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Government’s special courtesy has touched my heart – National Chief Imam

The National Chief Imam, Sheikh Osman Nuhu Sharubutu has told an emotional story of how the government of Ghana extended an extraordinary courtesy to him which enabled him travel to Senegal for the funeral of the son of his teacher and mentor. Sheikh Ahmed Tijjanni Ibrahim Niass, who was Khalipha …

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Chief Granted GHC50,000 Bail Over Abetment Of Crime

Nana Akontomre Kwame Frimpong, Chief of Yabi, who allegedly instructed one of his subjects to inflict cutlass wounds on another person has been granted a GHC50,000 bail with a surety by the Nkawie Circuit Court. The chief is said to have instructed one of his subjects to inflict cutlass wounds …

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Kafaba chief arrested over 90-year-old’s lynching

The Chief of Kafaba in the East Gonja municipality of the Savanna Region has been arrested by the regional police command in connection with the lynching of a 90-year-old woman a few days ago. The police told journalists that the chief is being held at Damongo, the regional capital. He …

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Paramount Chief of Nyankpala Traditional area passes away

The Paramount Chief of the Nyankpala Traditional Area in the Tolon District of the Northern Region, Alhaji Abdulai Yakubu is dead. Sources revealed that he died at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital where he was on admission responding to treatment after falling ill in the course of last weekend. He …

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Sasabi chief’s son inflict machete wounds on Legon staff

Son of the Chief of New Sasabi, near Oyibi on the Dodowa road, Benjamin Mensah Larteh has allegedly inflicted machete wounds on a staff of the University of Ghana Business School, Atsu Kudohor, leaving his left arm almost falling off. Atsu, aged 39, is currently on admission at the Legon …

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‘If Samira Bawumia is allowed to register as a voter, why not other Fulanis?’ – Chief Azorka asks

The National 1st Vice- Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Chief Awudu Sofo Azorka has lambasted the electoral commission and some party agents for kicking against the registration Fulanis in the ongoing registration exercise in the Savannah Region but had no problem registering Mrs Samaira Bawumia who is also Fulani. According …

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Chief Imam’s son kills friend over mobile phone

    The son of the Chief Imam of Isale Oja community in Agege, Abdulrahman Olayiwola, has been arrested by Lagos state police for allegedly stabbing his friend, identified simply as Pelumi, to death during an argument over a stolen phone. According to police sources, Pelumi had given Mr Olayiwola …

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Why we demolished ‘Nigerian High Commission’ building – Osu Chiefs

    The Paramount Chief of the Osu Traditional Area, Nii Okwei Kinka Dowuona VI, has defended the demolition of a structure purported to be belonging to the Nigerian High Commission. According to a statement issued by the traditional leader, the said parcel of land was different from the building …

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Paramount chief of Manya Krobo destools queen mother over allegations of ‘betrayal’

Paramount Chief of the Manya Krobo Traditional Area, Nene Sakite II has destooled the paramount queen of the area, Nana Aplam II, after her recent marriage to a man from the Manya division. Sources close to the Manya Krobo chieftaincy have revealed that before a meeting of chiefs and elders of the …

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Chief runs amok, shoots 19-year-old teenager

A gun-wielding chief of Dumanafo, near Mampongteng, in Ashanti, caused a stir when he allegedly ran amok and opened fire on a 19-year-old teenager, whom he accused of insubordination. The chief, Nana Owusu Kwarteng, had invited the teenager, Loveline Antwi, to his palace following a fight, but he declined the …

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