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Man kills eight-year-old son for misplacing sewing thread in Lagos

4 months ago1085 min

An unidentified man allegedly killed his eight-year-old son in the Epe area of Lagos State over a misplaced sewing thread that belonged to him. PUNCH Metro gathered on Tuesday that the incident occurred around 10:00 a.m. on August 5, when the father was about to use his sewing thread. Upon discovering that the minor had misplaced his sewing thread, the suspect allegedly became enraged and doused the child with Premium Motor Spirit, commonly known as...

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Gombe warns cassava farmers as poisoning kills one, 10 hospitalised

4 months ago824 min

The Gombe State Commissioner for Health, Dr Habu Dahiru, has called upon cassava farmers to desist from selling products with high content of hydrogen cyanide following an identified death case and 10 others who are hospitalised in the state. The commissioner made this disclosure in a public advisory released by the Ministry of Health on cassava consumption in the state on Monday. Dahiru also appealed to the farmers to put humanity first, instead of the...

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Bauchi JTF kills man, injures others during confrontation

4 months ago27512 min

The members of Operation Safe Haven stationed at the Lere community in the Tafawa Balewa Local Government Area of Bauchi State, on Tuesday, killed a resident of the community, Habibu Aminu, and injured other youths during a confrontation. The Bauchi State Police Public Relations Officer, Ahmed Wakil, said the incident happened at a checkpoint when the officers, after a misunderstanding, opened fire at the youths who were coming back from a political campaign rally at...

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Lagos-Ibadan expressway accident kills three passengers

5 months ago814 min

Three yet-to-be-identified passengers on Thursday lost their lives following a multi-vehicle crash on the Kara section of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Saturday PUNCH gathered that an unidentified truck driver transporting sugar, lost control and collided with another vehicle, triggering a chain of collisions around 7 pm along Isheri-Olofin, outward bound from Lagos State. Our correspondent learnt that the other vehicles involved in the accident included an SF3000 truck, a Toyota Camry car with the number plate...

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Suicide bomber kills many in Borno market

5 months ago1155 min

A suspected Boko Haram suicide bomber detonated a bomb at a marketplace in Kauri, a rural community in the Konduga area of Borno State, North East Nigeria. The incident occurred around 9 pm on Wednesday, July 31, at the market area, which operates at night every day and is usually bustling with people, Daily Trust reported. The areas, mainly settlements of roadside communities situated along the Bama-Maiduguri road, have been frequently terrorised by Boko Haram....

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BREAKING: Explosive Device Kills 7 Nigerian Soldiers On Mission To Save Borno Community From Boko Haram

5 months ago1284 min

No fewer than seven operatives of the Nigerian Army have been confirmed dead after their vehicle hit an explosive in Mugunu area of Maiduguri in Borno State, SaharaReporters has gathered. On Thursday morning, the vehicle reportedly hit an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) suspected to have been planted by Boko Haram along the Gamboru Ngala-Maiduguri Road in Borno State. The Army reportedly received a distress call during early on Thursday that Boko Haram terrorists were attacking...

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Heatwave kills over 20 in Morocco

5 months ago936 min

A heatwave in Morocco has killed at least 21 people in 24 hours in the central city of Beni Mellal, the health ministry announced on Thursday. The meteorology department said soaring temperatures affected much of the North African country from Monday to Wednesday, reaching 48 degrees Celsius (118 Fahrenheit) in some areas. In Beni Mellal, “the majority of deaths involved people suffering from chronic illnesses and the elderly, with high temperatures contributing to the deterioration...

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Ethiopia landslide kills at least 55

5 months ago872 min

At least 55 people were killed in a landslide in a remote area of southern Ethiopia on Monday, local authorities said, warning that the death toll could rise. “More than 55 bodies have been found from the landslide,” a statement from the Gofa zone Communications Affairs Department said, quoting local chief Dagmawi Zerihun, who warned “the death toll could yet increase”. The landslide occurred around 10am (0700 GMT) following heavy rains in the remote region,...

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BREAKING: Israeli Airstrike Kills Three Sons, Three Grandchildren Of Hamas Leader, Haniyeh

9 months ago1003 min

Haniyeh told Al Jazeera his children were visiting relatives for Eid at the Shati refugee camp in northern Gaza when they were targeted. Three sons and three grandchildren of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh have been killed in an Israeli airstrike on a Gaza refugee camp, according to the Hamas-affiliated news agency, Shehab. Haniyeh told Al Jazeera his children were visiting relatives for Eid at the Shati refugee camp in northern Gaza when they...

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Israeli Military Kills Dozens Of People In Syrian Air Strikes – Report

9 months ago1544 min

The Syrian Defence Ministry has accused Israel of launching a series of airstrikes near Aleppo on Friday morning.The strikes, which West Jerusalem has not acknowledged, RT reports, killed around 40 people, citing media reports. “Around 1:45am, the Israeli enemy launched an air attack from the direction of Athriya, southeast of Aleppo, targeting a number of points in Aleppo countryside,” the ministry said in a statement.The ministry provided no precise account of casualties or damages, but...