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The Deputy Comptroller of Immigration (DCGI) in-charge of Command Post and Operations is worried that migrant crime in the country is on the ascendency. Laud Kwesi Affrifah says Ghana is on the verge of becoming a criminal haven for foreigners and is, therefore, urging officers of the Services to “sit up and make our country safer.” He made the statement in an interaction with ...

The General Secretary of Ghana Pentecostal and Charismatic Council (GPCC), Rev. Emmanuel Teimah Barrigah has urged Christian leaders to conduct background checks on church members who pay huge tithes and offerings as a way to fight corruption in the country. According to him, Christians make up 70 per cent of the country’s population so if there is an epidemic of ...

A private legal practitioner, Mr John Ndebugri is calling for the immediate disbandment of the National Security Secretariat and Ministries since the setting up of such organisations was in direct contravention of provisions in the 1992 Constitution of the country. According to him, “there is nothing like National Security” in the 1992 Constitution, and therefore the decision of the President ...

The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has received 40 Ghanaian deportees from the United States of America for offences ranging from the trafficking of banned substances, assault, vehicle theft, burglary, fraud, domestic violence and immigration-related issues. A statement issued by the Assistant Superintendent Barbara Sam, in charge of Public Relations at the Kotoka International Airport said the deportees comprise 38 males ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said African leaders and governments must work to make the continent attractive for the youth. That, he said, would create more opportunities for people to live, work and create wealth and prosperity in Africa. Speaking at a lecture at the Princeton University in the United States last Friday, the President said Africa was endowed ...

Criminologist, Prof Kenneth Agyemang Attafuah, has joined many calling on the Director-General of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to resign. The Executive Secretary of the National Identification Authority (NIA) said, Maame Tiwaa Addo-Danquah would have saved her integrity by not waiting to be removed following the preponderance of calls asking her to step down. Calls for Mrs Addo-Danquah to step down follow ...

The Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII) has launched an award scheme meant to recognise the efforts of outstanding individuals and public sector institutions making significant contributions to the   fight against corruption. The presentation of the awards is scheduled for December 9, 2019.The processes, categories, eligibility and other details relative to the awards can be found on www.ghanaintegrityawards.com. The scheme, dubbed Ghana ...

The President, Nana Akufo-Addo, says the fight against terrorism and violent extremism cannot be limited only to military means, vital as they are. He said, “Broader policies must also be put in place to create opportunities and jobs for our youth if we are to deal successfully with their root causes.” Speaking at the maiden edition of the Kofi Annan ...

Former BBC Journalist Max Bankole Jarrett says the media and journalism have seen the end of an era in which trustworthy news gathering and broadcasting was the norm. Mr Bankole Jarrett was host of Network Africa and Focus on Africa for more than a decade at the BBC World Service. In a wide-ranging interview with Phillip Nyakpo in Perth Australia, ...

Ghana has not yet put in place contingency measures to safeguard its citizens in South Africa despite escalation of xenophobic attacks on foreign nationals, including Africans living in that country. Outbreak of xenophobic violence has in the last week seen South Africans loot foreign-owned shops. One person is reportedly shot dead with several others injured in parts of the southern ...