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Driver of Mfantseman MP dies from gunshot wounds
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Driver of Mfantseman MP dies from gunshot wounds

Dr Nana Yaw Agyenim-Boateng, the Communications Director for the New Patriotic Party in Mfantseman has revealed that the driver of murdered MP, Ekow Quansah Hayford has died. According to Dr Agyenim-Boateng who was in the company of the MP when the incident occurred, the driver identified only as Yusif died this afternoon from wounds he sustained during the attack on their team early this morning at about 1:00 am. It is reported that at least 2 other cars had fallen victim to the attacks by the same highway robbers, however, only the MP and his driver were shot during the robbery. “Every car at that particular joint [Apamkrom] was stopped, but only Hon. Ekow Quansah Hayford, received a gunshot and together with his driver, and Hon. Hayford died on the spot and his driver also...
Central Region Minister wants killers of Mfantseman MP nabbed soon
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Central Region Minister wants killers of Mfantseman MP nabbed soon

The Central Regional Minister, Mr Kwamena Duncan, has described the killing of Mr Ekow Kwansah Hayford, Mfantseman Member of Parliament, by alleged armed robbers as a " gruesome, bastardly act that must not go unpunished." The visibly disturbed Minister, has therefore, tasked the Central Regional Police Commander, DCOP Habiba Twumasi, to quickly get to work and get the attackers to face prosecution. He said the killing was a blot on the conscience of humanity, explaining, "For someone to look in the eye of a fellow human being and shoot him without any provocation is really sad." The 49-year old New Patriotic Party (NPP) MP for Mfantseman,  who was seeking re-election, was allegedly killed by armed robbers in the early hours of Friday when he was returning from a campaign tri...
Cardi B defends ex Offset on Twitter
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Cardi B defends ex Offset on Twitter

Cardi B will not let any of her fans "disrespect" her estranged husband Offset. The 27-year-old rapper split from Migos star Offset last month, with the news coming as a shock to the WAP singer's legion of fans. Following their breakup, one of Cardi's devotees said on Twitter that it is her fans' "right to drag" Offset - but the mother-of-one was quick to jump to her former spouse's defence. Cardi, who shares two-year-old daughter Kulture with Offset, hit back: "I don’t give a f**k if you don’t like him. I don’t talk to him but you not going to disrespect my child father. I will slap the s**t out of you in curtesy (sic) of Kulture." Continuing her since-deleted tweet, Cardi wrote: "If he die, go broke, you not the one that’s going to raise my kid & you not the 1 who pa...
BBI will free our women from poverty, Raila says
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BBI will free our women from poverty, Raila says

Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) leader Raila Odinga on Thursday said the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) will liberate women from discrimination and poverty. He added that BBI is the organ that will protect women from power-hungry politicians. Mr Odinga was speaking in Kitengela where he graced the ODM Women League meeting.Kenya's opposition leader and former Prime Minister, Raila Odinga gives an address on November 27, 2019, during the launch of the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) report in Nairobi. (Photo by TONY KARUMBA / AFP) (Photo by TONY KARUMBA/AFP via Getty Images) He pleaded with women to support the BBI report, adding that it would promote cohesion. He said Kenya has witnessed bloodshed occasioned by political violence in the past and adopting BBI will solve the mena...
Belarus’ leader claims he saved opposition challenger’s life
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Belarus’ leader claims he saved opposition challenger’s life

Belarus' authoritarian president, whose re-election has triggered two months of protests, maintained Friday that he saved his main opponent's life by getting her out of the country — a claim rejected by her spokeswoman. Alexander Lukashenko asserted that Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, who ran against him in the Aug. 9 election, left of her own free will for Lithuania a day after the vote. Her supporters say Lukashenko's regime forced Tsikhanouskaya out. “I gave orders and we drove her to Lithuania, at her request, to join her children there,” Lukashenko said, adding that Belarusian authorities also gave her $15,000 in cash. Lukashenko, who has ruled the ex-Soviet nation with an iron fist for 26 years, alleged that unidentified members of the opposition had been plotting to kill Ts...
Trump says he is ‘medication-free,’ describes Covid battle
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Trump says he is ‘medication-free,’ describes Covid battle

