Nigerian Soldier Killed By Suicide Bomber

Officials of Nigerian Army reports that they lost a soldier on Thursday evening during a foiled suicide attack on a military location in Borno State.
According to an Army statement released on Friday, ‘‘a female suicide bomber attempted to enter the military location in Yamtake… but a vigilant sentry on duty gunned her down and she died instantly.’‘
‘‘The failed suicide bombing attack was followed up with futile probing attack by terrorists which was decisively dealt with by the troops,’‘ the statement added. It was the attacks after the incident which led to the death of the soldier.‘The troops killed all the 4 attackers including 2 suicide bombers and recovered military accoutrement amongst others, 2 AK-47, 3 Magazines, 109 rounds of 7.62mm (Special), 3 Magazine carrier, 1 Illuminator pyrotecnic and some quantity of drugs.

Funny Name For Ghanaian Salaries

If there is one thing everybody looks up to by the end of the month, it is salary.

It is what makes life go on and we are all eager to see what it brings. However, not all salaries are the same and not all bring the same reaction and excitement to workers.
Here is how your salary can be described.

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1. Onion Salary

This is the type you grab, open it and cry.

2. Storm Salary

You don’t know when it is coming or going

Funny Name For Ghanaians Salaries

If there is one thing everybody looks up to by the end of the month, it is salary.

It is what makes life go on and we are all eager to see what it brings. However, not all salaries are the same and not all bring the same reaction and excitement to workers.
Here is how your salary can be described.

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1. Onion Salary

This is the type you grab, open it and cry.

2. Storm Salary

You don’t know when it is coming or going

In Suhum 26yrs old girl knockdown by a vihicle

A girl believe in her twenties has died after she was knocked down by a vehicle while helping to provide refreshment at her father’s funeral at Suhum in the Eastern region.

The deceased, Afua, from Prestea met her untimely death at the Suhum Fire Service junction Saturday.

The body has since been deposited at the Suhum Government Hospital morgue.

Afua joined her family from Prestea to attend the funeral of her father, Adu Maxwell, who also reportedly died through an accident last month. She was serving mourners when a speeding saloon car heading to

Benue State in Nigeria couple were Robbed on their Wedding Day

John Itodo , Assistant Inspector of Nigeria Prisons Service attached to Otukpo Division, was in the early hour of Friday robbed at gun point with his bride, Jesse and other family members while returning from their traditional marriage.

Mr. Itodo, younger brother to Yemi Itodo, an Abuja based Media Practitioner, had concluded a traditional marriage rite with his bride in Etulo, a suburb of Katsina-Ala local government of Benue State on Thursday and was to move to Otukpa in Ogbadibo LGA same day for their wedding ceremony billed for Saturday.

The vehicle carrying the newly married couple, however, broke down in Aliade, Gwer LGA and the couple and some family members had to sleep over at Aliade.“As early as 4 am on Friday, we set out for onward movement to Otukpa and the journey was smooth until we got to a place called Atlo, after Otukpo.

Haiti dead reach 800 as south awaits aid after Hurricane Matthew

The United Nation has warned it could take more days for the full impact of Hurricane Matthew in Haiti to emerge, as the death toll soars to more than 800 dead.

The death toll has doubled, and may rise, as rescue teams gain access to southern areas cut off by the storm.
The World Food Programme's Carlos Veloso says some of the hard-hit towns can only be reached by air or sea.
Many of the deaths in Haiti were in the south-western coast, which suffered the full force of the hurricane this week.
Category Three Matthew, with sustained winds of 120mph (193km/h), is currently battering the coastline of the US state of Florida but it is not yet clear if it will make landfall.
At 11:00 local time (15:00 GMT) Matthew was hugging the Florida coast, about 35 miles east of Daytona Beach and moving north-west at about 13mph, the National Hurricane Center said.

'100 children' fathers by one man in four years

 A sperm donor claims he could have fathered up to 100 children in four years by offering his services for free on FACEBOOK.

