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  • Newcastle’s Burn refuses to call out Arsenal’s ‘streetwise’ antics

    Newcastle’s Burn refuses to call out Arsenal’s ‘streetwise’ antics

    Newcastle defender Dan Burn had no issues with Arsenal’s tactics, which he described as “streetwise,” during their intense Premier League battle at St James’ Park.

    Despite a hard-fought effort by the Magpies, the Gunners came out on top with a 2-0 win, which would have gifted the title to Manchester City if they had lost.

    The loss was a setback for Newcastle’s hopes of qualifying for the Champions League.

    The game was marred by frequent breaks in play and heated confrontations, preventing the home team from finding a rhythm.

    In the reverse fixture in January at the Emirates Stadium, Newcastle had been accused of similar tactics.

    But, asked about Arsenal’s approach, Burn said: “Of course it’s frustrating, but that’s what they said we did at their place. We get a lot of stick for slowing the game down, which I don’t know if we intentionally do all the time.

    “They did that, but it’s part and parcel of football. We can’t do it and then complain when it happens to us.

    “A lot of teams tend to do that now when they feel the energy of the crowd, they try and stifle it a little bit.

    “When a team like Arsenal is coming here and doing that, it’s a compliment.”

    Newcastle set off with high hopes of repeating their 2-0 home win over the Gunners last season and might have been on their way in front of an expectant home crowd had Jacob Murphy’s early shot not come back off a post or had referee Chris Kavanagh not been advised to review his decision to award a penalty for handball against Jakub Kiwior.

    In the event, they were undone by Martin Odegaard’s first-half strike and Fabian Schar’s unfortunate own goal.

    Burn said: “We knew it wasn’t going to be the same as last season, where we played them off the park. They’re a lot better this year and they’ve shown that all season.

    “They’ve been unlucky that City have overtaken them, but they’re a very good team who caused us problems, especially at home. We’re just unfortunate we couldn’t get the win.”

  • Gang burn down six-bedroom house in reprisal attack at Krofrom

    Gang burn down six-bedroom house in reprisal attack at Krofrom

    A six-bedroom house has been burnt in the Krofrom suburb of Kumasi, Friday afternoon, in an alleged reprisal attack by a gang.

    The armed young men, looted the house before setting it ablaze in what is believed to be a revenge attack on the butchering of a colleague in the community.

    Residents fear multiple reprisals if security is not beefed up in the area.

    The young man in his early 30s, known only as ‘Candy’, was butchered by unknown assailants at the community on Thursday.

    On Friday, some armed youth suspected to be colleagues of the deceased stormed the community in a revenge attack.

    The gang burnt down a 6-bedroom apartment where one of the suspected assailants lived.

    Sarah Owusu, who lives in the burnt house, claims the gang earlier looted their rooms before setting the house ablaze.

    “Exactly a week today, they came to us with a gun and a knife just to threaten us but we survived. Their people came to our house to steal our TV set  and clothes,” she said.

    “I couldn’t get away with anything. My children lost all their things to fire. How to even survive today will be a problem”. Lamisi added.

    The mother of the suspected assailant, Abena Ayiwah, says her son has often come under attack after dissociating himself from the gang.

    A six-bedroom house has been burnt in the Krofrom suburb of Kumasi, Friday afternoon, in an alleged reprisal attack by a gang.

    The armed young men, looted the house before setting it ablaze in what is believed to be a revenge attack on the butchering of a colleague in the community.

    Residents fear multiple reprisals if security is not beefed up in the area.

    The young man in his early 30s, known only as ‘Candy’, was butchered by unknown assailants at the community on Thursday.

    On Friday, some armed youth suspected to be colleagues of the deceased stormed the community in a revenge attack.

    The gang burnt down a 6-bedroom apartment where one of the suspected assailants lived.

    Sarah Owusu, who lives in the burnt house, claims the gang earlier looted their rooms before setting the house ablaze.

    “Exactly a week today, they came to us with a gun and a knife just to threaten us but we survived. Their people came to our house to steal our TV set  and clothes,” she said.

    Lamisi Nuhu, a tenant, lost all her belongings to the fire.

    “I couldn’t get away with anything. My children lost all their things to fire. How to even survive today will be a problem”. Lamisi added.

    The mother of the suspected assailant, Abena Ayiwah, says her son has often come under attack after dissociating himself from the gang.

  • Minister presents 152 mattresses to Buipe SHS after girls dorm got burnt

    The Savannah Regional Minister, Salifu Adam Braimah, has presented 152 mattresses to the Buipe Senior High School (SHS) in the Central Gonja district after the girls dormitory got burnt.

