The Inspector-General of Police’s (IGP) Special Operations Team has arrested 74 suspects in two separate intelligence-led operations targeting narcotics peddling, violent crime and other criminal activities in the Upper East Region.  The operations, conducted in Paga in the Kassena-Nankana West District and Navrongo in the Kassena-Nankana Municipality, led to the retrieval of suspected narcotic substances, motorbikes and assorted foreign cigarettes.  A statement issued […]

The Police have commended the Amomaso community in the Berekum West District of the Bono Region for their cooperation and support in stemming illegal mining, popularly known as “galamsey”, in the area.  The commendation followed the police detention of eight persons who allegedly undertook an illegal mining activity in the Amomaso Forest in the area.  Suspects Atule Nathaniel, 23, Azusiwine Cletus, 22, Ayaama Thomas, 15, Asigiya Joseph, 23, Aboyinga Aselise, 37, Atanbire Reymond, 20, Isaac Ntim, 46, […]

Ghana has launched an electronic visa (e-Visa) application system, introducing a 48-hour processing period for business and tourist visa applications. “Effective immediately, all holders of African passports travelling to Ghana for business or tourism will apply for visas exclusively via the new online e-Visa platform, and they will pay no visa fee,” President John Dramani […]

The British High Commissioner to Ghana, Christian Rogg, joined the viral “Kakalika” dance trend with music duo DopeNation during an English Premier League finale watch party hosted at his residence in Accra. The British envoy was joined by Director-General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service, Lydia Yaako Donkor, Ghanaian football […]

Four students of the Ada Senior High Technical School have been arrested by the police after a video showing one of them brandishing a cutlass and threatening fellow students on campus was shared on social media. The Tema Regional Police Command said the arrests followed a swift police response after officers came across the video […]

Commuters and traders across the Volta and Oti Regions have welcomed the commissioning of 100 new buses for the Metro Mass Transit (MMT), describing the move as timely relief after years of transportation challenges.  The buses, commissioned on Friday, May 22, by Professor Jane Nana Opoku-Agyemang, the Vice-President, are expected to improve public transportation services and reduce the […]