Jadon Sancho is named in Dortmund pre-season squad and will fly to Switzerland

The Bundesliga side previously told United they wanted an agreement in place by August 10.

But the Red Devils refused to meet their £108million asking price.

And as of this morning, nothing had been announced and Dortmund announced the winger was part of their squad travelling to Switzerland to prepare for next season.

Lucien Favre will put his players through their paces at a training camp in the Swiss town of Bad Ragaz.

And Sancho was pictured with his teammates preparing to jet off from Germany this morning.

He was seen in a boarding queue with a facemask covering his mouth a headphones in as onlookers took photos of the group of stars.

Catholic Churches closed again following new COVID-19 measures

Catholic Bishops under the Episcopal Conference of Malawi (ECM) have suspended all church gatherings following new measures introduced by government to avoid the spread of Coronavirus pandemic in the country.

On Sunday, Minister of Health Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda announced new measures aimed at fighting COVID-19 and some of the measures include restriction of public gatherings of more than 10 people.

In a statement released on Sunday night, ECM through its Publicity Secretary Father Henry Saindi, Bishops expressed reservation with how government has come up with new measures without consulting religious leaders and other concerned parties in the country.

“Episcopal Conference of Malawi wishes to express its displeasure at the manner the new Guidelines have been issued. They have taken us by surprise. We were neither informed nor consulted despite the fact that we have been in the forefront lobbying for COVID-19 compliant behavior. In wider society the previous Guidelines were largely ignored but in churches we applied them diligently and we were teaching all Christians the importance of complying. We believe we still have a role to play in this regard.

“However, since we are law abiding, we the Catholic Bishops instruct all the Clergy, the Religious and the Laity to suspend forthwith all public Church gatherings until further notice. In the meantime, we shall engage the Government to see our true role inpreventing the further spread of COVID-19,” reads in part the statement.

He added: “We wish to reiterate that all earlier ECM Directives shall remain in force. Christians should pray in their homes every day. On Sundays, the Order of Prayers where there is No Mass should be used. Priests should celebrate Mass daily in their Parish Church or Community
chapel in order to pray for the intentions of the people. To compliment this, Catholic media houses should broadcast the Eucharistic celebration which Christians will follow at designated times of the day.

“We urge the Clergy, the Religious and the Laity to continue to strictly adhere to the Health and Pastoral Guidelines earlier issued by the Conference and Ministry of Health i.e. washing hands with soap regularly and thoroughly, avoiding physical greeting and contact, observing
social distance, using face masks etc.”

Meanwhile government has promised to engage religious leaders on the matter.

Kanyama Chiume’s First Wife Dies in USA

Kanyama Chiume’s wife Edas Ngoza Simbeye passed away Friday, 7th August, 2020 in the United States.

She has died at the age of 85 after a long illness.

Edas Simbeye was born in Tabora District, Tanganyika, now Tanzania.

She married Kanyama Chiume in the mid 1950s in Tanganyika but later relocated to Nyasaland, now Malawi together until the cabinet Crisis of 1964.

She fled with her two kids Kwacha and Jessie to Tanzania through Chitipa.

Kanyama Chiume was a Malawian early politician who worked with the first president Dr Kamuzu Banda.

After the cabinet crisis, he was labelled as Kamuzu’s enemy.

He had been speaking against Kamuzu in exile(Zambia and Tanzania) until the dawn of democracy in 1994 when he returned home.

He died in 2007 and was laid to rest in Lilongwe.

Frank Mwenifumbo Joins UTM

Former legislature for Karonga Central Frank Mwenifumbo has officially joined United Transformation Movement (UTM).

Mwenifumbo who is a member of the Tonse Alliance, last week announced of his resignation from the Alliance for Democracy (AFORD).

According to Mwenifumbo, personal reasons triggered him to withdraw his membership from the AFORD family.

Other defectors from AFORD are three regional chairmen of South, Eastern and Central regions, National Director of Women, National Party Chairman and the party’s Secretary General.

UTM publicity secretary Joseph Chidanti Malunga and other UTM party officials welcomed the new members in Karonga.

See Photos Of The Ugliest Woman In The World Who Had Over 20 Marriage Proposals

The woman who was described as the most “ugliest” on earth was called Julia Pastrana. She was also referred to as the “bear woman” because it is believed she had a link between humankind and the “ape woman”.


Julia Pastrana was born in 1834 in the rural part of Mexico in the State of Sinaloa and was condemned from birth due to her physical appearance because it is dehumanizing and denigrating.

