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Two persons were electrocuted by an Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) high tension at Jei-Krodua in the Awutu Senya West District of the Central Region, Ghana. “The first person was electrocuted on Monday and is receiving treatment at Korle-bu Teaching Hospital, Intensive Care Unit(ICU),” according to reports. “The second person …

The presence of human remains was reported on Friday at Breezy Point Beach, a beach in New York City (United States). According to the first elements of the investigation, they could be those of an Irish director who went missing earlier this month, report several American media, including NBC News. …

The corpse of missing 12-year-old was found with some of his body parts missing at Kotogbo community inside Asero Estate, Abeokuta, Nigeria. It’s an incident that has thrown residents into mourning. “The school boy went missing after trying to check on a customer who earlier carried out a  PoS transactions …

A couple have inflicted wounds on themselves after the wife denied the husband sex at Awutu Bawjiase in the Awutu Senya West District of the Central Region, Ghana. “The husband demanded to make love but the wife turned him down saying the sun was too hot then pleaded with her …

Violent floods in the Horn of Africa have killed more than 100 people and driven nearly 700,000 people from their homes as the region is hit hard by the El Nino weather phenomenon. “Fifty people died in the disaster while 687,235 people were forced to flee their homes,” Mohamud Moalim …

More than 4,000 Nigerian prisoners were released as part of a campaign to reduce prison overcrowding in Nigeria, the Nigerian Interior Minister Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo announced. “We have announced the release of 4,068 prisoners detained because of their inability to pay their fines,” said the minister. “Only prisoners whose fines do …

A young rapper among the most prominent in Florida is being prosecuted for “murder”, suspected of having killed her manager in the middle of the street after an altercation on the evening of October 9 near Wynwood Walls, in Miami. On video surveillance images obtained by the NBC branch in …

A 34-year-old man has just been sentenced to 707 years in prison for abusing 16 young boys in his care, the Orange County prosecutor’s office reports in a press release. The individual worked as a babysitter in Southern California for several years. It was in this context that he committed …

700,000 people commit suicide every year, not counting the many attempted suicides worldwide, according to a World Health Organization (WHO) report. “The scourge is so imminent in the country right now due to the difficult economic challenges facing the country,” according to some Nigerians. “Men commit suicide partly because they …

The army announced that it had discovered a mass grave in Kidal (north-east), a Tuareg separatist stronghold that it recently recaptured in Mali. “On Thursday November 16, the FaMa (Malian armed forces) discovered a mass grave in Kidal during their security operations,” the army wrote. “This mass grave is a …