Matt Stone, 37, from Raleigh in North Carolina, USA, has revealed he is contacted "by ten people a day" through the social media site who are seeking his siring service.

His first experience in the world of sperm donation came over ten years ago, when he temporarily worked for a sperm bank.

Four years ago, he started his own Facebook page - Matt Stone (Shipping Donor) - where he offers his sperm to couples and single women providing they pass his vetting process.
n his questionnaire, he asks about their background, income and even checks out how their relationships appear online, all to ensure the children will be born into happy families.

BoG defends spending(US$504,000 ON GOLD WATCHES’)

The Bank of Ghana has justified a decision to spend about Gh¢2 million on gold watches for retiring staff. According to the bank, 72 staff who have served for 30 years and above and were due for retirement this year and next year were to benefit as part of their retirement package.

The statement explained that as per the tradition of the Central Bank, they award to staff of the Bank who has served in the institution for thirty years or more.

“End of service benefits, as part of the conditions of service for staff, is a longstanding tradition of the Bank, an obligation the Bank has always fulfilled to boost staff morale and commitment to the goals and ideals of the institution. The award scheme has been the convention of the Bank since the 1970s.”

Growing up back in the 90’s was so much fun even if we didn’t have all these gadgets kids of today have at their disposal.

We had a lot of fun and we didn’t have to worry about being killed or being bewitched. We just had fun with friends and there was a lot of games to play too.
Life was so simple and easy than we have now. Below are things we love about childhood in the 80’s

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1. There Was No Over Spiritualization

Spirituality has become so much a part of the lives of Ghanaians that even kids have been roped in on the trend. Kids are now not allowed to play with even their own relatives just because their parents have been told that their family members are witches.

2. Everyone Was Your Friend

Kids back in the 80’s had friends everywhere. Anybody of your age bracket was your friend and you could play with him/her without any problem. They could even come to your house to play and eat and you could also do same. Life was that simple.

3. There Was Always Something To Play With 

Kids of today will cry because they don’t have toys or video games. In the 80’s, we made toys out of practically everything and we played games we invented ourselves. From “discus”, made with Sardine openers, to “alikoto”, made using flattened crown cocks with pen tops inserted in their middle, to kites etc.

President Buhari’s 2016 Independence Anniversary speech-Full Text

On 1st October is a day of celebration for  Nigerian  On this day, 56 years ago our people achieved the most important of all human desires – freedom and independence. We should all therefore give thanks and pray for our founding fathers without whose efforts and toil we would not reap the bounties of today.

2. I know that uppermost in your minds today is the economic crisis. The recession for many individuals and families is real. For some It means not being able to pay school fees, for others it’s not being able to afford the high cost of food (rice and millet) or the high cost of local or international travel, and for many of our young people the recession means joblessness, sometimes after graduating from university or polytechnic.

3. I know how difficult things are, and how rough business is. All my adult life I have always earned a salary and I know what it is like when your salary simply is not enough. In every part of our nation people are making incredible sacrifices.

Aleppo hospital 'hit by another bomb - Syria Conflict

One of the main hospitals in the besieged Syrian city of Aleppo was reportedly struck Saturday for the second time in four days as regime forces backed by Russia bombard rebel-held areas.

The same facility was hit in a similar attack on Wednesday.

There are also reports of Russian-backed Syrian government forces hitting Aleppo's historic Old City.

And clashes between government troops and rebels on the ground are said to be occurring in several Aleppo neighbourhoods.

Russian and Syrian air forces resumed attacks on the rebel-held east of the city after a partial truce lapsed on 19 September. Government forces have also launched a ground offensive against the rebels.

Manhunt after Burlington shootings

A manhunt is under way for a shooter who killed five people at a shopping centre in Washington state on Saturday.

Police have released a photo of the suspect, who is described as a male in his late teens or early 20s wearing a black shirt and shorts. The shooter's motive is unclear.

