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A 50-year-old asthmatic man woke up after nearly 24 hours in the mortuary of a private undertaker in Transkei, South-Africa on Sunday afternoon. He was presumed dead by his family who called the undertaker at Libode in the Transkei region. Eastern Cape Health Department spokesperson, Sizwe Kupelo, said he lost consciousness while asleep at his home in a nearby village ...

Residents have started vacating the 34 structurally defective buildings on Lagos Island, which the government sealed off last week, most of them on Idumagbo Avenue. According to the State Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, LASPPDA, the houses were sealed because they breached the state physical laws and regulations and might collapse. Report says the recent flooding and building ...

A bomb that exploded directly behind the Shehu of Borno’s palace has left several people wounded. It happened in Maiduguri on Saturday evening. This is becoming almost an everyday occurrence in that city. “Three soldiers have been injured in the bomb blast that occurred close to the Palace of the Shehu of Borno,” said Hassan Mohammed, an officer in the ...

South Sudan rebel leader, Gatluak Gai was killed Saturday just days after he signed a cease-fire agreement with the new South Sudan government. Gai began his rebellion after last year elections, when the candidate he supported was not elected governor of a state. The South Sudan army and a rebel source in Unity state say Gatluak Gai was shot dead. ...