At least five individuals have been arrested for engaging in examination malpractice in the ongoing Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) across the country, the West African Examinations Council has confirmed on Monday. Head of Public Affairs for WAEC, John Kapi, disclosed that the suspects were picked up for various irregularities,Continue Reading
By Francis Kobena Tandoh A total of nine public officers have been arrested and placed under police inquiry bail in connection with the interception of a container carrying a consignment of undeclared Tramadol at the Tema Port, a statement by the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) confirmed on Tuesday. The arrestedContinue Reading
Seven Kenyan nationals were arrested in Johannesburg for allegedly violating the country’s immigration laws, South Africa’s Department of Home Affairs (DHA) has said. The individuals were found working while holding tourist visas, despite having had their visa applications for such work lawfully declined, the department said on Tuesday inContinue Reading
By Francis Kobena Tandoh The National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS) arrested 36 persons suspected to be illegal miners or ‘galamseyers’ in massive Saturday dawn operation at Osino, in the Fanteakwa South District of the Eastern Region. The operation, forms part of intensified efforts by the government to clamp downContinue Reading
By Francis Kobena Tandoh The Tema Regional Police Command has arrested a suspect, Francis Alidu, for his alleged involvement in the unlawful possession of controlled narcotic drugs, contrary to Section 37(1) of the Narcotics Control Commission Act, 2020 (Act 1019), confirmed a statement on Monday. According to the statement signedContinue Reading
Cameroon’s Minister of Territorial Administration Paul Atanga Nji said Saturday that security forces have arrested three “terrorists” as they were attempting to transport explosives to the country’s North region. The suspects had left neighboring Nigeria and were transporting “huge quantity of explosives” when security forces intercepted them in Garoua,Continue Reading
The Nigerien army announced Saturday that it apprehended 21 individuals suspected of terrorism on July 13 while traveling in five vehicles in the Zinder region in the southeast of the country. According to a military statement broadcast on national television, initial checks revealed that 13 of the suspects areContinue Reading
