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The Inspector-General of Police, Mr. James Oppong-Boanuh has paid a visit to the family of police officer who was murdered during a broad day light robber near Jamestown, a suburb of Accra. Constable Emmanuel Osei belonged to the National SWAT team, and was murdered in cold blood by armed robbers who attacked a bullion van at James Town, Accra on Monday 14th June, 2021. The IGP paid the visit with members of the Police Management Board and he pledged to the family of the deceased that the Police Administration will…

The Minister of Health, Kwaku Agyeman Manu has hinted on when next the country will get vaccines and he mentioned August 2021. He made this comment following the rising brouhaha about the use of middlemen to procure Sputnik-V vaccines at $19 instead of the $10 on the international market. Speaking with Citi News, the Health Minister indicated that the earliest time the country has to receive vaccines again would be in August 2021. “We are waiting for vaccines. The agreements I signed, if they give me an…

The Ghana Police Service strongly believes that attacks on bullion vans will not take place again due to the strict measures it has put in place in curbing the menace. At a press briefing on Tuesday, June 15 2021, the police stated that the bullion van attacks will not reoccur because of strategies put in place. “We are hoping that this will not happen again because of the strategies we have put in place. We are alert, this is not only the police service, but it’s the entire security architecture.” “The resolve of…

The former Mayor for Greater Accra, Alfred Oko Vanderpuije argues that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) will do better in the upcoming 2024 election if it retains John Dramani Mahama as flagbearer. In an interview with Citi Tv's Umaru Sanda, the Member of Parliament for Ablekuma South Constituency said the former President pulled an impressive number of votes in his previous attempts. For this reason he believes that giving Mahama another chance will go a long way to benefit the party. “He has really…

Head of Department of Research at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Center (KAIPTC), Professor Kwesi Aning says similar incident like that of the James town bullion van attack likely to happen across the country. Speaking on the ''Morning Starr'' programme he said that attacks like the Jamestown bullion van is like to happen again in the country because the correlation between crime, arrest and prosecution is not a positive one. “What happened yesterday is going to continue to happen across the…

Portugal's skipper, Cristiano Ronaldo has officially joined Ghanaian football legend, Asamoah Gyan, prevalently known as 'Baby Jet' as they become the lone two players to score in nine continuous significant worldwide competitions. This achievement for Cristiano Ronaldo comes after he scored in their win over their kindred European country, Hungary in the ongoing Euro 2020 competition which is currently ongoing. This was revealed by football outlet 'Squawka Football'. They tweeted saying; ''Only two players have…

The police has placed a Ghs20,000 bounty on suspected robbers who attacked a bullion van that was transferring money where they killed a police officer on board and an eye witness on Monday, June 14, 2021. The Director of Public Affairs of the Ghana Police Service, Supt. Sheila Kessie Abayie-Buckman on Tuesday informed the public about the bounty. According to her the police is convinced that the money will encourage people to give any information they have about the whereabout of the suspected robbers. Meanwhile…

Inspector General of Police(IGP) James Oppong-Boanuh has clapped back at security analyst who have raised concerns regarding how the police is handling the increased crime in Ghana stating they don't know what they are talking about. “We are doing what we can to protect the people of Ghana. There is no society in the world where there is no crime. Even in the USA, UK and Sweden, where they, more or less have everything, they still have crime. The only place that doesn’t have crime is heaven and we are not in heaven,”…