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At least five people have been killed and 19 others seriously injured in a blast in Taraba state in north-east Nigeria. The explosion on Tuesday evening occurred at a bar in Iware, a busy commercial centre near the state capital, Jalingo. Police spokesman Abdullahi Usman said one suspected attacker had died, but it wasn’t clear whether he was a suicide bomber. Eyewitnesses said the explosive was inside a bag that was hidden at the bar. Iware is a major market town where traders from different parts of the country buy and sell livestock and foodstuffs. In 2012, three suicide bombers…

Eastern Regional Minister, Seth Acheampong, has described as “unfortunate” the accident involving a boat carrying about 20 people on the Volta Lake, on Thursday. Seven people aboard the boat, which was sailing to Havorkope in the Kwahu Afram Plains North District of the Eastern Region, have been confirmed dead. In an interview on JoyNews, Mr. Acheampong assured that steps are being taken to enhance safety for commuters on the lake. “Our disaster management organisation is also on the ground with some divers and local fisherfolk who are experienced and stronger, are still doing recoveries and so we are still working…

A tipper truck and a Toyota minibus, popularly termed as ‘trotro’, have been involved in a fatal accident. The incident that happened close to the Wapco filling station on the Kpone Dawhenya stretch of the Aflao road occurred at 4am today, April 16. According to AdomNews correspondent, Bella Gidiglo Ave, 13 passengers in the Toyota minibus, including its driver sustained various degrees of injury. Police MTTD Chief Inspector, Yusif Yakubu, who was at the scene, noted that the injured were rushed to the Tema General Hospital for treatment. The red minibus was left mangled after colliding with the truck with…

The truck driver, who was transporting explosives that exploded at Appiatse near Bogoso, in the Western Region, on January 20, has finally broken his silence. The heartbroken driver, Alfred Pappoe, who is still nursing his wounds, said he is now out of job. He alleged that his boss at Arthanns Company in February, handed him a termination letter with one-month salary without consideration for the trauma he went through as a result of the accident. Mr. Pappoe, who earned GHC1,100 a month, said his boss explained that the contract with MAXAM Company, had been lost after the accident, hence the…

Police say a northwest Georgia man killed his grandmother by stuffing her in a freezer while she was still alive. Floyd County Police discovered the body of Doris Cumming, 82, late Thursday in the Armuchee home she shared with her grandson, 29-year-old Robert Keith Tincher III. Tincher was charged with murder, aggravated battery and concealing the death of another. He remains jailed in Rome. It’s unclear if he has a lawyer who could comment on his behalf. This photo provided by Floyd County, Ga., Police shows Robert Keith Tincher III. FLOYD COUNTY, GA., POLICE VIA AP Police said Cumming’s family…

Personnel from the Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service are making frantic efforts to tow a fallen off trailer on a section of the main Accra-Kumasi Highway near Anyinam. The truck, with a foreign license plate is believed to have had a steer lock while in transit leading to the unfortunate accident on the road. Tourists, revelers and other road users returning to Accra from the Kwahu Easter Festival together with travelers using the Kumasi stretch have been left stranded in the almost two-hour gridlock. When Citi News got to the scene, the MTTD personnel…

One person has been reported dead after a Hyundai Creta salon car crashed into a container shop at Abetifi in the Eastern Regional town of Kwahu. According to the Eastern Regional Police Public Relations Officer (PRO), the vehicle with the registration number GW-4826-20 veered off the road and entered the shop. DSP Ebenezer Tetteh said one of the victims, 10-year-old Emmanuel Serebour, died while receiving treatment. Currently, five persons who sustained injuries have been admitted at the Kwahu Government Hospital and are receiving treatment. “Police in Abetifi received a distressed call that a driver, Charles Appiah, who was in charge…

When talks are about dressing to impress, PPE comes as a last thought. PPE stands for ‘Personal Protective Equipment – so while it may not be making an appearance at a fashion week festival, it is still incredibly important. PPE is essentially anything you wear that, in foremost, protects you against any hazardous conditions. To protect workers, an industry’s technique remains controlling the occupational exposures – for years, the hierarchy of controls is a fundamental means to determine ways to implement feasible and effective controls. When managers and EHS professionals get lulled into a false sense of security that does…

The road safety enhancement works to be undertaken on the London market street at James Town, a suburb of Accra, as part of efforts to reduce road crashes and their related fatalities, have commenced.  The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) is carrying out the improvements in collaboration with the Bloomberg Philanthropies Initiative for Global Road Safety (BIGRS) and with support from the World Resources Institute (WRI) through its Tactical Urbanism Programme, which is set to be completed in May, 2022. The works to be done include; marking road lines and pedestrian crossing to delineate travel lanes, installation of  30km/hr speed limit sign speed…

Ecobank Ghana last Wednesday made a donation of ¢100,000 to the Appiatse Support Fund. The presentation was made to officials of the fund, led by Rev Dr Joyce Aryee, at a brief ceremony held at the Head Office of the bank. This donation is one of the many interventions carried out by Ecobank to alleviate the plight of victims of such incidents. It will be recalled that the bank recently donated 500 mattresses, valued at ¢100,000, in support of the people of Keta and Anlo coastal communities when they were displaced by tidal waves. Speaking at the ceremony, Dan Sackey,…