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Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command on March 11 rescued a journalist, Oduneye Olusegun, who was kidnapped by some gunmen in the Mobalufon area of Ijebu Ode on March 9. The journalist, who was coming from Abeokuta was kidnapped in the Mobalufon area in his Toyota Camry car at …

The brutalization of residents of Ashaiman by officers of the Ghana Armed Forces on Tuesday, March 7, 2023, has resurrected conversations about incidents where the Armed Forces have in the view of majority of Ghanaians misconducted themselves and abused the rights of citizens. To some people, the incident at Ashaiman …

A man who says he was the informant who helped the Ghana Police Service with intelligence in the arrest of a gold scam syndicate, in March 2022, at Adjen Kotoku, a suburb of Accra, says his life is now in danger. The supposed informant said that despite him providing the …

At least 9 police officers were killed and 11 others injured in a suspected suicide blast in Pakistan’s Balochistan province on Monday March 6, police have said, the latest in recent attacks against security personnel in the country. Kachhi Police senior superintendent Mehmood Notezai said a vehicle carrying policemen was …

The Ghana Police Service has taken delivery of three helicopters to boost its operations. It is made up of two gazelle light attack helicopters and one Airbus 350 helicopter. Additionally, the police took delivery of three mini ship to help the marine police in crime prevention in terms of sea …

A personnel of the Ghana Police Service, by name Rauf Addrisu, has reportedly died in a gory road accident on the Accra-Kumasi highway, on Friday, March 3, 2023. According to a police report which was sighted by GhanaWeb, the accident happened after a Kia Grandbird VIP bus crashed into the motor of …

The Ghana Police Service has announced that Senior Military Officer, Lieutenant Colonel Peter Amoah, who was reported missing on Saturday, February 25, 2023, has been found. In a Facebook post sighted by GhanaWeb, the police said Lieutenant Colonel Peter Amoah was found in the Central Region and has since been handed over to …

Some 10 suspects have been arrested by the police at Chereponi in the North-East Region over their involvement in a communal clash at Wenchike, a community in the area. According to myjoyonline.com, the clash, which happened last week, occurred as a result of a chieftaincy disagreement between two Chokosi factions …

  An administrative police officer who shot and killed his girlfriend in Navakholo, Kakamega county, Kenya, was sentenced to life imprisonment by a Kakamega court on Thursday, February 23, 2023. The officer, Patrick Nyapara, shot 26-year-old, Christine Maonga, several times after a domestic quarrel in 2019. He allegedly suspected her …

Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) have arrested two suspects, Daniel Ojoh, 20, and 27-year-old Kudus Ahmed, with two locally made guns and charms. Spokesperson of the Lagos State Police Command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, who made this known in a statement on Wednesday, February22, said the suspects were arrested …