82 Ghanaian police officers sue over promotions
By: Henrietta Afful Some 82 Ghanaian police officers have sued the Attorney General, the Ghana Police Service, and the Inspector General of Police (IGP) for failing to promote them after they finished their studies under Ghana’s study leave with pay policy. “All the Plaintiffs applied for the 2017/2018 Academic Year Study Leave with pay programme […]
Police decentralises criminal clearance services to all regional commands
As part of the Ghana Police Service’s transformational agenda to improve the delivery of policing services to the public the Police Service has decentralized criminal clearance services in the country as a first step towards a full automation process. Effective Monday, 22nd May, 2003, persons seeking criminal clearance can do so in any of the […]
Police decentralise criminal background checks
The Ghana Police Service has decentralised criminal clearance services in the country. The move forms part of the service’s transformational agenda to improve the delivery of policing services. In a statement, the police said that effective Monday, May 22, 2003, persons seeking criminal clearance can do so in any of the 25 Police regions across […]
See moments UK police violently handcuffed Fuse ODG over alleged “smell of cannabis”
By: Roberta Modin Gayode British-Ghanaian musician, Fuse ODG has shared a video to call out the UK Metropolitan Police over what he describes as “racial profiling”. According to Fuse ODG, the incident happened on 28th February 2023 in Brixtonx. “I was dragged out of my car and handcuffed in the middle of the street in […]
Polygamous cultural setting in Ada cause of high HIV rate – Director
The Ada-East Health Director, Dr. Hubert Hounkpatin, has revealed that polygamous culture and attitudinal disposition have been contributing causes to the district’s high number of recorded HIV cases. He raised concern about the numbers recorded in the district, particularly among adults, the majority of whom had more than one sexual partner, claiming that the district’s […]
Zimbabwe pardons over 4,000 prisoners to decongest jails
Zimbabwe has released about a fifth of all prisoners under a presidential amnesty order meant to decongest the country’s overcrowded jails. The Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Service (ZPCS) said more than 4,000 inmates – mostly men – were let out, in what it described as a noble gesture. Violent criminals as well as those convicted […]
GFA launches Ghana Football School Initiative
The Ghana Football Association, GFA, has launched its Football School initiative in collaboration with top level institutions, including the University of Ghana (UG), the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), University of Professional Studies Accra (UPSA), the Sunyani Technical University and the China Europe International […]
EC readies for Kumawu by-election
The Electoral Commission (EC) has assured all stakeholders in the upcoming Kumawu by-election in the Ashanti Region that the electoral management body is adequately prepared to conduct the elections as mandated. In an interview with the Ashanti Regional Director of the EC, Benjamin Bano-Bioh last Wednesday (May 17), he stressed that the EC had made […]
UGMC undertakes first cardiac catheterization surgery on 3 children
A Ghanaian Cardiac Paediatrician Specialist, with support from Global Heart Care, has undertaken the first cardiac catheterization surgery on three children with various heart complications at the University of Ghana Medical Centre, UGMC. Cardiac catheterization is a procedure in which a thin, flexible tube, catheter, is guided through a blood vessel to the heart to […]
