Sunday 19 May 2013
A CATTLE truck veered out of control in Nigeria's northwest Sokoto state and plunged into a river, killing 27 men who were on board.
The accident occurred late on Monday close to the border with neighbouring West African country Niger.
"We were able to rescue 15 people alive," Sokoto Road Safety Manager Alfred Adeboye said.
Traffic accidents are commonplace in Africa's most populous nation, where roads are often narrow and pot-holed due to under-investment and mismanagement.
At least 20 people were killed when a mine collapsed in mineral-rich but conflict-plagued eastern Democratic Republic of Congo following heavy rains, the government said on Friday.
A South African safari firm has sacked one of its guides after a video of him charging an elephant went viral.
NIGERIAN gunmen killed 46 police officers in an ambush in the central state of Nassarawa this week, police said.
At least 20 people were killed when a mine collapsed in mineral-rich but conflict-plagued eastern Democratic Republic of Congo following heavy rains, the government said on Friday.
A South African safari firm has sacked one of its guides after a video of him charging an elephant went viral.
NIGERIAN gunmen killed 46 police officers in an ambush in the central state of Nassarawa this week, police said.
Actor Edward Furlong has been arrested on suspicion of violating a restraining order filed by his ex-girlfriend.
TODAY
President Obama apparently has his own Hollywood-inspired aspirations. According to a nugget buried in a New York Times story on Thursday, Obama has been telling aides that he is tempted to pull a "Bulworth" – that is to make like Warren Beatty's liberal senator character in the 1998 movie of the same name by going rogue and saying exactly what is on his mind regardless of the political fallout.
THE former preparatory school of former Miss World Rosanna Davison and her father Chris De Burgh, the oldest in the country, is beset by financial difficulties amid fears about its future, the Sunday Independent has learnt.
When Carey Mulligan ditched the Tiffany spangles and Prada sequins of her screen role in The Great Gatsby in favour of a baggy jumper and the dingy folk music venues of the new Coen brothers film, Inside Llewyn Davis, it seemed like a comment on this year's Cannes film festival.
Orla Brady has revealed how filming the new series of Poirot was tricky as almost every character has a different accent.
Leonardo DiCaprio has revealed he doesn't mind living his life in the public eye.
JANE Given and her footballer husband, Shay, were famous for raising funds for charity.
The Big Bang Theory star Simon Helberg has said the show feels stronger than ever, as the sixth series ended on US screens.
Alesha Dixon proved a hit with the male contestants in this week's Britain's Got Talent auditions.
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