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MUSCAT, April 15, 2024 (AFP) – Flooding in Oman has killed at least 14 people, many of the schoolchildren, authorities said following the discovery of the bodies of a woman and child on Monday. The Gulf sultanate’s official news agency initially reported on Sunday nine schoolchildren and three adults had “lost their lives after their vehicles got swept away in gushing wadi waters”. Five others individuals were reported missing in the floods that struck the […]
by Emmanuel Akinwotu and Celia Lebur Rescuers on Wednesday recovered eight bodies and rescued 37 people alive from the wreckage of a collapsed four-storey building in the Nigeria’s economic capital Lagos Children had been attending an “illegal school” inside the residential building when the structure collapsed, officials said. “Thirty-seven people were rescued alive and eight were recovered dead,” Ibrahim Farinloye of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said in a statement. Earlier officials said dozens […]
A three-storey residential building collapsed Wednesday in a densely-populated part of Lagos, and local media said there could be many casualties, including schoolchildren. The Nigerian news station Channels TV reported that a primary school was located on the top floor of the building, “with pupils feared killed and others trapped.” The collapse occurred in the Itafaji area of Lagos Island. A spokesman for the Nigerian emergency services, Ibrahim Farinloye, confirmed the incident. “I can’t give […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Justice is slated to summon former President Benigno Aquino III and 43 others in connection with the criminal complaint filed against them over the Dengvaxia mess. The DOJ said it would order all 44 respondents to appear before the panel on May 15 at 10 a.m. The looming summon was in connection with the complaint for multiple homicide and physical injuries through negligence, technical malversation and for violation of the Anti-Graft […]
