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Bank robbers study branches, cash movements before attacks — Kumadoe
Organised robbery groups targeting banks can spend days or weeks studying a branch, its cash movements, security arrangements and escape routes before attempting an attack, fraud prevention expert Richard Kumadoe has warned. Kumadoe said criminals were increasingly conducting their own risk assessments, identifying wea...
Chaos at Ejisu as security operatives disrupt assembly meeting
Assembly members in the Ejisu Municipality of the Ashanti Region suspended a scheduled general meeting on Thursday (7 May) after suspected National Security operatives reportedly stormed the venue and began screening participants with electronic scanning devices, officials and witnesses said. The meeting, which was exp...
Murder of Indian national in Kumasi: three more arrested, key exhibits retrieved
The police have arrested three additional suspects in connection with the killing of an Indian national whose body was discovered in the boot of an abandoned vehicle in the Ashanti Region last month, authorities said on Friday. The latest arrests bring the number of suspects in custody to four as investigators intensif...
Gulf of Guinea security demands collective action – Defence Ministry
The government of Ghana has called for stronger regional collaboration, intelligence sharing, and joint maritime operations to tackle growing insecurity within the Gulf of Guinea.
Court grants GHC30,000 bail to Amaniampong SHS teacher accused of assaulting student
A circuit court at Nsuta in the Sekyere Central District of the Ashanti Region has granted bail in the sum of GHC30,000 to a 33-year-old teacher accused of assaulting a senior high school student during a disciplinary incident at a boarding house. The accused, Charles Gyamfi, pleaded not guilty to the assault charge wh...
Ghana petitions AU on attacks against Africans in South Africa
Ghana has formally asked the African Union (AU) to place recurring xenophobic attacks against African nationals in South Africa on the agenda of its upcoming mid-year coordination meeting, describing the incidents as a threat to continental unity and African integration. In a diplomatic note dated 6 May and addressed t...
UPDATE: Abronye DC, Baba Amando granted bail as political pressure mounts on Ghana police
The Bono regional chairman and leading voice of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwame Baffoe (“Abronye DC”) has been released on bail after spending hours in police custody. This follows an intervention by the Minority Leader in Parliament, Alexander Afenyo Markin, and the NPP legal team. Abronye was arrested...
GJA calls for depoliticisation of security recruitment
The President of the Ghana Journalists Association, Albert Dwumfour, has called for the depoliticisation of recruitment into the country’s security services, warning that political interference undermines national institutions.
Banks must strengthen security and background checks to prevent robberies – criminologist
Banks and private security companies must strengthen their security systems and improve intelligence-sharing with the police to prevent armed robberies, criminologist and KNUST lecturer Dr Jones Opoku-Ware has said. His comments follow the police interception of an alleged robbery operation in Labone, Accra, where two...
Intelligence-led policing key to foiling planned bank attacks — Kumadoe
Fraud prevention expert and security consultant Richard Kumadoe says intelligence-led policing is increasingly critical to preventing organised criminal groups from attacking financial institutions before they strike. His comments follow a police operation in Labone, Accra, in which two suspected robbers were shot dead...
Opinion: Mahama’s national security experiment: When the president finally stops playing with fire
There are certain institutions with which a serious President may experiment. He may rearrange the furniture at the Ministry of Tourism, change the colour of government letterheads or appoint a committee to investigate why another committee has not submitted its report. But national security is not one of them. Preside...
Opinion: Mahama’s national security experiment: When the president finally stops playing with fire
There are certain institutions with which a serious President may experiment. He may rearrange the furniture at the Ministry of Tourism, change the colour of government letterheads or appoint a committee to investigate why another committee has not submitted its report. But national security is not one of them. Preside...