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Police officers who die in the line of duty will now have qualified relatives recruited into the service to compensate for the loss, the Inspector-General of Police Dr George Akuffo Dampare has disclosed. According to the IGP, the initiative is part of a broad range of measures being taken by …

The assembly members of Wenchi municipality in the Bono region have accused the police officers in the area of forcibly collecting bush meat from the farmers as a bribe on the roads. At a council meeting held on Tuesday, an assembly member reported that on market days, some policemen harass …

An Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), Mary Esinam Ahiafianyo and two others have been confirmed dead after they were involved in an accident on the Afloa-Tema highway on Monday dawn. The Senior Police Officer, MyNewsGh.com gathered was on board a Toyota Corolla saloon with registration Number GN 1136-18 with three other occupants. …

Singer, Kizz Daniel has been released from the Tanzanian Police custody. It was reported that he was arrested on Monday, August 8, after he failed to perform on a show being paid. Taking to Twitter, the Nigerians In Diaspora Commission NIDCOM, said that Kizz Daniel’s legal team will report back …

Family of an electrician allegedly manhandled during a police arrest and subsequently dying in police custody at the Abrafo Kokoben Police Station in the Atwima Nwabiagya Municipality of the Ashanti Region has threatened court action. Uncle of the deceased Samuel Nyamekye explains their son didn’t die of natural cause because …

The Nigeria Police Force has dismissed Police Corporal Okoi Liyomo, who was caught beating a man with a cutlass in Cross River State. Last week, social media was awash with the video of the policeman, using the flat side of a cutlass to beat a man. The assault caught the …

Residents of Abrafo Kokoben are angered by an earlier account of the police over the death of a 37-year-old in police custody; accused them of lynching the deceased suspect. The residents rather give a bone-chilling account of how the police were seen chasing prince Kuffour and yelling thief which they …

The Ghana Police Service has stated that it has launched investigations into the alleged assassin attack on the host of Angel FM Morning Show, Kofi Adoma Nwanwanii. According to a communique by the law enforcement agency on the matter, investigations kick-started immediately after the notice of the attack came to their attention. …

Some students and teachers of Bolgatanga Technical Institute (BOTECH) arrested by the Police in the Upper East Region over recent disturbances following examination malpractices have been granted bail. On Monday, August 1, officials of the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB) picked up four students and two teachers, a national service person …

Armed security men have arrested the governorship candidate of the Labour Party in Plateau State, Amb. Yohanna Margif. According to The Sun, Margif was arrested in Abuja on Thursday by security personnel from Plateau State Police Command and was taken to Apo police station in Abuja where he is currently …