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Five persons, including a pregnant woman were electrocuted on Thursday in Lagos after a PHCN high-tension cable fell, causing fire and explosion. An eyewitness told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the incident happened around 2.00 a.m. at Oworonshoki, Lagos. The source said that fire broke out when the cable fell on a Toyota Camry car loaded with petroleum products. The victims rushed out of their homes when they heard the explosion and ran into the live cable unknowingly. “As they rushed out, they all embraced the cable in front of their house and they were electrocuted. The corpses were taken to Yaba General Hospital by policemen fromOworonshoki and some residents of the area.“ The husband of the pregnant woman, who also lost a son, attempted to commit s*****e by drinking a poisonous substance but was however, prevented by neighbours. “The youths in the area prevented PHCN workers from coming to the scene because they blamed the electricity company for the deaths,’’ the source ...

According to a punch report, at least 37 people died between Thursday and Friday during fighting between the anti-Balaka militia and ex- Seleka rebels in Central African Republic’s central town of Dekoa, a source from CAR Red Cross said. The Red Cross source said anti-Balaka militia attacked the position of ex-Seleka rebels in Dekoa, provoking fierce fighting. “At the moment, we have counted 37 bodies and already buried 10. “The insecurity does not allow us to continue collecting dead bodies,” the source that did not wish to be named said. By midday, there was still confusion in Dekoa town. One section of the population had taken refuge in the bush while the other took refuge in a Catholic church within the locality. According to Youssouf Adam, an officer of the ex-Seleka rebels present in the town, his fighters are in full control of the town. “We just responded to the provocation of anti-Balaka militia while in our camps,” he told Xinhua on phone. Similar clashes were witnessed on th...

According to a BBC report, US Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is resigning following the problematic launch of President Barack Obama’s healthcare law, US media report. The law – regarded by the president’s supporters as one of his main domestic achievements – has been marked by early technical problems and delays. Sebelius has been health secretary since Obama took office in 2009. The reports say Obama will nominate Sylvia Mathews Burwell, the current budget director, to replace her. Sebelius had made the decision to resign herself, the New York Times reported. The US president had resisted calls for the health secretary to stand down after the websites where people could enrol for health insurance ran into problems last October. After the rocky start, the White House now points to the more than seven million people who have signed-up for coverage on federal and state-run marketplaces sites created by the Affordable Care Act. Obama says the programme was “here to stay”. Republicans...