Petrol tanker loses control, rams into school in Edo- Photos

The driver of petrol tanker lost control of his truck this morning and rammed into a school in Ekpoma along Ekpoma-Abuja Express Way,Thankfully no one was in the building when the accident happened as the school was closed for the weekend. The ...

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Ebola Keeps Coming Back. This Time’s It’s In A Conflict Zone.

The latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo will be extremely difficult to control because it is taking place in an active conflict zone, the World Health Organization’s emergency response chief told HuffPost. The DRC’s ministry of health ...

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Zambia convicts two men for same-sex relationship

Two men have been convicted for having a consenting same-sex relationship in Zambia. According to a report from AFP, Stephen Sambo, 30, and Japhet Chataba, 38, were found guilty of “performing unnatural acts”. Prosecutors presented “videos and photographs” of the ...

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US military airstrike in Somalia kills 4 al-Shabab fighters

The U.S. military says it has carried out an airstrike in Somalia that killed four members of the al-Shabab extremist group. The U.S. Africa Command says this is the 19th such airstrike this year against the Somalia-based al-Shabab, the deadliest ...

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Ex-minister Henry Obwocha is dead

Former Cabinet minister and West Mugirango MP Henry Obwocha has died. The current West Mugirango MP Vincent Kemosi said the former lawmaker, 69, died after collapsing at his home in Nairobi on Friday night. Obwocha had on Friday afternoon attended ...

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Help comes to Kenyan schoolgirl photographed hanging dangerously on a motorbike carrying firewood

A 13-year-old Kenyan school-girl, who was photographed hanging dangerously on a motorbike carrying has received help from a Nairobi-based Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO). Faith Jepchirchir went viral on the internet after her photo was shared on social media. According to the ...

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Update- State to rescue 80 Kenyans stranded in Qatar

The government is working on a plan to repatriate more than 80 Kenyans stranded in Qatar for lack of travel documents and air tickets after falling out with their employers. The Kenyans, most of them recruited by Mombasa-based travel agencies, ...

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Heartless mom who killed her 4-year-old daughter after tossing her into a river smiles in her Mugshot (Photos)

A wicked mother has been charged with first-degree felony murder after she tossed her 4-year-old daughter into a Florida river.  26-year-old Shakayla Denson, of Tampa, was also charged with aggravated child abuse and grand theft auto over the shocking incident which occurred on Thursday ...

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18 people die as two Russian helicopters collide mid-air

Eighteen people have died after a Mi-8 helicopter crashed in the north of Krasnoyarsk region, East Siberia. TASS reported that the helicopter crashed after colliding midair with the cargo being carried by another helicopter.   “It crashed immediately after takeoff because of ...

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Alfred Keter in the soup over DP Ruto remark

Nandi Hills MP Alfred Keter is in trouble after he was warned not to step in Nandi and Uasin Gishu counties until he apologises for attacking Deputy President William Ruto. On Friday, demonstrations were held against the lawmaker in his ...

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Over 20 passengers die after Nigeria boat capsizes

A boat overloaded with passengers in northern Nigeria has capsized, killing 21 people, according to the state rescue agency. The boat with an estimated 50 passengers on board overturned in strong currents in a river in the Gandi district of Sokoto state ...

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Hajj 2018: More Nigerian pilgrims land in Madinah

Pilgrims from four states in Nigeria have touched down in Madinah, as the traffic of arrivals for the 2018 Hajj in Saudi Arabia, continues to swell. The latest arrivals are from Kebbi, Adamawa, Sokoto and Lagos States. In its official ...

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Zimbabwe’s opposition demands election results verified

Zimbabwe’s opposition leader Nelson Chamisa has challenged the country’s electoral body to release ‘proper and verified results’ of the presidential election, even as South African president Cyril Ramaphosa called on Zimbabweans to accept the poll outcome. The election, the first since the ...

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NAF combat aircraft neutralises fleeing bandits in Zamfara

Nigerian Air Force (NAF) combat aircraft has neutralised several armed bandits during air attacks near Mashema Village and at another location 4km Southeast of Yanmari, both in Zamfara State. NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, ...

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How Boko Haram killed Argungu fishing festival

If there is a single dream that is shared in common by the members of Argungu community in Kebbi State, it is the resuscitation of the once famous Argungu fishing festival. It used to be a source of excitement for ...

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The shady and dangerous business of Chinese mining in Cameroon

Sidonie Maboue pulled her hands out of the muddy water and sat down on a piece of fabric next to the bags of gravel that she and three of her 12 children filled that day. “This gravel will be crushed, ...

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Gunmen abduct popular Islamic scholar, ‘Al-Garkawy’ in Kaduna State

The Kaduna State Police Command today confirmed that Malam Ahmad Garko, an Islamic preacher popularly known as ‘Al-Garkawy‘ had been abducted by gunmen while working in his farm.   The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) for the command, DSP Murkhtar Aliyu, confirmed the ...

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