ELUBO CROSS-BORDER OFFICE: SMALL ARMS COMMISSION EDUCATES CLEARING AGENTS ON SAFE HANDLING AND RECORD-KEEPING OF DANGEROUS GOODS
In bolstering border security measures and streamlining trade operations, the Small Arms Commission convened a crucial stakeholder engagement session on yesterday at the Elubo Cross-Border Office. The focus of the session was to educate clearing agents operating along the Elubo Border on the need for proper handling and effective record-keeping of dangerous goods, articles, and […]
Ghana’s Vice President Dr. Bawumia Leads Charge Against Anti-Personnel Mines at Regional Conference
Accra, Ghana – Delegates from various nations, organizations and stakeholders convened in Accra, Ghana, for the Regional Conference on Addressing the Humanitarian Impact of Improvised Anti-Personnel Mines. The Conference hosted by the Small Arms Commission in partnership with the Implementation Support Unit (ISU) of the Anti-personnel Mine Ban Convention with support from the European Union […]
Biden call for ban on assault weapons
Date: March 25, 2021 President Joe Biden has vowed to take “common-sense steps” to crack down on firearms following two mass shootings in the US in less than a week. He renewed his call to ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines and urged Congress to pass bills that would end loopholes in background checks. Mr […]
Robbers Attack Filling Station At Oyibi
March 22,2021 Gunmen allegedly shot and wounded a private security man who was guarding a filling station at Oyibi in the Greater Accra Region. According to police reports, the armed men who were about 6 in number, fired indiscriminately, and in the process the security man on duty was hit in his right arm and […]
50 year police officer dies by suicide in Tema
February 15, 2021 A 50-year-old Police Officer with Ashiaman Court Unit has died by suicide. According to Citi News sources, the officer DSP Asiam Divine Yao shot himself with a gun at his residence at Tema Community 18, Bortiman. Citi News sources within the police service reveal that he passed on at the police Hospital […]
Robbers raid filling station, kill private security guard
February 9,2021 Three suspected robbers attacked a filling station at Ashongman Monday dawn and allegedly killed a private security man on duty. The suspected robbers locked up two female attendants in one of the offices at the Ashongman Pure Water GOIL Filling Station after stealing an amount of GH¢2,006. Briefing the Daily Graphic, the Public […]
E/Ambulance driver shot in the eye during robbery attack die
February 06.2021 The driver with the National Ambulance Service in the Eastern Region who was shot by some unidentified armed men in the eye has been reported dead. Abraham Tetteh, was left unconscious after eight suspected armed robbers shot him and extorted monies from staff at Asesseso in the Eastern Region. The staff were transferring a woman who […]
Another policeman commits suicide
Another policeman has allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself. The incident happened in Accra. The said policeman, identified as Constable Eugene Yelnona allegedly committed the suicide whilst on guard duty at the residence of a Togolese opposition leader, Mr Gilcrest Olympio who is resident in Ghana. The deceased Constable Eugene Yelnona, was attached to the National Protection […]
Ashanti: Police killed in Highway robbery,GHS500,000 stolen
Jan/20/2021 Some unidentified men numbering about 10, on Tuesday reportedly shot and killed a policeman who was on escort duties on the Adansi Fomena road in the Ashanti Region. Lance Corporal Martin Babah reportedly died on the spot. The robbers reportedly made away with an amount of GH¢500,000 which was in a bullion Van, plus one AK […]
Taxi driver shot dead at Mmoatiakrom near Dunkwa-on-Offin
15 Jan 2021 Source: GNA A popular taxi driver at Dunkwa has been shot dead at Mmoatiakrom, near Dunkwa-on-Offin in the Upper Denkyira East Municipality of the Central Region and his taxi taken away by some identified armed robbers. The deceased only identified as “Culture” and believed to be in his early thirties, left behind […]