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Ghana Grieves: Defence Minister, His Colleague, Military Top Brass, Others Perish In Air Crash

Ghana Grieves: Defence Minister, His Colleague, Military Top Brass, Others Perish In Air Crash

All eight persons on board a military helicopter that crashed in the Adansi area of Ashanti Region, Ghana, this morning have passed on. A Ghana Air Force Z9 helicopter carrying the eight persons went missing after taking off from Accra, the country's capital, in the morning. On board were three crew members and five passengers. The aircraft departed the capital at 0912 hours en route to Obuasi but lost radar contact shortly after, according to the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF). At 2:30 pm, Ghana's Chief of Staff, Julius Debrah, at a press briefing from the presidency named the victims and…
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How American Firm Microsoft Helps Israel Monitor, Record Every Phone Call By Palestinians

How American Firm Microsoft Helps Israel Monitor, Record Every Phone Call By Palestinians

By Harry Davis and Yuval Abraham One afternoon in late 2021, Microsoft’s Chief Executive, Satya Nadella, met with the Commander of Israel’s military surveillance agency, Unit 8200. On the spy chief’s agenda: moving vast amounts of top secret intelligence material into the U.S company’s cloud. Meeting at Microsoft’s headquarters near Seattle, a former chicken farm turned hi-tech campus, the spymaster, Yossi Sariel, won Nadella’s support for a plan that would grant Unit 8200 access to a customised and segregated area within Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform. Armed with Azure’s near-limitless storage capacity, Unit 8200 began building a powerful new mass surveillance…
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2028: Trump Backs VP Vance To Succeed Him

2028: Trump Backs VP Vance To Succeed Him

*Suggests Secretary of State/NSA Rubio As Vance's Running Mate Though the United States (U.S) presidential election and parties' primaries are about three years away, President Donald Trump has suggested that Vice President (VP) JD Vance is "most likely" his heir apparent to serve as the Republican nominee in 2028. This is the furthest he has gone in backing Vance as a future presidential candidate. "Well, I think most likely," Trump told reporters yesterday when asked whether Vance was the heir apparent to the movement he has inspired. "In all fairness, he's the Vice President." In a country where general elections…
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Oyo Law Enforcement Agency Cracks Down On Violators Of Anti-Open Grazing, Street Trading Regulations

Oyo Law Enforcement Agency Cracks Down On Violators Of Anti-Open Grazing, Street Trading Regulations

By Stephen Gbadamosi, Ibadan Oyo State Rule of Law Enforcement Authority (OYRLEA) has begun enforcement against street trading, anti-open rearing/grazing regulations and other related laws in the state. According to a statement by the State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Prince Dotun Oyelade, today, the enforcement team, led by the Chairman OYRLEA, Hon. Justice Aderonke Aderemi (rtd.), alongside the Chairman, Environmental Task Force, Francis Ojomo, a retired Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), carried out the exercise on Tuesday in Ibadan,the state capital. The duo emphasised the state government's readiness and swift response to tackle and sort every related offence as…
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BREAKING! Villarreal Fans Decry Rape Accused Thomas Partey’s Proposed Signing, Say It’s Club’s ‘Darkest Day’

BREAKING! Villarreal Fans Decry Rape Accused Thomas Partey’s Proposed Signing, Say It’s Club’s ‘Darkest Day’

*Ethics Over Player's Quality, They Insist News that the former Arsenal midfielder Thomas Partey is poised to join Villarreal has roiled fans of the Spanish club, with hundreds signing a petition urging the club to halt what has been described as the “darkest day in the club’s history”. Partey appeared in a London court on Tuesday, charged with five counts of rape relating to two women, and a charge of sexual assault against a third woman. The alleged offences are said to have taken place in 2021 and 2022 when Partey was playing for Arsenal. Partey’s lawyer has said he…
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Oguntoyinbo Lauds Ladoja On Emergence As 44th Olubadan

Oguntoyinbo Lauds Ladoja On Emergence As 44th Olubadan

By Stephen Gbadamosi, Ibadan South-West chieftain of New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) and prominent Ibadan indigene, Ambassador Olufemi Ajadi Oguntoyinbo, has felicitated Oba Rasidi Adewolu Ladoja on his nomination as the 44th Olubadan of Ibadanland by the Olubadan-in-Council. The Ibadanland kingmakers, on Monday, at a meeting held at the Olubadan's palace, nominated Oba Ladoja as the new Olubadan. They also resolved to forward his name to Oyo State governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde, for official approval. In a release he personally signed and made available to journalists today, August 6, in Ibadan, the state capital, Oguntoyinbo congratulated Senator Ladoja on his…
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AIG Zone 4 Speaks On Partnership With Journalists, Says Media Haters Have Things To Hide

AIG Zone 4 Speaks On Partnership With Journalists, Says Media Haters Have Things To Hide

By Sam Tyav, Makurdi Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG), Zone 4, Mr Zachariah Fera Achinyan, has assured of cooperation and strong collaboration with journalists to achieve more effective policing in the zone. The AIG, who disclosed this during a courtesy call on him by journalists in Benue State led by Chairman, State Council, Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Comrade Bemdoo Ugber, encouraged newsmen to beam searchlight on persons believed to have hatred for the media. Achinyan said that the doors to his office were open for stronger cooperation and collaboration with journalists to enable him succeed on the job.…
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How Football Transfer Deals Work: Inner Details

How Football Transfer Deals Work: Inner Details

We are in summer, the transfer period in most countries. However, not a few football fans have no wealth of information about how footballers are transferred from one club to the other, sometimes across geographical borders. Player transfer is an entirely technical aspect of club operations and very vital to any club's season success or failure. Get the transfer right and you could move several notches up in the success ladder; get it wrong and you may remain mired in the marshes of your corporate melancholy. Therefore, a lot of strategic planning and clinical execution go into this aspect of…
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Udoh, Ag Director FCTA’s DOAS, Bows Out Of Service Meritoriously

Udoh, Ag Director FCTA’s DOAS, Bows Out Of Service Meritoriously

Acting Director, Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA)'s Department of Outdoor Advertisement and Signage ( DOAS), Tpl. Akanimo Udoh, today retired from the civil service after attaining the mandatory retirement age of 60. A statement issued to newsmen and signed by DOAS' Head of Information/Public Relations Officer, Ngozi Ufomba, this evening, said: "Today marks not just the close of a remarkable chapter in his civil service life. but the beginning of a well-deserved new session for rest, reflection and fulfillment for the energetic, ideas-filled former public servant. "In his distinguished career, especially at the top, Tpl. Udoh was instrumental in shaping…
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In Accra, Obasanjo Canvasses $100 Flight Levy For Proposed African Health Fund

In Accra, Obasanjo Canvasses $100 Flight Levy For Proposed African Health Fund

By Mohammed Ali Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has proposed a $100 (about N152,297) levy on all international flights into and out of Africa to support the creation of a continental health fund. He made the proposal at the Africa Health Sovereignty Summit held in Accra, Ghana , today, August 5, 2025. The initiative, he said, would help reduce Africa’s reliance on external donors and promote long-term financing for health systems across the continent. Obasanjo said the proposal was inspired by Ghana’s 'Ghana Beyond Aid' agenda and could serve as a starting point for what he called an 'Africa Health Without…
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