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Rivers State: Over 500 persons die in cult clashes in two local govt areas

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Over 500 persons have been reportedly killed within the period of eight…

Abuja-Lokoja route records highest accidents, deaths in 2015 – FRSC

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), says 1, 852 road traffic accidents were recorded in…

Lightning strike kills 6 pupils, teacher

A lightning strike killed six children and their teacher at a school in northwestern Tanzania…

More than 215,000 die in Syrian war

More than 215,000 people have been killed in Syria in four years of conflict, a…

Ebola kills over 10,000 people in West Africa

More than 10,000 people have now died from the Ebola virus, almost all of them…

Avalanche kills at least 28 people in Afghanistan

Avalanches triggered by heavy snowfalls have killed at least 28 people in Afghanistan and the…

Liberia's Ebola could kill 90,000 by December, scientists warn

Efforts to control the Ebola virus in Liberia must be quickly and dramatically scaled up…

Lightning kills 11, injures 15

Lightning killed 11 indigenous Colombians and injured 15 others during a meeting of Kogi Indians…

Ebola outbreak, the world at risk – Nigeria's health minister

The Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, Wednesday, described the Ebola outbreak in the country…

4 Nigerian soldiers killed in an ambush

Gunmen have killed four Nigerian soldiers in an ambush on a military patrol in central…