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Six Police officers have been interdicted by the Service for their roles in a shooting incident that rocked Lamashegu, a suburb of the Northern Regional capital, Tamale. The events of Sunday, February 13, 2022, led to the discharge of live ammunition on a young man who was reportedly fleeing from …

Four persons including a minor from Lamashegu in Tamale in the Northern Region have sustained various degrees of gunshots wounds Sunday afternoon following a misunderstanding between police and a cross-section of the youth. The incident took place after a police officer allegedly shot a young man who was driving an …

Gunshots have been heard in Tamale as armed police personnel clash with Lamashegu youth in the metropolis. According to eyewitnesses, the chaos started after a police patrol team allegedly shot and killed a young man driving a white Toyota Camry with a DV number plate who speed off after the …

An intelligence-led operation by the Ghana Police Service has led to the arrest of over 50 suspected criminals said to be hiding in a forest in the Northern regional capital, Tamale. According to the Northern Regional Police Crime Officer, Superintendent Bernard Baba Ananga, the Aboabo Forest in Tamale over time …

Constitutional and human rights lawyer, Martin Kpebu has emphasized that the Ghana Police Service will be breaching the constitution if it goes ahead to put Oliver Barker Vormawor before the court on Monday. Oliver Barker-Vormawor, an activist and convener of #FixTheCountry movement was arrested by police on Friday night after …

The Chief Executive Officer of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) Dr. Mustapha Abdul-Hamid has disclosed that the price deregulation policy of the petroleum sector is being reviewed. Addressing the media on Friday, 11 February 2022 in Kumasi after a tour of the Ashanti region, he said a committee was set …

Religious police in the Nigerian city of Kano crushed and burned almost 4 million bottles of confiscated beer in what officials said was one of their largest hauls in their efforts to clamp down on alcohol, BBC reported. Bulldozers were used to crush the bottles in the full glare of …

A US-based Ghanaian lawyer and scholar, Professor Stephen Kwaku Asare (Kwaku Azar) has expressed concern over the police’s arrest of persons who turn down their invitation to assist with investigations. According to him, police have no right to arrest people for turning down their invitation. He said the police can …

A goat is in police custody in Nigeria on suspicion of attempted armed robbery of a Mazda 323. The incident in which a black and white beast was arrested took place in south western Kwara State according to local media reports. Vigilantes are said to have arrested the goat with …

The Kasoa Police Command has arrested a 32-year-old resident of Kasoa in the Central Region for allegedly defrauding dozens of persons via popular e-commerce platforms, Tonaton and Jiji. The suspect according to the Kasoa Police Command by his modus operandi advertises rooms for rent on the said platforms under the …