The deaths took place inside Macy's department store at Cascade Mall in Burlington, near Seattle.

The FBI said there is no evidence that the shooting was linked to terrorism.

Police confirmed four women were killed inside Macy's. A man later died in hospital. They have not been identified.
Speaking at a news conference on Saturday morning, Lt Chris Cammock said security footage showed the suspect entered the mall without a weapon. Ten minutes later the video shows the suspect entering Macy's with a rifle.

United Kingdom Commended Nigerian Army,s Successs Over Boko Haram

The United Kingdom, U.K, has commended the Nigerian armed forces the successes so far in tackling the Boko Haram insurgency in the North East.

The U.K. Assistant Chief of Defence Staff, Rear Admiral Simon James Ancona gave this commendation when he led a delegation of the UK Ministry of Defence and Engagement on a courtesy visit to the Nigeria Chief of Defence Staff, General Gabriel Olonisakin.

Troops of Operation Lafiya Dole and Multinational Joint Task Force, MNJTF, recently captured Mallam Fatori , a town in northern Borno state, during which it killed several of the Boko Haram terrorists.
Olonisakin had before now stated that troops operating in the North East have so dealt with Boko Haram sect that they can no longer launch attacks and claim territories, assuring that the military will continue its onslaught against Boko Haram insurgents.

Charlotte Osei will die,she rig the election in NDC,s favour-Bempah

The controversial prophet Ouwsu Bempah has predicted again ahead of this year's election.He says the EC boss will die,if she rigs the election in favor of the NDC,come 7th December.
Founder of Glorious Word Power Ministry International,Prophet Dr Bempah,HAS indicated that Mrs Charlotte Osei the Chairperson of the Electorial Commission(EC),will die,if she conspires with the ruling party NDC to rig the elections in favor of Presideent Mahama.

The Prophet has claimed that God will strike her with a strange desease which will send her to grave,should she falsely pronounce Mahama winner.
Speaking on Oman FM,on Wednesday,the Prophet reportedly spoke about his recent revelation,that the EC boss has connived with NDC to rig the elections in their favor.

UN Calls for Calm,awaiting for court ruling-Gabon

Ban Ki-moon,Secretary General  United Nation(UN), has asked leaders in Gabon to exercise “maximum restraint” as they await the constitutional court ruling on the August 27 presidential election result.

Gabon, a central Africa oil producer is reportedly in a tense mood as it awaits for the court to rule whether ‘irregularities’ in the polls as asserted by opposition candidate Jean Ping is enough to alter the declaration of incumbent Ali Bongo as winner of the polls.

The United States ambassador to the UN, Samantha Power, also made a similar call on Friday when she met with Gabon’s Foreign Minister, who represented the president at the UN General Assembly.

Save Ghana From Mahama-Nana Addo

The presidential nominee of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Akufo-Addo, has stated that, President John Mahama’s continuous stay in office after the December elections, will threaten Ghana’s future.Addressing party supporters at a rally in Tema West in the Greater Accra region as part of his campaign tour, he said, “The continued stay in office of John Dramani Mahama is a threat to the future of our country. This is why we are coming to change things in this December election.” “Everywhere I go, I have realised that people want a change of government. I believe Sege will be part of the change. I want the people of Sege and everybody to know that I have better policies to implement for Ghana’s development.

Budget Minister, Udoma tells critics-I’m not square peg in round hole.

The Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma, has reacted to the recent call for his removal by members of the National Assembly, insisting that he is not a square peg in a round hole as claimed by some members of the National Assembly.
Some senators had on Tuesday called for the removal of Udoma alongside two other key officials saddled with the responsibility of economic management in the cabinet of President Muhammadu Buhari, with the Deputy Senate President, Chief Ike Ekweremadu, categorically saying; “Distinguished Senators, look at my friend Senator Udoma Egba, Minister of Budget and National Planning, as a lawyer, what can he do? He can be at his best in a sector related to his area of competence.”
But reacting to the call for his removal from the Ministry of Budget and National Planning, the former senator enjoined the lawmakers to go back and objectively review his antecedents, adding that they should be guided by fairness when making utterances about the personality of a fellow public servant.

