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Stop focusing on yourselves – VC advises colleagues

The outgoing Vice-Chancellor of Bingham University, Karu, Nasarawa State, Prof. Barnabas Qurix, has advised university leaders to avoid focusing on themselves. The Vice-Chancellor said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sat…

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Onawa, Omashaka to get police sub-stations

ONDANDWA: The Oshakati and Ondangwa Town Councils have availed pieces of land for the construction of the sub-stations at Onawa reception in Oshakati and Omashaka location at Ondangwa to ensure crime prevention in the two areas.

This comes after mult…

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Minor boy drowns in a sewage pond at Otavi

OTJIWARONGO: A nine-year-old boy allegedly drowned in a sewage bond at Otavi in the Otjozondjupa Region on Thursday afternoon.

Namibian Police Force (NamPol) community affairs commander in the region, Inspector Maureen Mbeha in an interview with Namp…

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We want Oshana Region free from crime: Shikongo

OSHAKATI: The Inspector-General of the Namibian Police Force (NamPol), Lieutenant General Joseph Shikongo, has said his goal is for the Oshana Region to be a crime-free region with no open investigations.

Shikongo said this whilst addressing members …

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Accused in Berseba murder remanded in custody

KEETMANSHOOP: The man accused of stabbing a 31-year-old man to death in Berseba on the weekend, was denied bail in the Keetmanshoop Magistrate’s Court Tuesday.

The accused, 35-year-old Patrick Coetzee, appeared before Magistrate Unchen Konjore, who d…

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Oshakati hospital records higher malaria cases

OSHAKATI: total of 29 malaria cases were reported at the Oshakati Intermediate Hospital in December 2023, a stark increase of 25 cases for the same month in the previous year.

This was confirmed by the hospital’s Medical Superintendent, Dr Ruben Kani…

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Man shot in chest at Oshakati

WINDHOEK: The Namibian Police Force (NamPol) in the Oshana Region is investigating a case of attempted murder after a 37-year-old male was allegedly shot by an unknown suspect on Friday.

A NamPol weekend crime report availed to Nampa on Monday indica…

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Sandpit claims two minors at Kamundema

RUNDU: Two boys died at Kamundema village in the Kavango East Region, over the weekend after the sandpit they were playing in allegedly collapsed, burying them alive.

The boys, aged twelve and nine, died of suffocation.

This is according to a report…

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Man reportedly raped and murdered at Walvis Bay

WINDHOEK: A 53-year-old Namibian man was reportedly raped and strangled to death by an unknown suspect at Walvis Bay in the Erongo region on Saturday.

The Namibian Police Force (NamPol) weekend crime report on Sunday indicated that the incident happe…

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