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The management of Ideal College says 23 of its students have been left injured after they were manhandled by land guards and police, supposedly coming from the counter-terrorism unit of the Ghana Police Service. According to the Public Relations Officer of the school, Naphtali Kyei Baffour, three of the students …

The Anambra State command of the Nigeria Police Force has said it arrested a 29-year-old woman, identified as Chinwendu Umegbaka, for alleged stealing of a three-year-old child. It said the suspect was arrested on Saturday at about 4.30pm, at Nwawulu Street, Okpoko, Ogbaru Local Government Area of the state. The …

National Communications Officer of the opposition National Democratic Congress, Sammy Gyamfi, has challenged the Ghana Police Service to arrest him over the clash between officers of the law and Arise Ghana protesters. Speaking on ‘Good Morning Ghana’ programme on Metro TV on June 30, Sammy Gyamfi, a leading member of Arise Ghana group …

There is tension at the headquarters of Saviour Church of Ghana at Akyem Osiem in the Eastern region following the invasion of the house of General Superintendent, Opanyin Abraham Adusei by armed police officers Tuesday dawn. Opanyin Abraham Adusei had travelled to Afram Plains to visit his commercial farms but …

An intense clash between Arise Ghana protestors and the Ghana Police Service has seen a police service bus vandalised by the protestors. The clash was a result of the insistence of the protestors to use a route contrary to the one ordered by a High Court on Monday. An Accra …

It appears there is confusion on the grounds of the demonstration at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle as Arise Ghana protestors and officials from the police service clash. For about 15 minutes, there was teargas being fired into the crowd by police personnel after some elements in the crowd decided to …

The Ghana Police Service has run to the court to seek a determination into the time frame for the Arise Ghana demonstration after there was a disagreement between the organisers and the security service. The demonstrators want to start their first day march and picketing at 3pm and end at …

The Ghana Police Service in collaboration with the Department of Social Welfare has rescued nine trafficked victims from Yeji in the Pru East District of the Bono East Region. The joint operation rescued four adult men and five boys from exploitation on the portion of the Volta Lake in Yeji. …

South African authorities are investigating the deaths of at least 22 young people in a nightclub. The victims were found strewn across floors and tables the Enyobeni Tavern in the coastal town of East London. The bodies were taken to mortuaries, where post-mortem examinations – including toxicology tests – will …

The 24th of January 2017 was a cold, foggy day in London. At midday John Axford, of the auctioneers Woolley and Wallis, was in his office in upmarket Mayfair, waiting to meet a visitor from Belgium who wanted to show him a sculpture. “He produced this particularly beautiful piece,” said …