She only grew to just 4 feet and 5 inches tall and apart for her palms and the sole of her feet, she was all covered up with hair. She had a large nose and jaw and an abnormal size of lips and gums. She was however nicknamed “the Ape Woman”.




Although she had strange looks, her manager Theodore Lent married her in the 1850s secretly. She later disclosed that she married secretly because she had to turn down more than twenty marriage proposals because of the low financial status of the male suitors who came her way.

Nigerias Amazon Bestseller, Reno Omokri Criticizes BBNaija For Giving The Winners Of The Show Small Portion

Reno Omokri while voicing out against Big Brother Naija, says, they make trillions of Naira Through votes of of Nigerians and Give the winner only N85Million Naira.


According to the Amazon Bestseller, Only fools think one of the ill brought up housemates will win #BBNaija 2020.



He wrote on Twitter: “Only fools think one of the ill brought up housemates will win #BBNaija 2020. Who will be the real winner? The organisers! They will smile to the bank after making trillions of Naira from Nigerians who vote more for BBNaija than any real election.”


“#BBNaija isn’t there to entertain you. It‘s there to exploit you. They put few youths in a house to engage in immorality just to win ₦85 million. 200 million Nigerians waste trillions of Naira voting. Who is the real BBNaija winner? The organiser!”

BBNaija 2020: Tochi and Eric Evicted

The culture is that every sunday some housemates should leave the house. Sunday 9th August 2020 Tochi and Eric were evicted from the Big Brother Naija Lockdown House.

This is coming after the housemates voted for them to be evicted.

They were among the bottom four housemates, which includes, TrikyTee and Kaisha.

Gunmen unleash mayhem in Nigeria, wipe out two families

Nigeria-Gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen have once again attacked Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State in the wee hours of Thursday August 7.


This time, the gunmen invaded Magamiya, Kibori (asha-a-wuce), and Kurmin Masara, all in the Zangon Kataf Local government.


TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) gathered that the villagers attempted to resist the attackers but could not do so due to the superior weapons the attackers had.


Amongst the villages attacked includes piezihim in Kibori village, kurmin masara, Takmawai, Takpaisa and Magamiya.


“The Fulani men came in from zaman dabo forest firing shots in zama-awon but where repelled by Magamiya youths,” Yashim Kambai a resident of zaman-dabo told TNG.


“It is in the process of the attack some persons lost their lives,” He added.




TNG spoke to one of the bereaved, Mr Mbason Aboi at Kibori village, who narrated how his father and two nephews were killed.


“They shot my father and two little boys who could not run for their lives,” Aboi said.



In Kurmin Masara two families were reportedly wiped out by the attackers who shot and set ablaze their houses.

Davido Refuses A Collaboration With Beyonce

The recent release of the ‘Already’ video in which American star Beyonce featured Ghana’s dancehall king Shatta Wale is bringing out a lot of rumours relating the whole deal to the Illuminati.

A recent rumour that has surfaced on social media has it that Nigerian superstar Davido refused the offer from Beyonce because he didn’t want to be signed unto any occult group.

Some people have alleged that the collaboration contract had clauses that linked the persons involved to the Illuminati group but that has not been confirmed in any way.

It can be recalled that some persons after the release of the ‘Black is King’ movie took to social media to disclose that Beyonce displayed some occultic symbols such as the wearing of horns.

Some people are of the view that all the artistes such as Wizkid, Yemi Alade and Mr. Eazi have all accepted the offer and have some links to the occultic group including Ghana’s very own Shatta Wale.

Chilima tells Escom 'AVOID AGREEMENTS THAT DON’T MAKE FINANCIAL SENSE'

By Misheck Msumba

The State Vice President Saulos Klaus Chilima has warned the Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi(ESCOM) to avoid making agreements that do not make Financial sense.

In an update posted on his(Chilima) official Facebook page, after a meeting which the Vice President Chilima had chaired on Friday, August 7 2020 with ESCOM, the Electricity Generation Company (EGENCO), the Ministry of Energy, the Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (MERA) and the officials from the Public Sectors Reforms team, Chilima said he is concerned with the exorbitant price of fuel for diesel which ESCOM purchases from the Aggreko company.

“One resolution that has been made that I can pre-empt here is that ESCOM will stop buying fuel(diesel) for Aggreko to generate power using generators. We have given 30 days to ESCOM to resolve this with Aggreko.

“It does not make any economic sense for ESCOM to be buying fuel to supply to Aggreko and then the same Aggreko sells power to ESCOM using the same fuel that ESCOM provided. We have advised ESCOM to stop signing agreements that do not make Financial sense,” said Chilima.

