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Thieves made their way into the residence of a Nigerian governor and stole a sum of 31 million naira (about 72,000 USD), the local Channels TV website reports. The incident took place on Thursday, August 11 at the Accounts Section of Katsina State Government House, an official confirmed. Katsina is …

A 12-year-old girl was saved from marrying a 70-year-old man just moments before the wedding ceremony. Two months ago, Amira was excited. Her brother was getting married, she was told, so the family was preparing to head to Garissa Town, a Kenyan county adjacent to the Somalia border, for celebrations. “I had …

A 14-year-old boy has been praised for quickly rescuing a mother and her child from a burning house in Taifa. According to the ‘heroic’ rescuer, he was watching over his mother’s hairdressing salon when he heard cries for help and therefore sprang into action. The teenager, identified as Henry Laryea …

A former Managing Director, MD, of Accra Hearts of Oak, has in a post on his Facebook page, the chartered accountant who left the Phobians a few years ago describes some unnamed members of the board of the club as demons. According to Frederick Moore, Hearts of Oak will continue …

International rating agency, Fitch, has downgraded Ghana’s Long-Term Foreign-Currency (LTFC) Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to ‘CCC’ from ‘B-‘. In a report sighted by GhanaWeb, it noted that the downgrade reflects the deterioration of Ghana’s public finances which has contributed to a prolonged lack of access to Eurobond markets. This, Fitch said …

The assembly members of Wenchi municipality in the Bono region have accused the police officers in the area of forcibly collecting bush meat from the farmers as a bribe on the roads. At a council meeting held on Tuesday, an assembly member reported that on market days, some policemen harass …

UPDATE: GT Bank Ghana has rectified an earlier report suggesting that it will no longer accept ’50 and 20 paper notes’ for banking transactions effective August 31. The bank in an email to its customers clarified that the currency denomination it meant to refer to was the UK pounds sterling which …

Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, the founder of Christ Embassy has suspended his nephew, Daysman Oyakhilome Woghiren who is the President of the Loveworld Next from all church activities over various misconducts which include affiliation with one of Nigeria’s presidential candidates, Bola Ahmed Adekunle Tinubu. Pastor Chris in a video that has …

A task force in the Amenfi West Municipality of the Western Region have destroyed several structures believed to be brothels used for prostitution and criminal activities in the area. Items including herbal concoctions sealed in containers, condoms, amulets, and many others were reportedly found at the scene, a 3news report …

Singer, Kizz Daniel has been released from the Tanzanian Police custody. It was reported that he was arrested on Monday, August 8, after he failed to perform on a show being paid. Taking to Twitter, the Nigerians In Diaspora Commission NIDCOM, said that Kizz Daniel’s legal team will report back …