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The Comptroller-General of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS), Samuel Basentale Amadu, has sounded a strong warning against attacks on immigration officers, particularly in border communities. He emphasized that such attacks undermine national security and put frontline personnel at risk. Speaking
Hundreds queued at the Ashanti Regional Post Office in Kumasi to buy 2025 Police, Immigration, Prisons and Fire Service application forms, prompting concerns over shortages.
The Interior Minister, Mohammed Mubarak-Muntaka, has announced that 10 to 15 centres are going to be set up across the country for screening of applicants relative to the recruitment into the security agencies. The exercise will start on the 17th November to December 15 2025, he said at a press conf
In a move to address the growing threats of illicit drug trafficking and transnational crime, the Comptroller-General of Immigration (CGI), Mr. Samuel Basintale Amadu, has called for a strengthened multi-stakeholder approach. He emphasised collaboration with neighboring countries and border communit
Police have arrested a second suspect, Thomas Zigah (Nii Jaase), in connection with the murder of Immigration Officer Stephen King Amoah.
The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has made a significant bust, seizing 250 barrels of chemicals suspected to be sodium cyanide along the Black Volta River, which borders neighboring Burkina Faso. The interception was made on Wednesday, July 16, 2025, during a routine patrol led by the Officer-in-C
The Minister for the Interior, Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak, has officially inaugurated a 13-member Governing Council of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) at a brief but significant ceremony held at the Ministry of the Interior Conference Room in Accra. The newly inaugurated Council is chaired by Reve
In a significant operation aimed at curbing illegal cross-border activities, the Bunkprugu Sector Command of the Ghana Immigration Service has successfully intercepted twenty-five bags of cocoa beans being smuggled from Kauk-Jago, a border community, to Togo. This operation underscores the ongoing c
Ghana Immigration officers have intercepted a truck smuggling 1,115 gallons of cocoa beans to Togo at the Ave-Havi border. The truck has been impounded, and investigations are ongoing.
Security agencies at the Elubo border are raising concerns over the deteriorating state of the corridor connecting Ghana to Côte d'Ivoire, warning that its collapse could cost the country billions of cedis in revenue. The corridor is a bridge over the Tano River, which plays a crucial role in facili
A joint investigation has been launched by the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) and the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA-CD) into a physical altercation between their officers at the Kulungugu Border Post in the Upper East Region. The incident, which was captured on video and wide
The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has received a significant donation of a mobile workshop van and 3,000 torchlights from the German Federal Government through the German Federal Police. Speaking at the ceremony, the Deputy Minister for the Interior, Hon. Naana Eyiah noted that the donation is evi
The Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) has said that its security officers who were captured on video engaging in altercation with Ghana Immigration Service officials have been reprimanded. This is contained in a press release dated May 15, 2024 and signed by the Marketing and Public Affairs
The Minister of the Interior, Henry Quartey has charged the Ghana Immigration Service to increase their surveillance at the borders ahead of this year's general elections. At a working visit to the Ghana Immigration Service, Mr Quartey highlighted the need for the Officers to perform their duties pr
The Western Regional Command Headquarters of the Ghanan Immigration Service on Wednesday 27th March, 2024, succeeded in rounding up sixty-six irregular migrants at their hideout within the Western Regional Capital Sekondi-Takoradi. This Intelligence-led operation which began at about 2200hrs on the
The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has said that Ghana's border security is of utmost importance because the borders serve as the first line of defense. Highlighting the significance of safeguarding borders, the GIS said it focuses its efforts on implementing measures to counter cross-border crimes
Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has said that the Akufo-Addo-led government has created many opportunities for the recruitment of personnel into the security services. As an example, he said, when the government assumed office in 2017 the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) had a total staff of 2,850
One officer of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has been shot dead by unknown assailants in conflict-prone Bawku in the Upper East Region. Two other officers are fighting for their lives at the Bawku Presbyterian Hospital, where they were rushed after the incident. The three were attacked Monday
The Ghana Police Service and the Ghana Immigration Service have jointly issued a statement on reports carried on Thursday by state-owned Ghanaian Times about some 48 foreign nationals kept as terrorists but nowhere to be found now. According to the statement, jointly signed by ACP Grace Ansah-Akrofi