Ablakwa -'NDC manifesto promises not budgeted for '

The Deputy Minister of Education in charge of Tertiary Education, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has revealed that government has not budgeted for promises contained in its recently launched manifesto.

According to him, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) government will determine the cost for all the promised in the manifesto in the 2017 budget after its re-election on December 7.

“The manifesto of the NDC has not yet been costed. The 2017 budget God-willing when we are elected and President Mahama returns for his second and final term, that will be presented to parliament will spell out the details, that is when Ghanaians will know how much this particular manifesto pledge will cost,” Ablakwa

Support ''Change Begins with Me''-Bishop Onuoha

Dr David Onuoha,the Anglican Bishop of Okigwe South Diocese, has urged Nigerians to support the

recently launched “Change Begins with Me” initiative of the Federal Government.

He made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) at his Ehime Mbano Bishop Court on Friday.

He said attitudinal change was a joint task for both government officials and the citizenry, stressing that
Nigerians should not trivialise, sectionalise or politicise the programme.

He added that the initiative was key to socio-economic advancement of the country in the face of daunting economic challenges.

Police Warn the Citizens Against Scammers

The Ghana Police Service has calling on all Ghanaians to be cautious about a new wave of scamming activity it has identified in the country.


The Police Service in a statement signed by its Director of Public Affairs, Supt Cephas Arthur, said “scammers operate under the guise of Police and create accident scenarios to hoodwink unsuspecting members of the  public.”

It further noted that “victims receive unexpected calls indicating that some supposed relations of theirs have hit the rear of Police vehicles and that the occupant police officers are demanding money instantly through a given mobile money transfer line,

16,432 graduate teachers have been posted:Ministry of Education

Ministry of Education has posted 16,432 graduate teachers from public and private colleges of education.
A statement from the Ministry of Education noted that, this development is expected to put to bed fears that a significant number of the graduate teachers would not be absorbed following the scrapping of the quota system.A statement released on Friday, stated that “we hope the postings would put to rest claims in certain quarters that newly-trained teachers would not be absorbed this year because of the high numbers of graduates as a result of government’s decision to abolish the quota system.

I go hungry too joining Buhari’s administration-Femi Adesina

 Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to President Muhadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, has asserted that nobody is immune to the current hardship ravaging the country, stressing that he took a pay cut to join the current government.

In an article he titled “After Ye Have Suffered A While,” the Presidential Media aide, urged Nigerians not to lose hope in the government.

Attributing the current economic crisis to the mismanagement of previous administrations, Adesina assured Nigerians that hard times would soon be over.
He write: “Here comes the preacher. What does he want to tell us? Doesn’t he know that we are hungry, and the din of hunger makes one deaf to reason? The rumble in our tummies, as the worms compete for the little food left there, will surely be louder than what anybody can say now. True? Not exactly. Come, let us reason together.

MPs push for a law to bann alcohol sales to between 5pm and 1am in Uganda

Some Members of Parliament and Civil Society Organisations are pushing for an alcohol law that will restrict the sale of alcohol to between 5pm and 1am.
Violators of the law will pay a fine of 2 million shillings ($590) or serve jail term of one year or both, according to the Alcoholic Drinks Control Bill 2016 draft.
The proponents of the bill are led by the MP Betty Nambooze who launched the campaign after a resident in her constituency asked for the law to help him stop drinking, local media Daily Monitor reported.
“I am also an alcohol drinker and I have just found out that I am a risk drinker because on a particular day I can take more than four units. We are not after those people who take alcohol responsibly or use it as culture. We just don’t want our young people to get addicted and live by alcohol,” she is quoted to have said on Thursday.

