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Asantehene Agrees To Mediate Over Bawku Conflict…prays for Chieftaincy Minister

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah Otumfuo Osei-Tutu seated and flanked by Chieftaincy Minister, Hon Stephen Asamoah Boateng (right) and staff from the ministry The Chieftaincy and Religious Minister, Hon Stephen Asamoah Boateng has commended the King of Asante, Otumfuo Osei-Tutu II for continuously supporting the NPP government in its quest to ensure …

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Dan Botwe takes over Chieftaincy, Religious Affairs Ministry as minister resigns

  Mr Dan Botwe, Minister of Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs Minister Ebenezer Kojo Kum has resigned from office with immediate effect. A statement issued by presidential spokesperson Eugene Arhin announced on Friday, 3 February 2023 that President Nana Akufo-Addo has accepted Mr Kojo Kum’s …

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23 houses set ablaze amid gunshots over alleged chieftaincy issue in Tamale

  By:brightwebtv/nana asare barimah File photo Heavy police presence is currently being witnessed at Yong Dakpemyili, a community in the Tamale metropolis over alleged chieftaincy dispute. There were multiple gunshots discharged in the community, Thursday evening, forcing residents to flee to neighbouring communities. Though the cause of this particular conflict …

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NR: One shot, 2 houses burnt in chieftaincy clash at Yong near Tamale

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah   One person has been severely injured and at least two houses burnt after heavy gunfire exchanges erupted between two rival chieftaincy factions at Yong near Tamale in the Northern Region, MyNewsGh.com reports. The two factions have been fighting over the Yong skin after one side rejected a successor …

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Chieftaincy feud: Exhumed body dumped at rival’s home

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah   There is tension at Awenade community near Nkawkaw in the Eastern Region after supporters of a rival chief exhumed and dumped a dead body at the home of an opponent. According to the Eastern Regional Police Public Relations Officer (PRO) DSP Ebenezer Tetteh who confirmed the …

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Nanton: 2 elders beaten to pulp over raging chieftaincy confusion

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah   Two elders were on Monday December 9, 2019 beaten pulp by angry residents of Nanton in connection with the raging chieftaincy confusion in the area, MyNewsGh.com reports. The two who are currently nursing various degrees of injuries, are on admission at the Tamale Teaching Hospital after youth of …

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Breaking : NDC Constituency Chairman shot over chieftaincy feud

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah   Information gathered brightwebtv.com  Indicates that the Constituency Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Wassa Amenfi Central has been shot during a traditional coronation at Ankwaso in the Wassa Amenfi Central of the Western Region,according to Sefwinews.com, our primary source. The scuffle ensued when a faction …

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Agric Minister lied; I only gave him a smock not a chieftaincy title – Yagbonwura

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah   The Yagbonwura Tutumbabori Assa 11, Paramount Chief of the Gonja Traditional Area has denied conferring a chieftaincy title on the Minister of Agriculture, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, indicating that the Minister was merely honoured with a smock as custom stipulates. This is contrary to media reports …

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Mo Chieftaincy Dispute: Three Chiefs, 1 Kingmaker, 3 others JAILED in Sunyani

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah       A Sunyani High Court three (3) presided over by Justice Patrick Bayeh has convicted seven persons including some prominent chiefs over a raging chieftaincy dispute involving the Mo Traditional Council. The convicts which include three chiefs, one kingmaker and three others were found guilty …

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Help us end chieftaincy disputes – Ga Traditional Council pleads with Akufo-Addo

  ­ The Ga Traditional Council wants President Akufo-Addo to establish a commission to decide the most suitable person for the Ga Mantse stool.   They say the current situation where there are three claimants to the stool only threatens the peace and stability of the Ga state. Nii Otu …

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