The Tema Regional Police Command has arrested 36 persons for an alleged assault on police officers at Luhour, a suburb of Sege in the Ada West District. Two others have also been detained at the Tema Regional Police Command for possessing arms belonging to the assaulted officers. The information available…
Superintendent Kwabena Otuo Acheampong, Tema Regional Police Crime Officer, has disclosed that criminal activities have relatively improved within the region in 2021 compared to statistics for 2020. The Crime Officer gave the assurance that even though there had been an improvement in crime in the region, the Command was not…
The Tema Regional Police Command of the Ghana Police Service has identified a growing phenomenon which involves the use of hoodlums to attack, kidnap, torture and sometimes seize vehicles of, people who are indebted to others, to collect their money.
The practice is criminal and when such reports get to the police, you could be arrested, investigated and prosecuted for serious crimes as robbery and kidnapping, Superintendent Kwabena Otuo Acheampong stated at the Tema office of the Ghana News Agency and the Command s security awareness campaign platform.
The GNA-Tema and Regional Police Command Security Awareness advocacy platform seeks to educate the public on security issues, including crime prevention, responsibility of stakeholders especially the communities and ignite a renewed sense of media and security collaboration for safer environment.
The amount of credit from the Bank of Ghana to the 23 universal banks in the country should reduce this year when compared to credit advanced to the banks in 2020.
The amount of money advanced to banks from the Central bank throughout the period when the Coronavirus was at its height was about GHS2.6 billion as of October 2020.
This represents an increase of about 200% compared with the amount banks took as credit from the Bank of Ghana as of October 2019.
The jump in the amount of credit formed part of measures including the reduction in the policy rate by 150 basis points to 14.5 %, the reduction in the primary reserve requirements to 8% from 10% to increase liquidity in the banking system, along with the 6-month moratorium on principal payments on loans among others, taken by the Central Bank to ensure sustained confidence in the banking sector.
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BY: Benjamin Xornam Glover
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Defeated New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary candidate for Kpone Katamanso constituency in the recent parliamentary elections, Hopeson Adorye has been granted police enquiry bail by the Tema Regional Police Command after he was arrested on Monday, December 14, 2020.
Adorye was arrested by the police on allegations of threat of death he reportedly issued on the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Kpone-Katamanso, Solomon Appiah.
The Tema Regional Police Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on Monday arrested Adorye for questioning for allegedly posting a voice message via Whatsapp, threatening Solomon Appiah with death.
The MCE, Graphic Online understands, reported the matter to the police who have since commenced investigations into the matter.