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- ↑ "Tiger Eye PI – Private Investigation Agency in Ghana". tigereyepi.org. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
- ↑ "ignore-bomb-threats-at-number-12-premieringtiger-eye-pi-assures". Myjoyonline.com. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
- ↑ "#Number12: Meet the three 'honest' GFA officials who rejected Anas' bribe". Citi Newsroom. 2018-06-06. Retrieved 2018-06-12.
