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At least 32 people died and 85 were injured on Tuesday evening in a collision between a freight convoy and a passenger train traveling from Athens to Thessaloniki, Greece, firefighters said on Wednesday. “Thirty-two passengers were found dead,” said Vassilis Vathrakogiannis, the spokesman for the Greek firefighters during a brief …

A 35-year-old man has drowned in a river at Ayerdo in the Central Region of Ghana as he left behind seven children, according to reports. The death of the young man has been declared sudden by his family and residents in the area. “The deceased was discovered dead in the …

A 50-year-old woman has been busted and nearly lynched for attempting to bury her dead husband in a bush at Mankessim in the Central Region, Ghana, according to reports. “The deceased suffered from an undisclosed illness, his wife knowing nothing about his family members tried her best to get him …

Billionaire Elon Musk called the American media “racist” on Sunday after several newspapers decided to stop the publication of the comic strip “Dilbert”, the author of which compared in a video the black population to a “group of hate”. “For a very long time the American media was racist towards …

The White House in the United States on Monday ordered federal agencies across the country to ban the use of the TikTok app from their devices. They will have to ensure that their devices are no longer equipped with the application of videos within 30 days, ordered Monday the Office …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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, …