Okudzeto:Bawumia lied in the Education component

 Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa Deputy Education Minister in charge of Tertiary,has described the claims made by Dr. Bawumia in the education sector as untrue.

In a Facebook post on his timeline, Okudzeto Ablakwa called on Dr Bawumia to substantiate his claims.

Dr Bawumia in a lecture  about the economy themed “The State of the Ghana Economy – A Foundation of Concrete or Straw " said the NDC government used GHC 900,000 to build a teacher’s bungalow at Dambai College of Education. He said the NPP constructed a similar bungalow on the same campus at GHC 195, 000.

In a response to this claim, Ablakwa said “there is no Teacher's Bungalow project at Dambai College of Education built at GHS 900,000 in 2011. We have checked the records and hereby challenge him to prove his allegation.He asked Dr Bawumia to explain why the NPP could not fulfil its promise of establishing one Polytechnic in each District  promised during the 2000 campaign season.

Meet the Woman who wants to be so Fat

Monica and Sid plan on having children together

She’s already 50st, but this woman wants to keep putting on weight until she cannot move.
Monica Riley, who is a model, wants to become the world’s fattest woman – 70st. This is not a record we would recommend anyone to try and beat.
Her boyfriend, Sid Riley, is a feeder and he spends his day cooking for Monica, feeding her through a tube at their home in Fort Worth, Texas.
She said: ‘The plan is to reach 1,000lbs [50st] and become immobile. I would feel like a queen because Sid would be waiting on me hand and foot and he’s excited about it too.
‘It’s a sexual fantasy for us and we talk about it a lot. He already has to help me get off the sofa and get me out of bed.

Scientists introducing Sex Robot to substitute Human Being

Would you want to make love to the cold, lifeless body of a machine?
It might happen sooner than you expect.
Experts are predicting that sex with robots will become widespread within the next decades – and robots could be better in bed than any fleshy partner, an expert has revealed.oel Snell, a robotics expert from Kirkwood College in Iowa, ‘Because they would be programmable, sexbots would meet each individual user’s needs.’

School Headteacher Sends More than 20 Pupils Away For Wearing Wrong Uniforms

A headteacher embroiled in a school uniform row with parents has turned away another 20 pupils for wearing the wrong .
Matthew Tate, the headteacher of Hartswood Academy in Margate, sent 50 pupils home on Tuesday for wearing the wrong clothes.
Police were called to the scene after a disturbance was reported at the school when a large number of pupils and parents congregated outside the school gates.
Having only taken up the post recently, Mr Tate said he contacted parents over the summer outlining a stricter uniform code.

Woman Arrested for Killing Her Boyfriend

Akua Oparebea 23-years-old is in police custody by Accra Regional Police command, for allegedly stabbing her 36-years-old boyfriend to death.The suspect is said to have escaped with the children after the incident, leaving her boyfriend in a pool of blood in their makeshift wooden structure at Taifa in Accra.

Narrating the incident, the Crime Officer of the Accra Regional Police Command, Chief Superintendent of Police Edward Kumi Faakye, said the deceased, Moro Okai, was a driver who lived with Oparebea and her two children in the makeshift structure.

He said Okai had returned home from work at about 11p.m. but realised that his girlfriend was not at home.

The victim picked up a quarrel with his wife when she returned home as he was not satisfied with the response given him.

Almost 150 corpeses abondaned in( EKSUTH )For Burial

More than 150 unclaimed corpses at the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital (EKSUTH) mortuary would be given mass burial, the hospital authorities had said.
Chairman, Medical Advisory Committee of the hospital, Dr Kayode Ajite, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Ado-Ekiti.
Ajite said that some families abandoned their relatives’ corpses in the hospital morgue, adding that the unclaimed bodies had congested the hospital’s morgue.
He said that some of the corpses were accident victims and armed robbers whose families were not even aware of their whereabouts, adding that it was the reason for the proposed mass burial of the corpses.
Ajite told NAN that management of the hospital would through media announcements give 14 days for owners of the corpses to collect them.

