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NPA helps out Chief Imam with Ramadan food
The National Petroleum Authority donated food to help Muslims during Ramadan. On Friday, they brought rice, sugar, cooking oil, milo, milk, and water to Sheikh Osmanu Nuhu Sharubutu at his home in Fadama. NPA Chief Executive Godwin Kudzo Tameklo said he wanted to share blessings during the holy month. He admires how Islam encourages people who have enough to share with those who need help. He hoped their gift would inspire others to give as well. Mr. Tameklo brought his deputies, Dr. Sheila Addo and Dr. Dramani Bukari, with him. He praised the Chief Imam for keeping peace in Ghana since 1992. Everyone listens when the Imam speaks because he has much influence. The NPA boss called him a peacemaker who solves problems and makes sure...
Pastor clears up NIB arrest rumor on cathedral probe
Pastor Victor Kusi-Boateng shot down stories about his arrest by the National Investigations Bureau last week. He talked to his church members on Saturday, March 15, saying officials just asked him some questions after he came back from a trip. Nobody locked him up or threw him in jail. Citi News messed up when they said the NIB nabbed him on Friday, March 14. They got it wrong. The truth came out later - the famous preacher simply answered a few questions about his work with the National Cathedral. He walked free afterward. Reporters checked their facts and learned he never spent time behind bars. Speaking to his fans at church, he made things crystal clear in the Twi language: "I have not been arrested, and nobody can arrest me...
Mutsvangwa takes a jab at Chiwenga's leadership
A UK group called Dug Up found a secret tape of ZANU PF official Christopher Mutsvangwa badmouthing Vice President Constantino Chiwenga. He attacked Chiwenga harshly, saying he acts cruel to others, cannot win elections, lacks education, and mixes up R and L sounds when speaking. The recording shows big fights happening between different groups inside ZANU PF, mainly between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Chiwenga, who serves under him. Mutsvangwa claims Mnangagwa and Chiwenga disagree about the upcoming party voting event. Chiwenga wants party members to just pick him as their next leader without competition, while Mnangagwa prefers letting several people run for the job through fair voting. These power fights happen because...
ZMC Exec and Crew Caught in Fuel Fraud
Four Zimbabwe Media Commission workers faced a judge Friday because they stole millions of dollars worth of gas. Godwin Phiri heads the ZMC staff team. He showed up with money manager Tafadzwa Chikwiti, worker Revai Madire, and office helper Mercy Hondo. The court charged all four people with stealing twice from their workplace. Judge Marewanazvo Gofa let them leave after each paid $600. They must come back on April 28 for another meeting. The state lawyer Lancelot Mutsokoti said these four worked with missing suspect Petros Mudhokwani from May 2023 until February 2024. They made plans together to take money from where they worked. Mudhokwani asked for gas from Petrotrade. Then, Chikwiti entered these requests into a computer program...
US Travel Ban Plan Hits Zimbabwe and Others
Zimbabwe faces possible travel limits for its people heading to America. Reports said Friday that the US might block visitors from 41 nations because they threaten security and safety. Staff members working for President Donald Trump shared an inside paper that sorts countries by danger level. The plan splits nations into red, orange, and yellow groups based on risk. Anyone from the eleven red-marked countries cannot enter America at all. These include Afghanistan, Bhutan, Cuba, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Venezuela, and Yemen. The State Department created this list, but officials may change it before final approval happens. Orange group nations face harder rules for people moving to America, tourists, and students...
Naked Burglar Busted in Bedroom Break In
A court sent a naked home invader to jail after he broke into a woman's bedroom. Marshal Comfort Nyathi, age 24, from Lwendulu village near Hwange, received an 18-month prison sentence. The local magistrate found him guilty of both aggravated unlawful entry and indecent assault for his strange behavior. The woman had locked all doors and windows before going to sleep at 9 PM on March 3, 2025. Around 1:40 AM, Nyathi placed a brick under her window, climbed through, and entered her room wearing no clothes. She woke up because he tried to pull down her shorts. When caught, Nyathi said sorry and told her who he was. He even claimed he loved her. The woman stayed calm but turned on a light and snapped his picture with her phone. He...
British Man Killed in Ruto Convoy Hit and Run
A British man died when a car from Kenyan President William Ruto's motorcade hit him Thursday. Police named the victim as Edgar Riches, age 79, who visited Kenya from Poole, Dorset, to see family members living there. The accident happened on a main road in Nairobi after the president's main vehicles had already passed by. Officers arrested then released the driver on bail - he worked with a support vehicle at the back of the official group. Kenya's police spokesman, Michael Muchiri, talked to BBC reporters about what happened. He mentioned that doctors found multiple injuries during the autopsy, especially to Mr. Riches' head and chest. The victim worked for charity groups and often raised money for Kenyan projects. The driver never...
Mutsvangwa blasts Chiwenga for his illiteracy
Zanu PF spokesman Christopher Mutsvangwa went after Vice President Constantino Chiwenga hard. He called him mean, unable to read, and bad for winning votes. Mutsvangwa dreams of leading Zanu PF but thinks Chiwenga blocks his path. He talked with Dug Up on February 17, 2025, but people only saw the interview last Friday. Chiwenga felt angry about these words. He asked President Mnangagwa for a chat on Monday. The fight started because Chiwenga asked Mnangagwa to pick him as the next leader. This made Mutsvangwa mad. He said, "That guy wanted to become the next president without an election. First he tried to force the president to choose him, then he planned to push him out. How does that make sense?" Mutsvangwa pointed out the...
Govt grabs health workers while ARVs stay steady
Zimbabwe needs to hire about twenty thousand health staff after the US government cut its funding. Health Minister Douglas Mombeshora announced plans for the Treasury to pay these workers instead of USAID. Many doctors, nurses, and village health helpers lost support when former President Trump signed an order stopping aid. These cuts hit programs fighting HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria across the country. The health system counted on more than a thousand medical professionals to treat various infections. Almost nineteen thousand village health workers provided basic care in rural areas. Partner groups paid around fifteen thousand of these essential workers before the funding dried up. Mombeshora spoke about this challenge during a...
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