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The Inspector General of Police, David Asante-Appeatu, has appealed to political parties in the country to disband vigilante groups. He indicated that activities of these vigilante groups pose serious threats to Ghana’s democracy. Addressing the media in Accra on Thursday, February 14, the IGP  said the police are going out in full force to clamp down on activities of these groups. He noted that the police have the full support of the President to deal with these groups; hence they will not fail in ensuring that these groups are wiped out. Over the past few years, activities of vigilante groups…

Minister for National Security Albert Kan-Dapaah says police personnel present during the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election were rather armed, and that no operative deployed from the National Security had arms. The Minister disclosed this on Thursday, February 14, when he took his turn before the Emile Short Commission of Inquiry, which is investigating the violence during the January 31 by-election. The Emile Short Commission of Inquiry was established by President Nana Akufo-Addo, following reported incidents at La-Bawaleshie Presby Primary School. Mr Kan-Dapaah’s assertion contradicts what the Interior Minister, Ambrose Dery, told the Commission earlier in the day. Mr. Dery told…

The entire building was set ablaze around 5:00pm Tuesday[/caption] The seven suspects arrested in connection with the disturbances in Salaga in the East Gonja Municipality of the Northern Region have been taken to Accra for further investigation. TV3 gathered that the seven who were in the custody of the Northern Regional Police command were moved to Accra in the morning of Wednesday February 13, 2019. The suspects are believed to be among some angry youth who torched the NPP constituency office, leaving various party documents and property destroyed to protest the selection of Damongo as the regional capital for the…

Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia spent the morning of the day universally observed as the day of love, Valentine’s Day, with Rev. Father Andrew Campbell and parishioners of the ‘Christ The King Catholic Church’ to bring some cheer into the lives of street children at their daily Soup Kitchen. The “CTK Soup Kitchen” is an initiative of Rev. Father Andrew Campbell with support from the Church to feed and help the less privileged, especially street children. The initiative also help provide skills training to help them earn a living, find their feet and move away from the streets into permanent…

The Minister of the Interior, Ambrose Dery has denied that the vehicles used by some masked armed men during the Ayawaso West Wuogon constituency by-election belonged to the Ghana Police Service. He said the Inspector General of Police, Davide Asante Appeatu told him that the vehicles were not from the Police Service although they had the police logo on them. The Interior Minister was emphatic that personnel deployed by the police were not armed, neither were they masked. He disclosed this when he appeared before the Emile Short Commission of Inquiry investigating the incident of violence which occurred during the…

Personnel of the Ghana Armed Forces and the Ghana Police Service who were deployed to the Nkoranza to avert possible violence are expected to be on the grounds for as long as the security is not convinced of an incident-free event. The personnel were dispatched to the area following protest by some youth groups in Nkoranza against the declaration of Techiman as capital of the newly created Bono East region. According to the Regional Police Command, apart from the uniformed personnel, plainclothes personnel from the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) have been deployed there to help with intelligence on the ground.…

Donald Trump’s former election campaign chief Paul Manafort breached his plea deal with special counsel Robert Mueller by lying to prosecutors, a US judge says. US District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson ruled that Manafort “made multiple false statements” to the FBI, Mr Mueller’s office and a grand jury. Mr. Mueller leads a probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 US election. Manafort has pleaded guilty to some charges, avoiding a separate trial. He was convicted of financial fraud in August, relating to his work as a political consultant in Ukraine. He then accepted a plea deal on other charges…

File photo[/caption] Three members of the Takoradi Amanful Watchdog Committee were arrested and forced to go through excruciating military drills whilst on patrol duty on Thursday dawn. They were later handed over to the police. Their Crime The volunteers were on their regular patrol when they were said to have spotted a guy along the Axim road, close to the Takoradi Airfoce Base with a bag in his hand at dawn around 2:00am on Thursday They became suspicious and tried questioning him but the guy believed to be a military man bolted. He called in some military men who came to…

A three-member committee has been inaugurated to investigate the October 22 disturbances at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). The committee is chaired by former Supreme Court judge, Rose Constance Owusu. Chancellor of KNUST Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II called for cooperation from all stakeholders to enable the committee come out with recommendations that will inure to the integrity of KNUST. A violent demonstration of students led to the destruction of property running into GH¢1.7 million. Destroyed property at KNUST estimated at GH¢1.7m The students were protesting what they alleged to be ill-treatment and brutalities by the school…

Parliament has approved a motion which will delay the implementation of the Right to Information Bill (RTI) till January 2020 when it is passed. The New Patriotic Party (NPP) MP for Suhum, Mr Frederick Opare-Andah, had earlier on Wednesday proposed the amendment that the RTI Bill should come into force 12 months from the date on which the Act was assented to by the President. The Majority Leader, Mr Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, reviewed the proposal to read that “This Act shall come into force at the beginning of the next financial year.” But the House did not pass the RTI Bill…