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The Ghana Police Service has been fined GH¢100,000 for refusing to obey the Right to Information (RTI) Commission’s directive granting an applicant access to requested information. The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI), Africa, had written a letter asking for information on the status of cases involving police brutality. Even though the letter …

The Ghana Police Service has announced the arrest of two people at Akyem Nsutam, near Bunso Junction in the Eastern Region, in connection with an alleged case of murder. According to the police, the arrest was made by its Criminal Investigations Department (CID) on Sunday, June 4, 2023. A report …

Tensions ran high at the Asokore Mampong District Court in the Ashanti Region yesterday May 30, 2023, as police personnel were forced to lock the courtroom to prevent the family members of the late Maadwoa from entering. The deceased is suspected to have been shot and killed by her police …

The Overlord of the Dagbon traditional area Ya Naa Gariba II has commended the Police in Dagbon for what he says is their outstanding performance in ensuring peace, security and order in the area. According to the king, the police leadership in the traditional area regularly confer with him on …

An Assistant Immigration Control Officer II (AICO II), Nurideen Abdul-Ganiew Takra, who saved two police officers, has been promoted to the rank of AICO I by The Comptroller General of Immigration (CGI) Kwame Asuah Takyi (Esq). Two police officers in Sefwi Wiawso in the Western North Region who were detailed …

After analyzing the extent to which her reputation was being dragged in the mud and King Nazir’s act of capitalizing on her name to make some cash, Shugatiti resorted to involving the police. Shugatiti said she realized things got serious after Nazir started taking on initiatives without her consent, particularly, …

Nana Kwame, a businessman cum ex-convict has disclosed the ‘ups and downs’ associated with trading in cocaine. The young man who resides at Krofom in Kumasi, said although the cocaine business is profitable, the police must always get their share of the money because they are the ones who protect …

A Sabo-Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos has granted an application for an extension of remand of Afrobeat singer Seun Kuti for additional four days. The Chief Magistrate, Mrs Adeola Olatubosun, extended Kuti’s remand until May 22, 2023. Simon Lough (SAN), who led a police legal team to the court, …

The Police Hospital morgue is stinking like a sewer, compelling the Hospital’s laboratory to shutdown. The stench from the morgue engulfs the laboratory and reaches other units of the facility. A source at the Hospital attributed the situation to a large number of unidentified bodies at the morgue, with some …

Some aggrieved police officers, numbering a total of eighty-two (82), have sued the Attorney General (1st Defendant), the Ghana Police Service (2nd Defendant), and the Inspector General of Police (3rd Defendant) for acting unfairly and capriciously with respect to the failure of the Ghana Police Service to promote them after …