Tag Archives: CHILDREN

A thunderbolt has claimed the life of a 13-year-old boy and critically injured five others in Buliisa. The deceased has been identified as Howard Okello, a son of Peter Okecha, the LC III chairperson of Biiso town council. The incident happened at around 5:30 pm on Saturday evening. The children …

The Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, has responded to calls for him to resign. There have been calls for the resignation of the finance minister after he stated that Ghana was not going to the IMF but made a U-turn to seek an IMF bailout. Speaking at the ongoing New Patriotic Party (NPP) …

Tragedy struck a second time when a hearse transporting a dead body to a funeral venue was involved in an accident. The man, who reportedly died two days ago, was being transported to a village in the Eastern part of Nigerian for burial when a bus rammed into the hearse. …

Two out of the three siblings who were injured after an unregistered salon car ran into them in a stall at Awutu Obrachire have died. The two, Jerry and Francis passed on the same day (Saturday, July 9, 2022) as the unfortunate incident at the Bawjiase Polyclinic. Details have emerged …

Some families in Kenya are eating just once a day, or not at all, because of rising food prices, writes the BBC’s Catherine Byaruhanga in Nairobi. Early in the morning, I find Florence Kambua hunched over, digging through the dump site outside her front door to collect plastic, glass, clothes …

Six children between the ages of two to four were rushed to the hospital for medical attention after they were attacked by a swarm of bees at Kananto, a farming community in the West Gonja Municipality of the Savannah Region. One is still in a critical condition after suffering severe …

President of ANAQ Foundation, Mrs Ama Nyarko Attafuah Quainoo, has appealed to fathers not abandoned children with sickle cell disease. She said, instead, they must care for them emotionally and support the mothers financially to keep the children healthy and alive. Mrs. Ama Nyarko Attafuah Quainoo, who is a sickle …

A 40-year-old man identified as Ebenezer Eshun has allegedly poisoned himself and his two children to death at Shama Junction in the Shama District of the Western Region. According to reports, the man who is separated from the mother of his children Comfort Arthur, picked up the children, a boy …

For some infants in the Kumasi Metropolis, the fire and explosion recorded at a plastic water storage factory in Atonsu on Friday, has left them with a traumatic memory on their minds. This is visible in a video showing some kindergarten school children running helter-skelter for safety while a raging …

More than 30 people were killed and others injured when a stampede broke out at a church event in the southeastern Nigerian city of Port Harcourt on Saturday, according to police and security officials. Most of the casualties were children. The incident took place at a local polo club, where …