Football Transfer News:Howe to Replace Wenger

The Rumour Mill spent time in Talksport Towers yesterday morning, helping to probe the soul of Bournemouth chairman Jeff Mostyn as he discussed his relationship with the club’s manager Eddie Howe, their owner Maxim Denim and their audacious coup in bringing Jack Wilshere to the south coast last week. During the course of an interesting hour, Mostyn said he was not concerned that Howe might be headhunted by other clubs in the near future, stating the 38-year-old is “Bournemouth through and through” and has every intention of finishing the work he started eight years ago by establishing the Cherries as a Premier League force before taking his highly regarded management skills elsewhere.

EU Observer Mission Lack Fairness:Ali Bongo

President Ali Bongo, has criticized the EU Observer Mission which observed his country’s presidential poll last week.
Ali Bongo said the EU’s Observer Mission lacked fairness as it did not find ‘anomalies’ in the results of his rival, Jean Ping.
The European Union has questioned the validity of the election which the opposition has dismissed as a sham.
France has said a recount would be wise something Bongo has refused to do telling France’s RTL radio, “What people should be asking me to do is apply the law. I cannot violate the law. As far as a recount is concerned … that’s done at the level of the Constitutional Court.”
Opposition leader Jean Ping, who has said the election was stolen, on Tuesday called for help from the international community saying, “Everybody knows the result and everybody knows that Bongo is doing everything not to accept it.”

Militant Group Leader Arrested by 4Brigade: Niger Delta

Troops of 4 Brigade Nigerian Army have arrested a suspected militant, one Mr. Gabriel Ogbudje.
He is also the alleged leader of the “Otugas Fire Force”, a militant group threatening to attack Utorogu Gas Plant.
A statement from Acting Director Army Public Relations Officer, Col Sani Usman Kukasheka said he was alleged to be responsible for the recent act of economic sabotage perpetrated on NPDC/Shoreline major delivery trunk line within Ogo-Oteri general area on the 26th of last month.
The statement also reads: “The suspected militant, who was trailed, was arrested by troops along Agbor-Abraka road, Edo State on Tuesday 6th September 2016.“He has been on the run since he was declared wanted because of his public declaration as the leader of the militant group “Otugas Fire Force” and his

Akufo-Addo always calls me a Thief:Mahama

President John Dramani Mahama has denied attacking the person of his main contender in the elections, Nana Akufo-Addo on the campaign trail adding that, Nana Addo and his team attacked him first.

According to the president, such claims are unfair since he has rather been castigated by Nana Addo and the NPP over the years.

President Mahama, who is seeking a second term, has apparently made the character of the NPP flagbearer the centre of his campaign.

He has criticised Akufo-Addo for "sleeping" during his tour of the Western Region when he said roads in the region are in a bad state

Alpha Blondy questions AU's Role in amidst of Violence in Africa

Legendary Ivorian reggae musician, Alpha Blondy, known in private life as Seydou Kone may appear to have gone off the radar a bit, especially after the release of his 2015 studio album, Positive Energy.
The 12-track album, is his seventeenth studio release since he bust onto the music scene in the early 1980s.
He sings about “Rainbow in the Sky”, a promise of better days to come as well as “Freedom”, themes ever present in the works of the 63-year-old singer / songwriter.
Currently in the United States where he’s been performing, the Cocody Rock hit maker who is also a UN Ambassador for Peace for his native Ivory Coast, shared his thoughts on recent happenings in Africa and around the world with Africanews.

Accra Top the list of the most polluted Cities on Earth

Ghana's capital city, Accra has turned out to be the most polluted city on earth followed by Lebanon's Beirut.

Accra led with a pollution index of 102.13 whilst Beirut followed closely with 97.71.

