At least six people have died and more than 20 have been hospitalised in Thailand after drinking methanol-laced bootleg alcohol, authorities said on Wednesday (Aug 28). The deaths happened mainly in the Khlong Sam Wa district on the northwest edge of Bangkok, where authorities found 19 illegal roadside alcohol stands, the Thai capital’s administration said….
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A probox transporting corpse to a morgue was involved in a road accident on Wednesday along Thika road. The vehicle was ferrying the body of an unidentified person when it overturned, causing the body, which was inside a bag, to become exposed. It is not yet clear if there were any other injuries resulting from…
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Several people have sustained serious injuries and one dead in an accident in the Kajiunduthi area of Tharaka Nithi County along the Meru-Nairobi highway on Wednesday. The collision involved two lorries and a personal car. According to witnesses, one of the lorries and the car were traveling in the same direction, while the other lorry,…
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The Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) has appointed Bruno Labbadia as the new head coach of the Super Eagles. “The Nigeria Football Federation has announced that it has reached an agreement with German tactician, Bruno Labbadia, to become the Head Coach of Nigeria’s Senior Men National Team, the Super Eagles,” NFF said in a statement on…
President William Ruto on Tuesday officially unveiled Raila Odinga’s bid for the African Union Commission chairperson seat at State House, Nairobi. The launch marks the start of Raila’s official campaigns ahead of the February 2025 elections to replace outgoing chair Moussa Faki Mahamat. Leaders present included South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit, Tanzanian President Samia…
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Belgian goalkeeper Mike Penders will join Chelsea from Genk next year in a deal worth a reported 20 million euros ($22 million, £17 million), the Blues announced on Tuesday. “Penders, a Belgium Under-19 international, will join Chelsea from next summer after agreeing a contract with the club until 2032,” Chelsea said in a statement. The…
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Tragedy struck Uradi village in Siaya County on Monday evening, August 26, when a gold mine shaft collapsed, resulting in the death of a 32-year-old woman. The woman identified by police as Rosemary Anyango, was reportedly mining with four other women when the shaft suddenly gave way, trapping her at the deepest end while the…
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Swedish football manager Sven-Goran Eriksson, who became the first foreigner to lead the England national team, died on Monday at the age of 76. Eriksson, a charismatic coach who guided Swedish, Portuguese and Italian clubs to major trophies in the 1980s and 1990s before taking on the England job in 2001, announced in January that…
Property worth millions of shillings was destroyed in a fierce fire that gutted a supermarket in Ruiru town, Kiambu County on Monday morning August 26, 2024. The fast-spreading fire, which is said to have started at around 5 am, razed down a large section of the supermarket and destroyed items valued at millions of shillings….
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Germany will donate 100,000 mpox vaccine doses from its military stocks to help contain the outbreak on the African continent in the short term as well as provide help to the affected countries, said a government spokesperson on Monday. The government will provide the World Health Organization with flexible financial resources via various instruments to…
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