A 26-year-old cab driver has been arrested for fatally colliding with a pedestrian on the Sunyani-Abesim road in Ghana. “The suspect was driving a Toyota Vitz taxi cab with registration number GR7260-23, from Abesim to Sunyani as he knocked down two pedestrains,” according to reports. On reaching a section of …
Read More »A man killed his 90-year-old grandmother
A suspect has been arrested for macheting his grandmother to death at Udo Village in the Essien Udim Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. “The suspect cut his grandmother’s neck as he fled with her money, worth N16,750,” according to reports. “The deceased was slain by the suspect …
Read More »Bird flu outbreak reported in Burkina Faso’s capital, Ouagadougou
Health authorities in Burkina Faso reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu on a farm located in the capital Ouagadougou. The information was made public by the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH) on Monday. The virus, also called avian influenza, killed 441 birds out of a flock …
Read More »Nigerian President orders manhunt for killers of soldiers in Delta
Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has ordered the army to arrest the killers of 16 soldiers who were murdered while on a peace mission in the south of the country last week. The troops were responding to clashes between the Okuama and Okoloba communities in the oil-rich southern Delta state, when …
Read More »Exterior panel of a Boeing 737 came off in mid-flight
A United Airlines Boeing 737-800 which flew the San Francisco – Medford (United States) route on Friday March 15, 2024 is said to have lost one of its fuselage panels in mid-flight. 139 passengers and six crew members were on board the aircraft. The absence of the part was noted …
Read More »The truth behind video of Nigerian official pretending to faint after being questioned over missing funds
Daniel Pondei, the former Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) in Nigeria, pretended to faint after being questioned over missing funds. The clip was posted on X (formerly Twitter) and shows the official being questioned before appearing to fall ill. According to local media, Daniel Pondei was …
Read More »Netblocks reports major internet disruption in West Africa
People in West and Central Africa are experiencing problems connecting to the internet with Ivory Coast being the worst-affected country, the monitoring group NetBlocks reports. It says that the companies operating the sub-sea cables linking the region to the internet are reporting multiple failures. But the exact cause of the …
Read More »Seven dead and several injured after explosion in Chinese restaurant
An explosion due to a probable gas leak in a restaurant took place in Sanhe, a Chinese city less than 50 km from Beijing, on Wednesday, killing seven people and injuring 27 others. The explosion occurred shortly before 8 a.m. (local time) in Sanhe, a city located in a large …
Read More »Four killed and three injured by lightning in Mozambique
Four people have died and three others are wounded after being struck by lightning in Mozambique, which is now bracing for Storm Filipo, local media reported. The lightning strikes happened in the northern town of Mogincual, in Nampula province. Meanwhile, the southern and central provinces of Gaza, Inhambane, Sofala and …
Read More »Eight (8) children die after eating sea turtle in Zanzibar
At least 78 people had to be hospitalized and 9 others died in the Tanzanian archipelago of Zanzibar after eating sea turtle meat. Eight of the deceased are children. Eating sea turtle flesh can cause chelonitoxism, a rare but potentially fatal food poisoning. No antidote is known to counter intoxication. …
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