    Fire burnt the girls dormitory block of the Buipe Senior High School destroying books, clothes, mattresses and other properties.

    The fire disaster resulted in the collapse of two students who were later rushed to the Buipe hospital for treatment.

    Students and residents were able to put the fire under control before the Ghana Fire Service arrived by then the dormitory block was burnt into ashes.

    The Buipe fire tender has been faulty for over a year which has been a worry to residents in the area.

    According to the minister, government is committed in the welfare of students and for that matter he would ensure that students will be assisted with their lost educational materials to enhance learning in the school.

    He encouraged the affected students not to lose hope but stay focused in their academics especially the final year students.

    The Headmistress of the Buipe Senior High School, madam Mercy Ewuntomah, thanked the Savannah Regional Minister and the Free Senior High School Secretariat for the support.

    According to her, the Free Senior High School secretariat has assured the school that the affected students will be presented with school uniforms, books and house dresses to replace the burnt ones.

    She, however, revealed that the school’s ICT block has been converted as a dormitory for the affected students and appealed to well-wishers, individuals and organizations to come to their aid.

    “we want to convert 6 classrooms blocks for them to use as a temporary dormitory”. She said

    Meanwhile, a committee has been set up to investigate the actual cause of the fire in the school.

    Source: Dailyguidenetwork.com

  • Toddler and 4-year-old burnt to death in Ashanti Region

    A toddler and a four-year-old child were on Friday night burnt to death when fire gutted their house at Danoso New site in the Ejisu Municipality of the Ashanti Region.

    The deceased are Zidan Razark, aged four and his 18-month-old sister Sharifatu Razark.

    The incident which occurred at about 7:00pm saw many other properties destroyed in a seven-bedroom house.

    The children were asleep when the fire started.

    Attempts by officers of the Ghana National Fire Service and onlookers to rescue them proved futile.

    The cause of the fire is unknown.

    The police and GNFS have begun investigations.

    Source: classfmonline.com

  • Gambian ex-dictator’s country palace burns in wildfire

    Gambian ex-autocrat Yahya Jammeh’s palatial country residence, where he allegedly administered a self-invented Aids cure, has been partially “gutted by bushfire”, the West African state’s army said on Thursday.

    Located in Jammeh’s home village of Kanilai in western Gambia, his sprawling former private residence was engulfed by a wildfire on Wednesday, according to army spokesperson Lamin Sanyang.

    Jammeh – whose regime has been accused of murder, torture and rape – fled The Gambia in January 2017 after losing a presidential election to relative newcomer Adama Barrow.

    Some of the abuses are believed to have occurred in Kanilai.

    Three men who disappeared after plotting a coup in 2014 were exhumed in the village in 2017, for example.

    Aids patients have also alleged that Jammeh detained them in the compound in order to force them to undergo a herbal treatment of his own design.

    Sanyang said the wildfire started on Tuesday in the neighbouring village of Alla Kunda, where villagers unsuccessfully tried to extinguish the blaze, before spreading to Kanilai the following day.

    “The house where the former president used to conduct his treatment programme was gutted by bushfire,” Sanyang said, referring to Jammeh’s alleged Aids cure.

    A “mini stadium” in the complex also burned down, he said, adding that no one was hurt in the incident.

    Source: news24.com

  • Four siblings burnt to death near Kintampo

    Tragedy hit a family when four children of the family were burnt to death at Bonche, a farming community near Portor in the Kintampo municipality in the Bono East Region, yesterday.

    The deceased are Freda Stephen, seven; Nyanne Nabada, four; Nabada Uwumboryakii, three, and Faith Stephen, nine months.

    How it started

    According to the police, the eldest of the siblings, Freda, set fire to drive some bees that had invaded their cottage, in the process of which the fire gutted the structure, burning the children to death.

    The incident happened when their parents had gone to farm.

    The Bono Regional Police Public Relations Officer (PRO), Chief Inspector Mr Augustine Kingsley Oppong, who is also in charge of the Bono East and the Ahafo regions, told the Daily Graphic that when the police visited the scene with some community members, they found the charred bodies of the deceased.

    According to him, the police at Kadelso, near Kintampo, received a distress call from the Assembly Member for the Gulumpe Electoral Area, Mr Emmanuel Tananja, about the incident.

    “The police rushed to the scene and found all the children and the structure completely burnt,” Chief Inspector Oppong said.

    He said the bodies were removed and deposited at the Kintampo Municipal Hospital mortuary, pending autopsy.

    Source: Graphic.com.gh