The ranking was published by numbeo.com, a website that tracks several countries with respect to pollution, health, crime, among others.

The ranking is based on surveys from visitors of the website. Each entry in the survey is saved as the number in the range [-2, +2], with -2 having meaning of strongly negative and +2 meaning of strongly positive.
Surveys were filtered to eliminate potential spam, like people entering the large amount of data which are differentiating from the median value.

EU Mission Reveals; results from the ruling party stronghold is'' obvious anomaly''

The European Union’s Election Observer Mission (EU EOM) in Gabon says it has found an obvious anomaly in the analysis of the final results of the presidential election held on August 27.
In a statement published on their website, the mission chief, Mariya Gabriel said they deplored the deaths and violence that broke out after the official announcement of results and extended condolences to affected families.
‘‘The EOM noted substantial differences between the various local and provincial election commissions in procedures and deadlines applied, and access provided to observers, during the phase of the consolidation of results,’‘ the statement read.

NDC Promises one house, one meter

President  of the Republic of Ghana ,John Dramani Mahama  as part of his campaign tour of the Central Region, has promised to give each household in the Abura community one electricity meter, to eliminate the trend where several households are hooked onto one meter

“In Abura, I know your major concern is about electricity, a lot of you do not have meters. In most of the houses, the meters are shared. So I’ve asked that 1500 meters should be made available to you so that each house will have one meter,” the president said.

I Regret over my comment about Obama: Philipines President

 Rodrigo Duterte the president of the Philipines have expressed some regret over his explicit comments about President Barack Obama in a statement Tuesday and said a meeting between the two leaders would be rescheduled for a later date.
The two leaders were supposed to meet Monday before Obama flew to Laos. However, their meeting was canceled after Duterte called Obama a “son of a whore” and warned Obama not to question him over extrajudicial killings. More than 2,000 suspected drug pushers and users have been killed since Duterte launched a war on drugs after taking office on June 30.
 “While the immediate cause was my strong comments to certain press questions that elicited concern and distress, we also regret it came across as a personal attack on the US president. Our primary intention is to chart an independent foreign policy while promoting closer ties with all nations, especially the US with which we had had a longstanding partnership,” Duterte said in a statement.

Nigeria name among Lower-Middle Income Countries-UN

Nigeria is among13 countries  listed under the lower Middle-Income Countries, MICs.
This was contained in a report on industrialisation in Africa and least developed countries, which the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) submitted to the Group of 20 (G20), Development Working Group (DWG).
The 12 other countries classified under the lower-middle-income countries along with Nigeria are Cape Verde, Cameroon, Republic of Congo, Côte d’ivoire, Djibouti, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Mauritania, São Tomé and Príncipe, Swaziland and Zambia. African MICs are highly diverse.he UNIDO’s report seeks to achieve a wide consensus on issues including promoting the implementation of UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

The People of North Will not Disappoint NDC:Omane Boamah

Dr. Edward Omane Bomah minister of communication says President Mahama will increase his vote margin astronomically in the northern region compared to what he got in the 2012 elections.

He says his conviction stems from the unprecedented and massive show of love by the people in the region for the president and for the NDC as a party.

Dr Omane Boamah said these when he joined his colleague minister for employment minister Haruna Iddrisu to launch his campaign over the weekend. Dr Omane Boamah who is also the spokesperson for the president Mahama told a mammoth crowed of NDC supporters who had gathered at his campaign launch at the Tamale Vitting Senior High School park that the northern region just like the other regions in the country have never disappointed the NDC and for that matter will come out even more to show their appreciation to the president for what he has done for them come December 7.

Charity Center in Kabul hit by Bomb and gun

Gunmen  attack  the offices of an international charity in the centre of the Afghan capital, Kabul, has left at least one civilian dead, officials say.

