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Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has led tributes to former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, who has died at the age of 82. Ayatollah Khamenei hailed a “companion of struggle” despite their differences, saying this was a “difficult” loss. President Hassan Rouhani praised Mr Rafsanjani as a great man of the Islamic revolution. The government has announced three days of mourning, making Tuesday a public holiday for his funeral in Tehran. Mr Rafsanjani, who served as president from 1989 to 1997, was pivotal in the 1979 revolution. But later in life he became a counterpoint to hardline conservatives. “The different…

Top rated comedian, Bright Okpocha better known as Basketmouth, has revealed why his comedy shows abroad have been hugely successful. He made the revelation during an interview on BBC News program ‘Focus on Africa’ where he said that the universality of his jokes was the reason why his jokes are well received abroad. “I try as much as possible to make my materials universal. So that way, I don’t goof. When I come the UK to do my gigs or even in America, I try as much as possible to avoid saying anything about Nigeria. These guys don’t know anything…

It’s the new diet that focuses on eating five times a day, with the aim of helping you lose up to five pounds (two kilos) in two weeks. The 5:5:5 diet, designed by UK nutritionist Angela Dowden, is billed as the ‘easiest and healthiest’ way to a trimmer figure. The plan’s beauty is that it’s easy to commit to in the long run without weight you’ve lost creeping back on, according to Woman’s Day.  The 5:5:5 diet, designed by UK nutritionist Angela Dowden, is billed as the easiest and healthiest way to a trimmer figure. IS IT BEST TO EAT…

It’s the new diet that focuses on eating five times a day, with the aim of helping you lose up to five pounds (two kilos) in two weeks. The 5:5:5 diet, designed by UK nutritionist Angela Dowden, is billed as the ‘easiest and healthiest’ way to a trimmer figure. The plan’s beauty is that it’s easy to commit to in the long run without weight you’ve lost creeping back on, according to Woman’s Day.  The 5:5:5 diet, designed by UK nutritionist Angela Dowden, is billed as the easiest and healthiest way to a trimmer figure. IS IT BEST TO EAT…

At least 16 people have been arrested in connection with an armed robbery of Kim Kardashian West in Paris in October, French media report. Authorities said at the time that the American reality TV star was robbed at gunpoint by at least two men dressed as police officers. The men entered Kardashian West’s luxury apartment before tying her up and locking her in the bathroom. They escaped with an estimated €10m (£8.7m; $10.5m) in jewellery. The 36-year-old mother-of-two, who is married to the rapper Kanye West, said she feared she was going to be killed by the robbers. Kardashian West…

It’s the new diet that focuses on eating five times a day, with the aim of helping you lose up to five pounds (two kilos) in two weeks. The 5:5:5 diet, designed by UK nutritionist Angela Dowden, is billed as the ‘easiest and healthiest’ way to a trimmer figure. The plan’s beauty is that it’s easy to commit to in the long run without weight you’ve lost creeping back on, according to Woman’s Day.  The 5:5:5 diet, designed by UK nutritionist Angela Dowden, is billed as the easiest and healthiest way to a trimmer figure. IS IT BEST TO EAT…

Former President John Mahama has denied reports that Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia is stranded as a result of the former’s decision to maintain his official residence, which has been reserved for vice presidents. President Mahama before exiting office Saturday, wrote though his Chief of Staff on December 19, 2016 to request to “have Bungalow No.3, Prestige Link, Cantonments, Accra and its adjoining facilities as his official retirement home.” The residence, originally a property of COCOBOD, was being used by the late vice president, Aliu Mahama and later by President Mahama when he became vice president. He, however, maintained the…

Former President John Dramani Mahama has requested from Nana Akufo Addo’s government that a bungalow located that Cantonments in Accra be given to him as his “official retirement home” and another facility located at Ridge also be given to him to use as his office. This was contained in a letter intercepted by 3news.com signed by the former Chief of Staff under President Mahama, Julius Debrah and dated 19th December, 2016. The letter headlined “Residence/Office for H.E President John Dramani Mahama” read in part that “Reference to (Osafo-Marfo/Debrah) discussion on 19th December, 2016 on the above stated subject, we wish…

The speechwriter of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s inaugural speech, Eugene Arhin, has apologised for plagiarising a portion of former US president George W. Bush’s 2001-inaugural speech. Sentences of Mr Bush’s January 20, 2001 speech were lifted verbatim into the hailed inaugural speech of President Akufo-Addo, which was delivered Saturday morning at his investiture without the necessary acknowledgement. President Akufo-Addo’s speech read in part: “I ask you to be citizens: citizens, not spectators; citizens, not subjects; responsible citizens building your communities and our nation.” It continued in another part: “We will reduce taxes to recover the momentum of our economy…” Bush’s original speech…