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Namibia’s President Hage Geingob has died while receiving medical treatment at a hospital in the capital, Windhoek. Vice-President Nangolo Mbumba announced that Mr Geingob had died in the early hours of Sunday morning. “At his side was his dear wife Madame Monica Geingos and his children,” Mr Mbumba said in …

Tina Turner has died at the age of 83 at her home in Switzerland, according to Sky News. She died after a long illness, the Telegraph reported. She was diagnosed with intestinal cancer in 2016 and had a kidney transplant in 2017, the publication reported. “It is with great sadness that we …

The Ghana Police Service have reportedly arrested a young man who is accused of beheading a middle-aged woman at Spintex, a suburb of Accra. A viral video shared by sikaofficial on Twitter, sighted by GhanaWeb, showed the police hauling the accused person who was in handcuffs and had his face covered. Some police …

Kenyan Priscilla Sitienei reputed as the world’s oldest pupil has died at the age of 100, local media portals have reported. The Standard newspaper quoted her grandson Sammy Chepsiror, as saying: “She died peacefully in the presence of some family members. We are thankful for the 100 years of her …

Ghana’s boxer and Bronze Medalist at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Prince Amartey, has passed on at age 78. He died on Friday 23, September 2022 in Ho, the Volta Regional Capital. He’s been bedridden for some time now before his sudden demise. Amartey represented Ghana at the 1968 …

The Asankrangwa Magistrates Court in the Amenfi West municipality of the Western Region has remanded into police custody a 50-year-old senior officer of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS), Elorm Tsekpor after he appeared before it charged with defiling two girls aged nine and 10 respectively in June this year. The …

A former National Chairman of the governing New Patriotic Party, Harona Esseku, has died at the age of 88. The NPP stalwart died on Wednesday, August 3, 2022. Mr. Esseku was a Minister of Transport and Communications in the Second Republic. A brief statement from his family said, “burial and …

Rapper Riky Rick, real name Rikhado Makhado, has died. He was 34 years old. Several sources confirmed to TshisaLIVE that the loved rapper died early on Wednesday. The cause of death has not been made public. Riky Rick burst into mainstream fame with his platinum certified Family Values in 2015 after making …

The Duke of Edinburgh, the Queen’s “strength and stay” for 73 years, has died aged 99. Flags on landmark buildings in Britain were being lowered to half-mast as a period of mourning was announced. Prince Philip’s health had been slowly deteriorating for some time. He announced he was stepping down …

Centre for Ageing Studies (CFAS) of the UN of Ghana is mounting pressure on the Akufo-Addo government to pass the Aged Persons’ Bill. CFAS made the call in a statement in commemoration of International Day for Older Persons under the theme Pandemics: Do They Change How We Address Age and …