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Chief imposes wedding tax in his village

No-one has got married in a village in Kano state, Nigeria, in the past four months after its chief imposed a wedding tax. Ado Sa’id, the chief of Kera village in north-west Nigeria, wants grooms to pay 137,000 naira ($377, £294). This is instead of the current custom of the …

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AUDIO+PHOTOS: How Chief killed in broad daylight at Gomoa Akraman

The Gyaasehene of Gomoa Akraman in the Gomoa East District of the Central region has reportedly been killed in his house by some unidentified men. He was known as Yaw Egyir but popular as ‘Osebo’ and in his 40’s. Information gathered by Adom News’ Kofi Adjei suggested that the group …

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VIDEO: Chief’s musketry kills first year UDS student

A first year student of the University for Development Studies (UDS) has been killed by a musketeer of the chief of Bomaa in the Tano North Municipality of the Ahafo region, Otempatadwanso Opoku Agyemang MyNewsGh.com reports. The twenty-one year-old student, whose name has been given as Raymond Kesse was escorting …

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Security personnel saves chief from being lynched

The timely intervention of security personnel at the weekend saved Togbe Ananipati V, a claimant to the paramount stool from being lynched at a grand durbar to climax this year’s apenorto festival of the chiefs and people of the mepe traditional area. The festival is currently underway at the Presbyterian …

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