Tag Archives: DEATH

An 18-year-old girl believed to be mentally challenged has been stabbed to death by unknown assailants at Subrisu, in the Kwahu West Municipality of the Eastern Region. The deceased was stabbed in the right side of her ribs and stomach repeatedly, according to the police. The body had been deposited …

The number of COVID-19 deaths has exceeded the 14 000 mark in South Africa, after 47 more people succumbed to the respiratory disease on Sunday. Sixteen fatalities were reported in Gauteng, 11 in Mpumalanga, seven each in the Eastern Cape and Western, and three each in KwaZulu-Natal and Free State. “This …

A popular Ngcobo traditional leader, his two brothers, one of his cousins and his senior traditional councillor (iphakathi) have been killed — four were shot dead and the fifth was found hanged from a rope. The killings took place between 9pm on Thursday and 6am on Friday. Speaking to SowetanLIVE’s …

A musician in Nigeria’s northern state of Kano has been sentenced to death by hanging for blaspheming against the Prophet Muhammad. An upper Sharia court in the Hausawa Filin Hockey area of the state said Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, 22, was guilty of committing blasphemy for a song he circulated via WhatsApp …

Nine more people infected with COVID-19 have died in Ghana taking the country’s death toll to 215, according to a Ghana Health Service update on Sunday. According to the GHS 470 new cases have been reported increasing the national tally to 41, 003. The overall active cases stand at 2,458 …

There are now 452 529 confirmed COVID-19 cases in South Africa after 7 120 new infections were recorded on Monday. Unfortunately, 298 people succumbed to the deadly virus, which brings the death toll to 7 067. Of the additional fatalities, 91 are from the Free State, 77 from the Eastern Cape, 61 …

Two more persons have died of COVID -19 in the Eastern Region while 41 new confirmed cases have been recorded increasing the regional case count to 1,161, according to the Eastern Regional Health Directorate. The two deaths bring to 12 the death toll in the region. The new cases and …

The death toll from the coronavirus pandemic has hit 601,213, according to the tally by Johns Hopkins University. Meanwhile, The number of coronavirus cases worldwide has hit 14.2 million, while more than 7.9 million people have recovered. US deaths from the novel coronavirus exceeded 140,000 on Saturday as cases continued to …

A young man simply identified as Godstime has died after he was allegedly stabbed to death by his friend over N12, 000 in Amukpe, Delta state, Nigeria on Sunday, July 12.   According to Facebook user SapeleOghenek, Godstime, pictured above, had gone to a place where they gamble. He and …

A Nigerian mother has allegedly beaten to death her 7-year-old boy in Agbarha community, Warri South council area of Delta State. The boy died on Monday night after being flogged by his mother until he collapsed. An eyewitness said; “The mother punished the boy by asking him to ‘ride a bike’ …