President Akufo-Addo swore in two new Apex Court judges, Justices Barbara Frances Ackah-Yensu and Samuel Kwame Adibu Asiedu in a short ceremony held at the Jubilee House in Ghana. President Akufo-Addo while administering the judicial oath, oaths of Secrecy and Allegiance asked the judges to possess a sound knowledge of …
Read More »Man found dead in his car at petrol station
A man has reportedly died in Oluyole Local Government Area of Oyo State while queuing to buy fuel at a filling station in the community, Nigeria, according to reports. “The man, who rested his head on his steering, had given up the ghost on the queue until when other customers …
Read More »Man steals computer and sets classroom on fire
The Benue State Police Command has arrested a man who allegedly set fire to a block of classrooms in a school in Gwer East Local Government Area of Nigeria, according to reports. The suspect allegedly burned down the RCM Elementary School building in Gwer East after stealing a computer from …
Read More »Nigeria: a man sentenced to death by hanging
A Kano State High Court has sentenced a 29-year-old man to death by hanging for stabbing his 55-year-old mother-in-law to death in Nigeria. “The convict dealt several machete cuts on the victim’s head, leading to her death,” reports said. The victim was rushed to the Murtala Muhammad Specialist Hospital, Kano, …
Read More »Zimbabwe bans all lithium exports
Zimbabwe has banned all lithium exports after the government said it was losing 1.7 billion euros from exporting it as a raw mineral and not processing it into batteries in country. Lithium is so valuable as a component of electronic batteries mostly for cars, mobile phones and computers that it’s …
Read More »Nigerian girls abducted by Boko Haram honored in exhibition
The faces of the 108 Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram in Nigeria in 2014 are remembered in a new exhibition of sculptures in Lagos, Nigeria. The 108 Chibok girls faces have been sculpted in clay in a collaboration between french artist Prune Nourry, university students, professional potters and the …
Read More »Two killed in gunbattle between Kenyan forces and gunmen
Two people have been killed in a gunbattle between Kenyan security forces and suspected al-Shabab fighters in coastal Kenya, according to reports. “Four people were rescued in the shootout at a roadblock the insurgents had just erected on Lamu county’s main road,” the Daily Nation newspaper reported. The four had …
Read More »A man found dead in his car in Ghana
A young man was discovered dead in his car while driving from Obeng Yaw to Cocoa Market Road, near the New National Academy in Ghana. It was revealed that when the driver arrived at the Academy area, he stopped, parked, and removed one of his legs from his car. He …
Read More »Four men arrested for lynching a woman over witchcraft
Four men were arrested for burning to death a woman who confessed to killing six people in Michika area of Adamawa State, Nigeria. “The men burnt the mother of one to death shortly after she was dragged by members of the community to the palace of the ward head over …
Read More »Ghana: farmer jailed 20 years for robbing a woman
Bekwai Circuit Court in Ashanti Region has sentenced a 31-year-old farmer to 20 years imprisonment in hard labor for robbing a woman of her itel mobile phone worth GH¢500, Ghana. The suspect was armed with knife and attacked the complainant who was sleeping with her two children in a room. …
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