Gunfire erupted when four armed men stormed the building of the aid group Care in the Shar-e-Naw area following a car bomb explosion.
All attackers were killed. No group has admitted carrying out the attack, the fifth to hit the city in 24 hours.
Taliban militants have increased their attacks in Kabul recently.
On Monday, a series of blasts claimed by the group hit a busy part of the city, close to the defence ministry building.
Officials now say 35 people were killed, including an army general and four senior police officers. Some 103 others were wounded, they added.

Journalist links to Boko Haram have been Arrested by Nigerian Army

A Nigerian journalist with access to Boko Haram insurgents, Ahmad Salkida, has been arrested at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport on his arrival to the country, Sahara Reporters is reporting.
The journalist, is one of three others who were declared wanted by the Nigerian army in the middle of last month over the links to Boko Haram.
According to Sahara Reporters, Salkida was picked up by security forces at the door of the Emirates Flight EK785 aircraft that brought him to Abuja from Dubai.

Robber caught sleeping during Robbery

The Asamankese Police in the Eastern Region has arrested a suspected robber after he was caught sleeping in the bedroom of an SDA pastor. The 27-year-old suspect, was found half naked and deeply asleep on the bed of Pastor Asare Nyarko having broken into the room through the ceiling to steal properties of the Pastor.

Narrating the incident to Starr News’ Eastern regional Correspondent Kojo Ansah, Mr. Nyarko explained that, the incident occurred Sunday morning after he and his family had left for Church.

According to him, upon their return home, they realized all the outside lights in the house had been put off. They also noticed someone had forcefully entered the house and quickly rushed to the Police Station to lodge a report.

US President denied Red Carpet Welcome in China

China’s leaders have been accused of delivering a calculated diplomatic snub to Barack Obama after the US president was not provided with a staircase to leave his plane during his chaotic arrival in Hangzhou before the start of the G20.
Chinese authorities have rolled out the red carpet for leaders including India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, the South Korean president, Park Geun-hye, Brazil’s president, Michel Temer, and the British prime minister, Theresa May, who touched down on Sunday morning.
But the leader of the world’s largest economy, who is on his final tour of Asia, was forced to disembark from Air Force One through a little-used exit in the plane’s belly after no rolling staircase was provided when he landed in the eastern Chinese city on Saturday afternoon

Chakale People give Nana Addo new Title''Chief of Patiece''

 Chakale Traditional Area, in the Wa East constituency of the Upper West Region, the Chief and the people have give the title “Chief of Patience” on the 2016 presidential candidate of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.

The ceremony took place in the palace of the Bulenga Naa, on Sunday, September 4, when the NPP flagbearer paid a courtesy call on the Paramount Chief of the Chakale Traditional Area, Bulenga Naa Seidu Nawalogne IV, on the 2nd day of his tour of the region.

Prisoner cuts off his friend penis in Ankaful Prison

In  Ankaful Maximum Security Prison in the Central Region ,inmate is accused of cutting off the penis of another prisoner who refused him “sex”.
The incident is said to have happened on Monday at about 9:00am in one of the cells.

The victim, name withheld, was rushed to the Prison’s infirmary with just a thin layer of flesh holding his penis to his scrotum,  3news.com reported.

He was given a first aid and transferred to the Interberton Hospital in Cape Coast for surgical procedure.

According to 3news.com, the suspect was said to have moved out of his Cell 12 to Cell One where he tried to force the victim to have sex with him.

When he failed, he slashed off the victim’s penis with a razor blade.

Ugandans are finally on the road to AFCON 2017

A one nil victory for Uganda over Comoros on Sunday started a huge party in the east African country to celebrate their qualification for the Africa Cup of Nation 2017 in Gabon.
At the end of the match in Kampala, the ecstatic Uganda Cranes fans stormed the field to cheer the team as a hundred others in the stadium including Uganda’s first lady couldn’t contain their joy.
The jubilation extended to the political class and social institutions who sent their heartfelt congratulations to the team.