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Ghana’s peacekeeping troops serving with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) have held a memorial service in honour of the Late Kofi Annan, a former United Nations Secretary-General. The battalion held the memorial service in the early hours of Thursday 13 September 2018 at the battalion headquarters located in Al-Qawzah, Lebanon to coincide with the burial service of the late Ghanaian Statesman. In a tribute written by the battalion, the peacekeepers acknowledged the…

1. President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday appointed Yusuf Magaji Bichi, as the new Director-General of the Department of Security Service (DSS). His appointment was contained in a statement by Buhari’s spokesperson, Garba Shehu on Thursday Bichi replaces Matthew Seiyeifa, who has been operating in acting capacity since Lawal Daura was sacked by the then Acting President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo. 2. Report has claimed that a meeting organized by the APC and the presidency to resolve the…

Government has expressed gratitude to the citizenry for their assistance in activities for the funeral and burial rites of the former UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan. In a statement signed by Information Minister Designate Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, government applauded the efforts of the citizenry and members of the International community throughout the three-day funeral rites held in honor of the global icon. “In particular, we acknowledge the security agencies, protocol officers, traditional rulers, the media…

A Nigerian man who climbed a telecom mast to protest the re-election bid of President Buhari has descended after 24 hours. According to Saharareporters, Ilyasu touched ground at 11:25am voluntarily, after security operatives acceded to his request that he must address the press upon his descent. According to Ilyasu, he climbed the mast to protest the economic hardship in the country, just as he stated that Pres. Buhari does not deserve another four years in…

A Ghanaian pastor has caused a stir online after he was filmed rolling himself on engine oil during a recent church crusade in Accra, Ghana.   In the viral video below, Pastor Blessing of the Christ Faith Overcomers Chapel is seen rolling himself in the engine oil while his church members were singing and clapping.   At one point, two young men came forward to spray some amount of money on the pastor while he continued to roll on the ground….

HARARE, Zimbabwe — Zimbabwe’s police said Wednesday that they are banning “public gatherings” in Harare in an effort to curb a cholera outbreak that has killed 21 people. Police spokeswoman Charity Charamba said in a statement Wednesday that the ban aims to alleviate “the continuous spread” of cholera in the capital, where the government has declared an emergency. Zimbabwean law broadly defines a public gathering as “a public meeting or a public demonstration.” Health Minister…

President Buhari has appealed to members of the All Progressives Congress(APC) not to be complacent but to prepare, strategise and win 2019 elections, to prevent the Peoples Democratic Party from taking Nigeria backwards. He made the appeal at the APC national Secretariat Wednesday in Abuja while submitting his Expression of Interest and Nomination forms to contest the presidency in 2019. Although Buhari did not mention PDP in his short speech, the reference was unmistakable as…

The Kenyan director of a movie banned in her home country for telling the love story of two women has filed a lawsuit seeking to lift the bar so it can be considered for the country’s Oscars entry, court documents show. “Rafiki”, which means friend in the Swahili language, premiered at the Cannes film festival, the first Kenyan film to do so. It is adapted from an award-winning short story “Jambula Tree” by Ugandan writer…

The wait is over as Lil Wayne is finally set to drop the anticipated Tha Carter Valbum! The rapper’s record label Young Money shared the cover art for the album on Wednesday via Twitter. View image on Twitter Young Money ✔@YoungMoneySite Put them 5s up 9:48 AM – 12 Sep 2018 28.2K 18.8K people are talking about this Twitter Ads information and privacy The C5 album release comes after Birdman and Wayne buried the hatchet during Weezy’s concert in New Orleans. In 2015, Lil…

American rapper, Bow Wow, has dished out advice for youths still doing drugs as he recounted how he almost died of codeine addiction. According to him, his sad story with codeine began after he worked on the ‘Face Off’ album with Omarion. Bow Wow wrote, To the youth- Stop with these dumb ass drugs. Im going to let something out. When me and omarion worked on FACE OFF album. I was high off lean everyday!…