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Senegal hospital fire kills eleven newborn babies

Senegal President Macky Sall has commented on a deadly incident at a hospital at a town east of the capital, Dakar. Eleven newborn babies were killed in an inferno at the newly inaugurated Tivouane hospital. Sall tweeted: “I learned with pain and dismay about the deaths of 11 newborn babies …

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Truck rams into eatery; traps, kills woman at Afienya

A woman has been run over and killed by a truck loaded with sand at Afienya in the Greater Accra Region. The accident occurred around 8 am on Wednesday, 25 May 2022, eyewitness Samuel Ayumu told ClassFMonline.com. The truck run into an eatery as the driver attempted to overtake a …

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Suspected vigilante kills pastor

There is palpable tension in the Oloko community in the Tai Local Government Area of Rivers State following the alleged killing of a pastor by a suspected member of a vigilance group. It was gathered that the deceased, identified as Abraham Yorka, was allegedly killed by the vigilante who hailed …

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Man kills girlfriend, sleeps with corpse six days

A man, Ifeanyi Njoku, has been arrested for allegedly killing his girlfriend, Precious Okeke, 24, in an estate at Badore, in the Ajah area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro gathered that the live-in lovers stayed on Oke Street, where Njoku allegedly killed his girlfriend for ritual purposes. Our correspondent learnt …

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Hit and run Land cruiser driver kills a one-year-old baby, two others

An unidentified driver of a Land cruiser has killed a one-year-old baby and two others at Akyem Asiakwa in the Eastern Region. According to Accra 100.5FM‘s Eastern Regional correspondence, Kofi Mitchel, the unidentified driver of the said Land cruiser drove through a crowd that was returning from a wedding reception …

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Lighting kills four in Ondo community

Four youths have lost their lives in Ago-Dada in Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State following a lightning strike in the community. The incident was said to have occurred during a rainstorm in the community. A source in the village said the killing of the young boys sparked …

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Man shoots and kills girlfriend, turns gun on himself

Limpopo police said a 26-year-old man allegedly shot dead his girlfriend in a village in Bothashoek on Sunday and later turned the gun on himself. Police spokesperson Brigadier Motlafela Mojapelo said the man allegedly shot 19-year-old Dimakatso Mashaba several times at her home in Dithabaneng village. “It is alleged that …

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Man burns ex-lover’s home and kills her sibling, 5,

A Gauteng man who set his former lover’s home alight and killed her five-year-old sibling in the process, has been sentenced to life in prison. Tebogo Daniel Maphopho was sentenced in the Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg on Thursday after he was convicted for arson, murder, and attempted murder. The …

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Raging fire kills husband and wife in their home at Gyinyaase

A raging fire that destroyed property in a house at Gyinyaase in the Asokwa Municipality of the Ashanti region over the weekend also killed a husband and wife. Per information gathered from the Ghana Fire Service in the Ashanti Region, the fire started shortly after midnight. Personnel of the Fire …

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Another gory accident kills five on Accra-Kumasi Highway

At least five (5) passengers have been confirmed dead in another fatal accident on Accra to Kumasi Highway. The accident occurred at Kwahu Oframase near Nkawkaw on Sunday. The suspect driver Shadrack Boadu, 23 was in charge of a Mercedes Sprinter bus with registration number GC 6521 – 21 with …

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