Chilima has also advised EGENCO and ESCOM to resolve outstanding loans, which ESCOM owes EGENCO.

According to Chilima, EGENCO charges ESCOM bills of over K1.8 billion monthly.

“EGENCO presented a number of Issues choking it’s operations of billions of unpaid bills sold to ESCOM and the non-conclusive unblindling process that has left EGENCO without legal title of assests,” added Chilima.

However, according to Chilima ESCOM feels EGENCO overcharges it(ESCOM) interms of the bills which EGENCO sells to ESCOM.

Chilima has since promised the two companies that Treasury will on next week Tuesday convene a meeting with the two to resolve the outstanding issues of financial and assets disputes. And also to complete a process of unbundling the two power generation companies.

“After resolving these outstanding issues, what remains now is to put down a two year roadmap between ESCOM and EGENCO that will ensure that the current stable power supply is maintained or improved. With surplus within the stipulated two-year time frame.” Said Chilima.

Mob Set Ablaze Houses Over Witchcraft Allegation In Dowa

Angry villagers in Dowa have on Sunday set ablaze houses and damaged properties worthy millions of kwachas for allegedly accusing a family over witchcraft allegation.

According to Sub Inspector Gladson M’bumpha, Dowa PolicePublic Relations Officer, the incident that happened at Mbuta Village followed witchcraft accusations by villagers of Mbuta and Misi against Mbuta village residents Elluby Kamuyikeni, 67, Kiliyoni Kamuyikeni and Velentina Chunga from Misi Village in Traditional Authority Msakambewa.

“When doing morning chores, the victim heard villagers chanting later on started pelting stones at her house. The villagers claimed that the victim Elluby Kamuyikeni bewitched Mabvuto who died in 2017 and its their turn to revenge.” Said M’bumpha

He continued; “The victim started running to Dowa Police to seek refugee and whilst at police, the daughter to the victim came and informed her that her house had been demolished and her son’s house been set on fire.As police were about to leave to the scene, Velentina Chalunga came and reported the same that a house belonging to her had been demolished and three others belonging to her sons been set ablaze, some properties got stolen like iron sheets and households.

“According to the Dowa Police PRO the other two victims are son and daughter to the victim Elluby Kamuyikeni.

“Investigations are underway to arrest the suspects and recover the stolen items.” Said M’bumpha

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Teenage boy sent to reformatory centre for raping 80-year-old granny

The Mponela First Grade Magistrate Court has committed a 17-year-old boy to Chirwa Reformatory Centre for 2 years for raping a woman aged 80.

The court, through the state Prosecutor Sergeant Richard Sakala heard that, on July 28, 2020 at around 14:00 hours the victim went to a nearby bush inside her garden to fetch firewood for domestic purposes.

Whilst there, the teenager in question appeared when the victim was tying her bundle of firewood and grabbed her before forcing her to ground where he raped her.


The victim shouted for help but nobody came to her rescue.

Appearing before court, the boy pleaded guilty to the charge of rape which is under section 133 of penal code.

In his submission, Sakala asked the court to give a stiff punishment to the offender saying the offence he committed is a serious one and also looking at the circumstance surrounding the commission of the offence.

Passing sentence, First Grade Magistrate Anthony Banda concurred with the state and committed him to go to Chirwa Reformatory Centre for 2 years.

The teenager hails from Kandiwo village in the area of Traditional Authority Kayembe in Dowa District.

Rwanda jails 4 girls for posting nudes on Instagram

Authorities in Rwanda have arrested and charged four girls for posting nude photos on social media.

The four posted photos on Instagram, a practice authorities claim is against Rwandan culture.

The Police’s investigations bureau (RIB) on Friday paraded the four suspects (names withheld) and said they could face up to 2 years behind bars, and/or a fine.

The women confessed that by the time they posted the images, they were drunk. They regretted their actions.

“Besides, it wasn’t a sexual act in itself, it was just being naked. I felt embarrassed the following day, and I apologize to the Rwandan people,”one of the suspects said.

However, according to RIB interim spokeswoman Dominique Bahorera, the women are believed to have been paid to strip naked by an unknown person, with the intent of selling the content.

The tough stance comes at the time social media is a home of pornographic material.

Suspected thief beaten to death in Balaka

Suspected thief has been beaten to death by an angry mob after being caught red-handed attempting to steal a solar panel on the roof of the house.

Balaka Police Deputy Spokesperson Precious Makuta confirmed of the development in an interview with the press.

According to Makuta, the owner of the house shouted for help when he saw the man on the roof of his house.

