The Central Region Police Command has intercepted a Toyota Coaster bus carrying 30 bags of cocoa beans, suspected to be the product of smuggling activities.
The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Emmanuel Armah Kofi-Buah, has inaugurated the second batch of 530 Blue Water Guards as part of its renewed push to curb illegal mining and restore Ghana’s degraded river bodies.
A renewed gang clash at Mpasaaso No. 1 and No. 2 in the Ahafo Ano South-West District of the Ashanti Region has left one person dead and three others in critical condition, including a pregnant woman, plunging the community into fear and uncertainty.
Police officers from the Ngleshie Amanfro District Police Command has successfully rescued 16 young West African nationals who are thought to be victims of fraud through intelligence-led operations.
Finance Minister Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson has sounded the alarm over rampant payroll fraud in Ghana’s public sector, revealing that about 14,000 individuals cannot be accounted for on the government’s payroll system.
The Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS), Lieutenant General William Agyapong, has presented a compensation package from the United Nations to Warrant Officer Class One (WOI) Alhassan Habib, who sustained injuries while on peacekeeping duty in Lebanon.
A nationwide payroll audit has flagged more than 14,000 unverified names on the public sector payroll, raising concerns about possible fraud and wage losses.
The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has arrested about 50 Nigerian nationals, including a landlord, during a dawn operation at McCarthy Hills in the Ga South Municipality over alleged involvement in cybercrime and human trafficking.
The Chief Executive Officer of the Forestry Commission, Hugh Clement A. Brown, has filed a defamation lawsuit against the Bono Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwame Baffoe, popularly known as ‘Abronye DC’, seeking GH¢20 million in damages at the Accra High Court.
The Ghana Police Service has arrested two individuals in connection with violent disturbances that marred the parliamentary re-run in the Ablekuma North constituency earlier this month.
The Government of Ghana is collaborating with the Ivorian immigration authorities to rescue and repatriate over 200 Ghanaians, who are held in secluded places in Cote d’Ivoire.
The Minister of Education, Haruna Iddrisu, has tasked the newly inaugurated Governing Council of the University of Energy and Natural Resources (UENR) to ensure discipline in the institution’s governance.
Parliament of Ghana has adopted and approved ratification of agreements to waive visa requirements for holders of diplomatic, service and ordinary passports to countries namely Mozambique, Sao Tome and Principe, Columbia and Commonwealth of Dominica.
