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Obuasi SHTS abuse allegations: Parliamentary committee demands thorough investigation
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Obuasi SHTS abuse allegations: Parliamentary committee demands thorough investigation

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Gender, Children and Social Welfare has called for a thorough, impartial and timely investigation into allegations of sexual abuse involving students of Obuasi Senior High Technical School (SHTS). In a statement issued on Friday, October 23, the Committee condemned all forms of child abuse and urged the Ghana Education Service (GES) and the Criminal Investigations Department of the Ghana Police Service to ensure a comprehensive investigation.

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Why some people in Tinubu’s govt don’t want Fashola around – Laolu Akande
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Why some people in Tinubu’s govt don’t want Fashola around – Laolu Akande

Former presidential aide, Laolu Akande, has alleged that some people around President Bola Tinubu do not want former Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, in the current administration because he would not tolerate certain practices within the government. He spoke during an interview on the Naija Unfiltered Podcast, where he also discussed Tinubu’s government and the perceived fallout between the president and former Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.

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Annoh-Dompreh earns double honours for environmental advocacy
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Annoh-Dompreh earns double honours for environmental advocacy

Minority Chief Whip and Nsawam-Adoagyiri MP, Frank Annoh-Dompreh, has received two awards for his advocacy on environmental sustainability and efforts to advance green legislation. He received the Green Societal Impact and Sustainability Ambassadorial Award and the ICESDA Green Capital Partnership Award at the third International Conference on ESG and Sustainable Development of Africa (ICESDA).

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Most levelling up projects still unfinished years after funding allocated
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Most levelling up projects still unfinished years after funding allocated

Data released under freedom of information laws reveals hundreds of projects unfinished despite Tory promises on regional equality • Can a £5.8bn scheme help revive Grimsby and other town centres? Across the UK, 73 council areas that had a bid for a project accepted were yet to see a single one fully completed.

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Can a £5.8bn scheme help revive Grimsby and other town centres?
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Can a £5.8bn scheme help revive Grimsby and other town centres?

Turning boarded-up shops into community spaces is a bigger and more complex task than just adding funding Most levelling up projects still unfinished years after funding allocated “It is nice to see something happening for once,” says Jack Vincent, a Grimsby resident, as he considers a wave of change finally arriving in a town that had become a byword for deprivation. In June, King Charles visited the Lincolnshire coastal town, celebrating the opening of a youth centre in a previously derelict Victorian warehouse building and a Care charity community drop-in centre in a vacant bank on the…

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“I forgive you” – Koku Anyidoho tells Asiedu Nketiah
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“I forgive you” – Koku Anyidoho tells Asiedu Nketiah

Former Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Samuel Koku Anyidoho, says he has forgiven National Chairman Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, reflecting on their troubled political relationship as a 21-year era at the party’s headquarters draws to a close. Mr Anyidoho also acknowledged Mr Asiedu Nketiah’s contribution to the NDC and Ghanaian politics, while alluding to his reported ambition to become the party’s presidential candidate.

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Trump to rally in Florida after stoking Ramaswamy ad furor – US politics live
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Trump to rally in Florida after stoking Ramaswamy ad furor – US politics live

Trump to campaign for gubernatorial candidate Byron Donalds, who has distanced himself from president; Trump doubled down on support for Ramaswamy Americans heading to the polls for next month’s midterm elections are not just choosing whom to send to Washington, or their state capitols. Voters in Idaho, Nevada and Virginia are asked to protect abortion rights; voters in Missouri are asked to give those rights back.

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Kaduna rally: ‘Your posters enjoy protection Nigerians can only dream of’ — Atiku tackles Tinubu
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Kaduna rally: ‘Your posters enjoy protection Nigerians can only dream of’ — Atiku tackles Tinubu

By Ayobami Okerinde Atiku Abubakar, former vice-president and presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), has criticised President Bola Tinubu over reports that security operatives are guarding his campaign billboards in Kaduna State ahead of Saturday’s All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign launch. Tinubu is expected to attend the inaugural APC presidential campaign rally in Kaduna on Saturday, October 24, alongside other top government officials.

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Tinubu, APC owe Nigerians answers on N10bn Ebola fund — Atiku campaign spokesman
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Tinubu, APC owe Nigerians answers on N10bn Ebola fund — Atiku campaign spokesman

By Luminous Jannamike ABUJA – President Bola Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress, APC, have been challenged to explain the whereabouts of the ₦10 billion the Presidency announced for Ebola preparedness in June, after the ruling party reportedly claimed the fund remained untouched despite a confirmed case in Abuja. In a statement on Friday, Shaibu said the APC’s response to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s demand for accountability had focused on the similarity between Tinubu’s name and Ebola rather than the money and the government’s response to the outbreak.

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The sexual assault scandal rocked gymnastics – but has pace of change in the sport been too slow?
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The sexual assault scandal rocked gymnastics – but has pace of change in the sport been too slow?

Former USA team doctor Larry Nassar’s 2018 conviction sparked a global reckoning in gymnastics, yet gymnasts say they are still being let down It has been 10 years since the Indianapolis Star published allegations of sexual abuse by Larry Nassar, the former team doctor for USA Gymnastics, setting off a chain of events that would lead to a reckoning for the sport. But a decade later, on a large houseboat moored in Rotterdam three tram stops away from the Ahoy Arena, where the World Gymnastics Championships are taking place this week, survivors and advocates raised fears about the slow pace of…

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Video: Peter Obi has made Obidients everybody’s enemy — Sowunmi
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Video: Peter Obi has made Obidients everybody’s enemy — Sowunmi

Peter Obi has made Obidients everybody’s enemy — Sowunmi. Segun Sowunmi, a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council, has accused former Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi of turning his supporters, popularly known as Obidients, against prominent Nigerians through their criticism of public figures.

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2027: Adeleke backs Tinubu; maintains support for Accord legislative candidates
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2027: Adeleke backs Tinubu; maintains support for Accord legislative candidates

By Ayobami Okerinde Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has pledged to mobilise more than 1.5 million votes for President Bola Tinubu’s re-election in January 2027, while insisting that his support for Accord Party candidates in legislative elections remains unchanged. Adeleke said a coalition involving the Accord Party, All Progressives Congress (APC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was working together solely to secure Tinubu’s re-election.

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US Conference of Catholic Bishops says not linked to Trump prayer event
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US Conference of Catholic Bishops says not linked to Trump prayer event

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops on Thursday told AFP it was not linked to a group seen in a video praying with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office. The White House later confirmed to AFP that the president had met with a dozen Catholic faith leaders, including the archbishops of Denver, Milwaukee and Kansas City.

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