A 67-year-old Court of Appeal judge sitting in Akure, the Ondo State capital, collapsed and died in his office while dressing for a court session, Nigeria. “All attempts to revive him proved abortive as he gave up the ghost on the way to the hospital,” reports said. The immediate past …
Read More »Teacher remanded for defiling student in Nigeria
A Yoruba teacher was arraigned for sexually assaulting a 15-year-old student of the school in the Yaba Local Government Area of Lagos State, Nigeria, according to reports. “The accused had been having sexual intercourse with the victim, an under-aged, and had been in the act for a while in the …
Read More »Ugandan student dies in Kyamate school fire
A student died while three others were injured when fire engulfed two dormitories at Kyamate Secondary School in Uganda’s Ntungamo Municipality on Sunday evening, local media reported. On February 27, the school head teacher Emmanuel Arinaitwe said the fire which started at around 9:30pm at Nyerere and Mandela dormitories was …
Read More »Two mechanics die in an accident while testing a car
Two apprentice mechanics died in a gruesome accident on the Taifa Bankyease Road at Atomic Down Roundabout in the Dome-Kwabenya constituency of Ghana, according to reports. “The unfortunate incident occurred on Saturday, February 25, 2022,” reports said. The victims were on a test drive with a vehicle a customer brought …
Read More »Nigeria: a jobless man steals N70,000 phone
A man is facing two counts of criminal breach of trust and cheating before a Kado Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, for allegedly stealing a phone, Nigeria, according to reports. “The matter was reported at Utako Police Station by the complainant of Utako village, Abuja,” the prosecution counsel, Stanley Nwafoaku, …
Read More »Ghana: a boy battling for his life after military brutality
A 19-year-old boy battling for his life after alleged military brutality at Gomoa Mprumen in the Gomoa West District of the Central Region, Ghana, according to reports. “The victim was subjected to severe beatings by a spiritualist and some men in military uniform,” according to reports. The brutality have resulted …
Read More »U.N. suspends flights in Congo’s North-Kivu province
The U.N. peacekeeping mission has suspended flights in Congo’s North-Kivu province following an attack on its helicopter last Friday, Reuters reported citing the United Nations Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) and a World Food Programme (WFP) spokesperson on Monday. Flights between the provincial capital Goma and eastern cities of Beni and …
Read More »Nigeria: eight students died while traveling for the election
Eight students of Madonna University, Okija, Rivers State have died in an auto crash on their way to Taraba State from Port Harcourt, Nigeria, reports said. “The students were traveling home from school on account of the forthcoming general election,” according to reports. “Seeing the crowd of persons with some …
Read More »“Measles has killed 12 children in Tanzania” – official says
A total of 12 children have died of measles in south-western Tanzania’s Mlele district since December, local media reported, citing district commissioner Majid Mwanga. Mr Mwanga added that 847 children had been infected with measles in the district between December and February. “Health workers have so far vaccinated 16,480 children …
Read More »80-year-old man burned to death by smoking
An 80-year-old man died suddenly when a cigarette butt fell out of his hand and came into contact with his clothes at Larteh Akuapem in the Eastern Region of Ghana. “The deceased had been bedridden for several years due to his advanced age and unstable health conditions and has been …
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