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A former Policy Advisor who was also Director of Communications for Kofi Annan whilst he was at the UN Mr. Edward Mortimer has told the BBC that the Former Ghanaian diplomat died from “pneumonia”. According to Mr., Edward Mortimer who has been throwing some light on what the former UN General Secretary was suffering from said, Mr. Kofi Annan was in good health until the last two weeks. According to him, Mr. Annan suffered from “pneumonia” and did not quite give the family the opportunity to prepare for his death. Describing the late Annan as an “extraordinary” man Edward Mortimer said at no point did he see him angry or raise his voice. Ghana and the rest of the international community last Saturday woke up to news of the death of Kofi Annan aged 80. He died in Bern, Switzerland at the hospital on Saturday, 18 August. Meanwhile, the funeral arrangement of the late UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan, will be announced after the Asantehene is formally informed about his passing. His ...

A 29-year-old handcart pusher, identified as Idris Yusuf, has been nabbed by the long arms of the law after Operatives of Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps, LAGESC apprehended him yesterday for rather shocking reasons. Idris Yusuf was allegedly arrested for unsanitary and illegal disposal of human faeces under the bridge at Daleko area of Mushin, Lagos State. According to LAGESC, Yusuf was caught with human faeces tied in 27 bags. In lieu of the development, the house where the waste originated from has since been sealed off while investigations would be carried out.