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Mahama appoints 15 officers of the Ghana Prisons Service
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Mahama appoints 15 officers of the Ghana Prisons Service

President John Mahama has appointed 15 officers of the Ghana Prisons Service, elevating seven Deputy Directors of Prisons to Directors of Prisons and eight Assistant Directors of Prisons to Deputy Directors of Prisons. The seven officers appointed to the rank of Director of Prisons are Abraham Nii Moi Allotey, David Ofosu Addo, Thompson Otsyokpo, Edward Ashun, Joseph Asabre, Alfred Moses Cudjoe and Samuel Fiifi Dontoh.

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Murder in Belfast: Sisters Seeking Justice review – a family’s astonishing bravery helped make history
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Murder in Belfast: Sisters Seeking Justice review – a family’s astonishing bravery helped make history

When Robert McCartney was killed in a bar brawl involving members of the Provisional IRA in Belfast in 2005, his five sisters refused to be intimidated. He was trying to extricate his friend Brendan Devine from a brawl involving members of the local Provisional IRA at Magennis’s bar in the nationalist Short Strand area of Belfast, where the McCartney family had lived for five generations.

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NIA arrests six staff, dismisses seven over alleged Ghana Card extortion
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NIA arrests six staff, dismisses seven over alleged Ghana Card extortion

The National Identification Authority (NIA) has announced the arrest of six staff members and the termination of the appointments of seven others over alleged extortion during the free Ghana Card registration exercise at Galaka in the Upper East Region. The statement was signed by Williams Ampomah Emmanuel Darlas, Head of the Corporate Affairs Directorate of the NIA.

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Reps seek urgent action as Taraba attack toll hits 60
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Reps seek urgent action as Taraba attack toll hits 60

By Gift ChapiOdekina, Abuja The House of Representatives has called for urgent security and humanitarian intervention following a bandit attack on Binnari community in Karim Lamido Local Government Area of Taraba State, which reportedly left between 57 and 60 people dead. Following deliberations, the House called on the Federal Government to strengthen intelligence-sharing among security agencies in Taraba, Plateau and Bauchi states to prevent a recurrence of the attacks.

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Nursing mother drags husband to court over N10,000 ‘breastfeeding allowance’
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Nursing mother drags husband to court over N10,000 ‘breastfeeding allowance’

A nursing mother, Firdausi Ahmad on Thursday dragged her husband, Malam Anas before a Shari’a Court in Kaduna, seeking divorce and N10,000 monthly for “breastfeeding” allowance. The ​‌‍‍‍‍⁠⁠‍‌‍​‌‌⁠⁠​‌​complainant’s lawyer, Malam Sani Sunusi, told the court that his client had been married to Anas for three years and she was nursing an eight months old daughter.

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NAFDAC secures five-year jail term for fake Goya oil manufacturer
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NAFDAC secures five-year jail term for fake Goya oil manufacturer

By Chioma Obinna The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has secured the conviction of a businessman in Aba, Abia State, for manufacturing and selling counterfeit Goya Extra Virgin Olive Oil, sentencing him to five years’ imprisonment with an option of a ₦5 million fine. The businessman, Mr Innocent Okoye, Managing Director of Chikason Industrial Nigeria Limited, Aba, was convicted on two counts relating to the manufacture and sale of counterfeit Goya Extra Virgin Olive Oil.

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