By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Daily Post
An elderly passenger has died after a goods-laden truck overturned in the Gbagada area of Lagos after a front tyre burst. The accident mobilised road rescue and emergency services, according to the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority.
Bright Saili, a 23-year-old illegal miner, died after a pile of laterite collapsed at the KCM OB13 site in Chingola, Zambia. Another miner was hospitalised after the accident on 2 November, according to Zambian police cited by News Diggers.
🇿🇲 Zambia · Source: News Diggers ·
Three people were killed and seven others injured in two separate crashes on the Sagamu-Ikorodu and Ota-Idiroko roads in Nigeria's Ogun State. Rescue teams treated the injured, some of whom were taken to Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital in Sagamu, according to Ogun's traffic enforcement agency.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Source: Punch ·
The eThekwini municipality has mobilised its emergency teams after a Level 4 severe thunderstorm warning, with risks of flooding and infrastructure damage. The warning remains valid until 11:59 pm on 8 November, according to the South African Weather Service and the eThekwini municipality.
🇿🇦 South Africa · Source: IOL ·
The Ogun State government says an ambulance and Federal Road Safety Corps personnel arrived ten minutes after an accident was reported in Saapade. It thus disputes actor Kunle Afod’s claims that there was no emergency response for about 20 minutes, according to the Ogun government.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Source: Tribune Online ·
Nigerian Army recovers its X account after hackThe Nigerian Army announced the full restoration of its official X account after an attempted unauthorised access detected on 29 August. The account is once again managed exclusively by the army, which had earlier asked the public to ignore suspicious content posted during the recovery.
Man blood transfusion centre collects 12,500 unitsThe Man Regional Blood Transfusion Centre collected about 12,500 blood units in 10 months, or 83% of its annual target of 15,000. The collection supports in particular the needs of women in labour and children suffering from severe malaria-related anaemia, according to Tchimou Jérémi of the CNTS-CI.The week in Africa
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