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A total of 90 senior police officers across the country have been transferred by the Inspector General of Police David Asante-Apeatu, to take up new duty posts. Their reassignment from their current duty posts takes effect from February 6, a document signed by the IGP stated. Per the list, most of the officers transferred are from the police headquarters in Accra. The IGP had earlier in the year reassigned DCOP Francis Ebenezer Doku and his staff officer from the Volta Regional Police Command to the police headquarters and the Gambaga District Police Command respectively. Volta Regional Police Commander DCOP Doku…

Kidnappings, armed robberies, political vigilantism and terrorism dominated discussions at a top national security dialogue to sharpen efforts at improving the level of security in the country. Security chiefs and experts as well as civil society organisations and government officials gathered at the Peduase Lodge in Aburi for the meeting which is the fourth in series by the government to improve the security architecture of Ghana. Security capos in crack meeting over political vigilantism A statement from the government at the end of day one indicated the meeting focused on examining the recent spate of kidnappings in the country which…

Six persons have been arrested in connection with the assassination of undercover journalist Ahmed Hussein-Suale, the Police has said, indicating they have been granted bail. Details on when and where the six were arrested, their identity as well as when they were granted bail and by which court, have not been released by the police, as they have vowed to leave no stone unturned in bringing the perpetrators to book. Director-General in-charge of Public Affairs at the Ghana Police Service, ACP David Eklu who revealed this Thursday at a news briefing in Kumasi also declined to reveal the conditions of…

Six people have been killed by a gas explosion in an abandoned coal mine in South Africa, the national broadcaster is reporting. About 20 others are still trapped at the Gloria coal mine in Middelburg, east of the capital, Pretoria. A police spokesman said some people had gone into the mine to steal copper wires when a gas pipe exploded. Local media said rescue efforts were being hampered by dangerously high levels of toxic gas. “We’re still waiting for engines and generators to arrive to start putting oxygen into the ground”, local government official Speedy Mashilo told South Africa’s national broadcaster…

An inter-party coalition for defence of national sovereignty is demanding the resignation of the Inspector General of Police and two ministers of state over alleged negligence of duty resulting in violence at the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election last week. The group argued the IGP, David Asante Apeatu, and National Security Minister, Albert Kan Dapaah as well as Minister of State in charge of National Security, Bryan Acheampong can no longer be trusted with the safety and security of the nation. The demand for their resignation was contained in a petition presented to the President Nana Akufo-Addo Thursday at the end…

Ghana’s Bright Simons, president of mPedigree, is one of the five fellows from across the Aspen Global Leadership Network who will be joining the Braddock Scholars Program this year. Other fellows include Matthew Alexander, founder and board member of one world health; Cody Friesen, founder and CEO of Zero Mass Water, Jessica Sager, CEO of All Our Kin Inc and  Derwin Sisnett, founder and partner of Maslow Development. These fellows have a big vision to make a transformational impact on society by bringing their venture to significant scale. Commenting on his appointment, Bright said, “As you know, the Aspen Institute,…

Combined security officials are currently held up in a meeting at the Peduase Presidential Lodge in the Eastern Region to devise a roadmap in dealing with security issues in the country, especially issues with political vigilantism. The conclusion of the meeting is expected to see the release of what will be called the Peduase or Aburi Declaration. The meeting comprises ministers of state, security chief analysts, officers from the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service, the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) and others. Meanwhile, the Inter-Party Coalition on National Sovereignty have taken to the streets of Accra…

A coalition of political parties in the country identified as Inter-Party Coalition on National Sovereignty, under the leadership of the PNC’s Bernard Mornah, took to the streets of Accra Thursday morning in a protest christened ‘Aagbe wɔ’ . The protest, according to the leadership of the Coalition, is to demonstrate against the violence which ensued during the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election. Gunshots fired to disrupt voting at Ayawaso, six injured Even though there were earlier disagreements between the police and the Coalition over the routes to be used for the demonstration, Bernard Mornah revealed on 3FM’s Sunrise that they have…

The Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) has observed that the quality of the audited accounts of some political parties it has received as required by law do not meet international standards. All political parties in the country are required under the law to annually file their returns and audited accounts to the elections management body. But as of Wednesday, February 6, 2019, the EC disclosed some parties were yet to do so. It, however, noted in a statement issued after an Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) meeting Wednesday that some parties have already submitted their accounts, some of which it observed were…

The Deputy Minister for Education, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum has reassured Ghanaians of government’s commitment to maintain the Free Senior High School despite some challenges that have characterised the programme. He admitted the challenges facing the programme that have seen senior high school students in public schools enjoy free education. The minister reiterated government’s effort to addressing the infrastructural deficit, saying “We acknowledge challenges with infrastructure that has led to an interim introduction of the double track system. “We are addressing the infrastructural deficit in our educational institutions through the GETFund and from other government sources,” Dr Adutwum assured. This…