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The NBC variety show returned for its season premiere Saturday and opened its 47th season with new cast member James Austin Johnson taking on the role of Biden.”What’s cookin’, what’s good?” Johnson’s Biden said, kicking off the premiere. “How was everybody’s summer? Mine was bad.”Johnson’s Biden added that on the bright side, he “went the entire summer without falling down the stairs once.”Johnson’s Biden then brought out a bunch of fellow Democrats from different ends of the political spectrum. That included Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, played by Cecily Strong, and Sen. Joe Manchin, played by Aidy Bryant, as well as Rep.…

General News of Sunday, 3 October 2021 Source: www.ghanaweb.com 2021-10-03 play videoNana Akomea Head of InterCity STC, Nana Akomea, has tasked veteran journalist, Kwesi Pratt Jnr, to desist from making judgment calls on the Ejura Committee report.The duo were guests on Peace FM’s Kokrokoo programme last Friday where discussions into the report was on the table for discussion.”If you have admitted here that you have yet to read the full report, why then are you making judgment calls on the report,” Akomea asked Pratt.Pratt responded that his initial views on the issue were based on newspaper reports and that he…

Portugal striker Andre Silva scored just 42 seconds after coming on mid way through the second-half to break the deadlock before Nkunku took his tally this season to nine goals in 10 games in all competitions. “It was a real struggle,” said Marsch, “it was an important moment for Andre and for us when he scored.” Leipzig CEO Oliver Mintzlaff before kick-off admitted results are “not what we imagined” after Tuesday’s home defeat by Club Brugge in the Champions League which followed a 6-3 drubbing at Manchester City. After Nkunku netted Leipzig’s second with a deft chip over Bochum goalkeeper…

Hearts will host first leg of their knockout fixture Wydad Casablanca will have their fans present when they host Accra Hearts of Oak in the CAF Champions League.This follows a decision by Morocco to lift the ban on fans attending football games and will take effect after the international break.According to the government, stadiums across the country can allow 40 percent of fans in attendance for games.This means over 26,000 Wydad fans will be allowed into the 67,000 capacity Stade Mohammed V in Casablanca for the return leg.However, authorities have set strict conditions for the attendance of fans, including the…

The Ebonyi State Police Command has arrested a 21-year-old woman, Peace Mathias, for allegedly selling her four year old sister to a notorious human trafficker, one Ebubechukwu Opara, in Abakaliki.   Press Informant gathered that the four year old girl was sold to Mrs. Opara at the cost of N150,000. The commissioner of police, Aliyu Garba, disclosed this while reuniting the child with her parents at the command headquarters in Abakaliki.According to the commissioner, Peace Mathias who hails from Ezza North LGA of Ebonyi State is the first child of her parents while the buyer of the girl, Ebubechukwu Opara,…

An Upper Area Court in Makurdi on Thursday sentenced a commercial sex worker, Dooshima Anems, to four years imprisonment for biting a customer’s tongue during sex. The police charged Anems with assault and causing grievous hurt. The Magistrate, Rose Iyorshe, sentenced Anems after she pleaded guilty and told the court that she bit Amos Igbo in self defence. Iyorshe in her judgment gave Anems an option to clean the court premises for one week. Earlier, the Police Prosecutor, Insp Veronica Shaagee, told the court that the convict was arrested on September 28. Shaagee said that Anems bit Igbo, her lover’s…

A Saudi-born Canadian who U.S. prosecutors allege is responsible for prominent ISIS propaganda videos in English has been brought to Virginia to be prosecuted. Mohammed Khalifa – also known as Abu Ridwan Al-Kanadi and Abu Muthanna Al-Muhajir – has been charged with conspiring to provide material to support a terrorist organization, resulting in death, for which he may face life in prison. The criminal complaint was unsealed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on Saturday. Khalifa, 38, was captured by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in January 2019 and recently transferred to FBI custody. It is alleged that he joined the terrorist…

Thousands of people gathered in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro — Brazil’s most populous cities — chanting, “Out Bolsonaro, out Bolsonaro” and carrying signs saying: “Bolsonaro Must Leave, Impeachment Now!” according to CNN affiliate CNN Brasil.In the capital, Brasilia, demonstrators marched to the front of the National Congress, carrying signs protesting the price of gas and food. Basic food items and gasoline prices are on the rise in Brazil and more than 14 million people are unemployed, according to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE).Meanwhile, Brazil continues to be hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic. Nearly 600,000…

Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II with President Akufo-Addo | File photo Ruler of the Asante Kingdom, His Royal Majesty Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has cautioned President Akufo-Addo not to act on all reports from his appointees without independent verification.According to the Asantehene, leaders might be misled by trustworthy officials who only give favorable feedback.He, therefore, admonished the President to regularly visit key projects to access first-hand information on the progress of work.The Asantehene believes regular visits to project sites will help the President to accurately update himself on the state of progress.Through such visits, appropriate decisions will be taken to…

Werner saved Chelsea from a frustrating end to a difficult week when he netted six minutes from full-time at Stamford Bridge. Tuchel’s side had been pegged back to 1-1 after James Ward-Prowse’s second-half penalty cancelled out Trevoh Chalobah’s early opener. Ward-Prowse was sent off with 14 minutes left for a nasty lunge on Jorginho and Chelsea laid seige to the Southampton goal before Werner slotted home from Cesar Azpilicueta’s cross. Ben Chilwell’s last-minute goal wrapped up the points as Chelsea moved top of the Premier League, two points ahead of second-placed Liverpool, who host Manchester City on Sunday. “We are…