US President Donald Trump said he was "medication free" and revealed more details of his fight with Covid-19 in a televised interview aired Friday, one week after he was hospitalized with the virus. The president appeared on Fox's Tucker Carlson Tonight for what the White House described as an on-air "medical evaluation" conducted remotely by Fox contributor doctor Marc Siegel. "Right now I'm medication-free, I'm not taking any medications as of, you know, probably eight hours ago," Trump told Siegel. It was unclear when the interview, which Carlson said was filmed by a White House camera crew, was taped.  Trump's doctors had previously said they have given him an aggressive cocktail of therapeutic drugs including the steroid dexamethasone, usually associated with ser...
#EndSARS: Nigerians protest against police brutality
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#EndSARS: Nigerians protest against police brutality

The man who filmed the video was arrested, provoking even more anger.© Protesters call for the scrapping of the controversial police unit [AFP] Protesters call for the scrapping of the controversial police unit [AFP] Hundreds of people have protested against alleged police brutality for a second day across Nigeria after a video of a man allegedly being killed by police went viral. Anger has been brewing on social media after the video of the alleged killing in the southern Delta state, which authorities denied was real. Hundreds of youths gathered in Ikeja in central Lagos on Friday, holding banners reading “respect for human rights” and “a more equal society”. In Abuja, dozens of protesters also gathered and police forces used tear gas to disperse protesters, according t...
Joshua Cheptegei smashes 10,000m world record as Letesenbet Gidey sets new women’s 5,000m best
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Joshua Cheptegei smashes 10,000m world record as Letesenbet Gidey sets new women’s 5,000m best

Uganda's Joshua Cheptegei smashed the men's 10,000m world record as Ethiopia's Letesenbet Gidey broke that of the women's 5,000m in Valencia. Cheptegei, 24, clocked 26 minutes 11.00 seconds to beat Kenenisa Bekele's 15-year-old time by more than six seconds. Gidey, 22, clocked 14 minutes 6.62 seconds to better the 14mins 11.15secs set by Tirunesh Dibaba in 2008. They achieved the feats at the NN Valencia World Record Day, a one-off event taking place in the Spanish city. "I'm happy," said Gidey, who won 10,000m silver at the 2019 World Championships in Doha. "This has been a long-time dream. It is very big for me." Bekele's previous world record time of 26mins 17.53secs had been the longest standing men's 10,000m world record in history. Cheptegei's success marks his...
Family of Nigerian Chineme Martins seek Fifpro help with negligence claim
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Family of Nigerian Chineme Martins seek Fifpro help with negligence claim

The family of Chineme Martins have enlisted the support of global football players' union Fifpro as they pursue a claim of negligence following the Nigerian footballer's death in March. The Nasarawa United player, 23, died of suspected cardiac arrest during a league game in Lafia, whereupon a series of on-and-off-field failures prevented him from receiving the appropriate treatment. Not only was there no working defibrillator in a stadium lacking the correct medical equipment, but the only ambulance present also failed to start. Seven months on, Martins' family are still seeking both financial compensation and information. "So far, Nasarawa United FC has failed to provide the family with appropriate insurance papers and his employment contract," Fifpro said&...
Ex-Ghana FA boss’ lifetime Fifa ban reduced to 15 years
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Ex-Ghana FA boss’ lifetime Fifa ban reduced to 15 years

The lifetime ban of former Ghana Football Association president Kwesi Nyantakyi has been reduced to 15 years after an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas). A former Fifa Council member and vice-president of the Confederation of African Football, Nyantakyi was banned for life by Fifa in October 2018 for breaking bribery and corruption rules. He was filmed taking $65,000 from an undercover reporter. "Kwesi Nyantakyi is banned from taking part in any kind of football-related activity at national and international level for a period of 15 years, commencing on 29 October 2018," Cas told BBC Sport Africa. The Ghanaian's initial fine of 500,000 Swiss francs ($550,000) has also been reduced to 100,000 ($110,000) following a Cas ruling in April whi...