Members of the community reacted swiftly and apprehended the suspect and they started beating him to death.

Makuta identified the deceased as Christopher Kakhoza.

Postmortem results indicated that the death was due to severe loss of blood and multiple head injuries.

Four Americans Die, Other Go Partially Blind After Drinking Hand Sanitiser

Americans are being warned against drinking hand sanitiser after four people died and others were left with visual impairments.

A total of 15 people - 13 men and two women - were admitted to hospital after ingesting sanitiser in the southern states of Arizona and New Mexico in May and June, a new report from the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said.

All of them, aged 21 to 65, had drunk hand sanitiser containing methanol, an ingredient deemed "not acceptable" by the US regulator Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Four people out of the 15 died, three left hospital with new visual impairments and six had seizures as they were admitted - including three of those who died.

The report said four of the patients were still in hospital as of 8 July, so there is no update on whether they have suffered long-term effects.
One of the patients was a 44-year-old man who had gone to a doctor because he was experiencing sudden visual impairment.

The report said he had drunk "an unknown quantity of alcohol-based hand sanitiser during the few days before seeking medical care".

Blantyre Arts Festival Postponed Due To Covid-19

Reports reaching UmodziUpdates indicates that the annual Blantyre Arts Festival has been postponed due to the novel coronavirus.

Executive Director for the Festival Thom Chibambo confirmed of the postponement.

According to reports this year’s festival was supposed to commence from October 9 to 11.

Earlier this year, Lake of Stars which held a similar event also announced that the festival will not take place this year coronavirus pandemic being the reason.

Blantyre Arts Festival has over the years hosted top artists such as Mali’s Salif Keita, Jamaica’s Mutabaruka and Zimbabwe’s Oliver Mtukudzi.

Scandal As Male Nurse Is Arrested for Sleeping with his Patient Inside Hospital Ward

Zambian police in Rufunsa District have arrested a 34 year old male nurse for defiling and impregnating a 15-year-old girl whilst she was admitted in hospital.

Police spokesperson Esther Katongo said the defilement happened at Chilimba Rural Health Centre when the school girl was admitted for stomach problems.

“The father to the girl, also of Mwalilanda in Chief Bundabunda’s area, reported the matter to the police on behalf of his daughter,” Ms Katongo said.

The girl only identified as Ireen said she was lured into sleeping with the 34 year old male nurse after he told her that the stomach pains she was having would only be cured if she agrees to sleep with him.

Due to the pain, the vulnerable girl gave in and the merciless male nurse used her for eleven days non-stop until he impregnated her.

This angered the teachers and the parents who reported the married male nurse to police and that’s how he was apprehended.

The male nurse has since been arrested and charged for sleeping with a minor.

Everton line up Manchester United Full-Back Diogo Dalot

Carlo Ancelotti is targeting Man Utd’s Diogo Dalot to bolster his defensive options this summer.

The Portuguese full-back is out of favour at Old Trafford and could be one of the players offloaded to raise funds for United’s own transfer business.

Dalot has barely featured under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and knows he faces a battle to dislodge Aaron Wan-Bissaka in his preferred right-back role.

A similar scenario would face him at Goodison Park, with the right flank currently occupied by Toffees captain Seamus Coleman.

However with Coleman now 31, Ancelotti is looking for a long-term replacement and ex-Porto star Dalot fits the bill.

Sancho transfer saga sparks war of words

Manchester United’s transfer pursuit of Jadon Sancho has inadvertently sparked a war of words between Dortmund and Bayern Munich club chiefs.


The transfer has captured the attention of the footballing world, including that of Bayern Munich chief Uli Hoeness, who recently felt compelled to stick his oar in.

Taking a swipe at Dortmund’s buy low, sell high business model, he said: “How is a player supposed to soak up a club’s DNA 100 per cent when he feels he is a sales item?”

BVB sporting director Michael Zorc hit back, saying. “I find the statements pretty arrogant,” adding, it’s easier for Bayern with “€250million more in your pocket every year.”


Read the full story here.

Thiago Alcantara Wants Premiere League Switch

Bayern Munich manager Hansi Flick has discussed Thiago Alcantara’s transfer situation - and suggested he wants a Premier League switch.

“I can understand when a player is concerned,” Flick told Sport1.


“Thiago played in Spain for FC Barcelona and in the Bundesliga for FC Bayern Munich.

“If he wants to try again in the Premier League now, I totally understand. But it would be a shame because Thiago gives our game that certain something.

“That’s why I would like to have him as a coach on the team for the next few years, but that’s life. It would go on.”