisation. Immediately I saw these facebook pages, I was relieved...
Police Deny Claims of Low Visibility Ahead of Elections
The Ghana Police Service has refuted claims of low visibility of personnel with barely a month to the December polls. Speaking to 3FM’s Yayra Anku on the sidelines of a press conference by the...
Trouble In the Ranks As French Police Protest
Blue flashing lights are a common sight for weary Parisians used to living under a state of emergency. The dozens of police cars on the Champs-Elysees this week were different. Blocking traffic on...
This Act of Savagery Must Be Punished
Reports indicating that some residents of Krobonso, a town in the Kintampo-South District of the Brong-Ahafo Region, have roasted two suspected armed robbers alive must be roundly condemned (See...
Aning Tells Police
It is high time the security agencies, especially the Ghana Police Service, started inviting for questioning politicians who incite violence, security analyst Dr Kwesi Aning has said. Speaking in an...
Hooliganism At Police Hq
The unprovoked brutality meted out to a dozen or so students, assemblymen and some executive officers of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) at the Police Headquarters last Wednesday was uncivil and...
Police Suspension of License Checks Unlawful – Derek Oduro
A Deputy Ranking Member of the Defense and Interior committee of Parliament, Major (Rtd) Derek Oduro, has described as unlawful, the Police administration’s suspension of motor checks. According to...
Is There A Smoking Gun?
Hello Mr. IGP: Is there a smoking gun? It became operational on Tuesday October 4. If you didn’t know I’m talking about the directive by Ghana Police Service to suspend all checks on motorists’...
Police Vow To Arrest Culprits In Commonwealth, Sarbah Hall Clashes
The Police have vowed to arrest some students of the University of Ghana believed to have instigated the violence that nearly marred the school’s matriculation on Saturday. The clashes were between...
Suspension of License Checks Not Politically Motivated – Police
The Ghana Police administration has dismissed suggestions that its recent directive to personnel to cease motor checks was politically motivated. This after a memo sighted by Citi News revealed that...
Police Chief Fires Franklin Cudjoe
The commanding officer of the Formed Police Unit of the Ghana Police Service, Chief Superintendent Naa Hamsah Yakubu, has jabbed the Executive Director of policy think tank, IMANI Ghana, Franklin...