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Brazilian football legend, Pele, has been discharged from hospital after undergoing a successful surgery for a colon tumor. The 80-year-old had the operation at Albert Einstein Hospital in Sao Paulo on 4 September. Pele, the only player to win the World Cup three times, left the intensive care unit 10 days later, but was readmitted soon after as a “preventative measure”. His medical team say he will continue undergoing chemotherapy. Pele had been having treatment at the hospital since 31 August after the tumor was detected in routine tests. His health has been a concern in recent years. He had…

Hope Uzodinma, the Governor of Imo State, on Friday expresses his regret that huge resources of the country which ought to have been used for infrastructural projects had been diverted to fighting against insecurity facing the Nigeria state.   Uzodinma, said this on Tuesday in Owerri while delivering his speech at an occasion marking Nigeria’s 61 years independence, anniversary warning opposition politicians to stop sponsoring insecurity in the state.   As part of the efforts to curb the menace, Uzodinma said his administration had spent N8bn on youth empowerment and commended the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), for fighting…

Digital marketing firm that was awarded £40million of taxpayers’ money to deliver coronavirus PPE accused of ‘forcing furloughed staff to work’KAU Media Group has been accused of forcing furloughed staff to keep workingDirector Mohammed Kashif Khokhar, 40, allegedly threatened to fire the staffHe reportedly said staff were asked to be ‘reactive to clients’ while on furloughFirm has been accused of wrongly claiming tens of thousands in furlough moneyBy Kate Dennett For Mailonline Published: 19:42 EDT, 1 October 2021 | Updated: 22:14 EDT, 1 October 2021 A digital marking firm that was awarded £40million of taxpayers’ money to deliver Covid-19 PPE has…

“Last night one of our Stone County residents posted a catalytic converter for sale on Marketplace. Apparently he must have been under the influence because in the background of his picture he posted, he left his large bag of meth and syringe on the coffee table,” Sheriff Doug Rader said in the September 29 post.Rader said he was alerted to the post by a citizen and passed on the information to a detective. “Today we arrived at this gentleman’s house with a search warrant. You can imagine his surprise!! He still had 48 grams of meth and a pistol that…

Elvis Afriyie Ankrah, NDC Director of Elections Director of Elections for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Elvis Afriyie Ankrah has slammed President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo over the declining economy of the country.The former minister who was reacting to the governance of Nana Akufo-Addo said the NPP’s governance: ”has been an unmitigated disaster” since 2017.Comparing the government of the erstwhile Mahama administration to the current Akufo-Addo government, Afriyie Ankrah said Ghana is not doing well under the NPP.Speaking to some Ghanaians in the diaspora, the former minister outlined the achievements of former president John Mahama, stressing that the NDC government…

The president promised to buy the choppers for the police in his 2018 State of the Nation Address. “Since I came to office in January 2017, a total of 568 vehicles including 15 operational buses have been presented by the government to the Service, a feat unprecedented in its history,” the president noted. Apart from the existing Formed Police Unit in Accra, the president said “an additional 22 light armoured vehicles have been procured for use by the FPUs to be established in November in the Northern, Upper East, and Ashanti Regions”. “In the next one-and-a-half years, FPUs will be…

Sports News of Saturday, 2 October 2021 Source: footballmadeinghana.com 2021-10-02 Abdul Aziz Dogo Karela United have completed the signing of lanky goal poacher Abdul Aziz Dogo in the ongoing transfer window.The striker has signed a two-year contract with the Nzema-Aiyinase based club ahead of the upcoming Football season.He joins the Pensioners from Division One League side Was Suntaa Sporting Club.Abdul Aziz Dogo has spent the previous campaigns on loan with Phar Rangers FC and was influential for the club in the league last season.He scored more than four goals in last season for Phar Rangers FC in all competitionsThe goal…

The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has denied reports linking her to plans to run for Nigeria’s presidential seat in 2023. Okonjo-Iweala, who was Nigeria’s former finance minister, faulted the reports which also claimed she is set to resign from her WTO position as part of plans to contest for the country’s number one post. “I just got here. I am enjoying what I’m doing,” she told Bloomberg. “It is a very exciting job and I am trying to have some successes here.” She described the rumours as “utterly ridiculous”, maintaining that she is focused…

Executive members of the striking Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) are currently divided over their ongoing industrial action. This is as a source at the Federal Ministry of Finance disclosed to our correspondent that the Federal Government began the payment of the Medical Residency Training Fund on Friday. Payment of the Medical Residency Training Fund was one of the demands of the striking doctors from the Federal Government, as a condition to call of their month-long strike. Press Informant had reported that NARD at the end of its Annual General Meeting, which it held at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa…

NSW records 813 Covid cases and suffers 10 deaths as infections stay below 1,000 – but residents are warned to ‘stay vigilant’ during long weekendNew South Wales recorded 813 new Covid-19 cases and 10 deaths on Saturday Non-urgent day surgery to recommence in private health facilities on TuesdayNSW public hospitals will continue to postpone non-urgent surgeries By Aidan Wondracz For Daily Mail Australia and Australian Associated Press Published: 21:05 EDT, 1 October 2021 | Updated: 21:10 EDT, 1 October 2021 NSW has recorded 813 new Covid-19 cases and 10 deaths as the outbreak continues to dwindle in the state. The cases come as…