Facebook Wants To Make You Secure
When you have a billion people using your service, you have an obligation to keep your users secure, even when they behave in unsafe ways. Alex Stamos, Chief Security Officer (CSO) at Facebook,...
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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...
Minister Vows Strict Enforcement of Mining Laws
Nii Osah Mills, Lands and Natural Resources Minister, has vowed strict enforcement of the mining laws to ensure the safety of the people and the health of the environment. He said the government...
GRIDCo Assures of Adequate Power
The Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) has assured the general public that there is enough power available for distribution by the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG). The Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) has...
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...
GNFS Deploys Taskforce To Ensure Strict Compliance To Fire Regulations
The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has deployed task force to ensure that institutions comply with basic fire rules and regulations to curb the prevalence of domestic fires. This move by the...
Ghana Making Progress In Road Safety – NRSC
May Obiri Yeboah, the Executive Director of the National Road Safety Commission (NRSC), says Ghana has made commendable strides in the attainment of the targets under the National Road Safety Action...
Over 1,500 Killed Between January, September Through Road Accidents
Road accidents have claimed 1,579 lives between January and September this year. The national road safety action plan had set a target of keeping traffic related deaths at a level not exceeding...
Over 1,500 Killed Between January & September Through Road Accidents
Road accidents have claimed 1,579 lives between January and September this year. The national road safety action plan had set a target of keeping traffic related deaths at a level not exceeding...
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...
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...
Security Agencies Cannot Win Elections For Any Party
The Ashanti Regional Police Commander, COP Nathan Kofi Boakye has warned that the security agencies will not allow themselves to be used by any political party in the country to its advantage ahead...
Police Suspends Study Leave For 2016/2017
Personnel of the Police Service who may wish to further to their education will have to wait at least a year as the Ghana Police has suspended study leaves for the 2016/2017 academic year. A...
Have ‘exploding’ Galaxy Note 7s Burned the Brand?
Samsung is resuming sales of its Galaxy Note 7 smartphones in South Korea following a safety recall. They are set to return to Europe on 28 October. The company asked customers to return their...
A Governmental Burden Or A Collective Citizen Responsibility
Whose responsibility really is it to keep the rules and laws of a nation intact? Is it the parliament’s responsibility, is it that of the judiciary or is it solely the responsibility of the police...