Africa

A 24-year-old Islamic teacher has been remanded in custody by the Yaba Magistrate’s Court for sexually assaulting a six-year-old student at the Central Mosque of the University of Lagos, Nigeria. The defendant was arraigned on two counts of sexual violation preferred against him by the state police command. “My child …

In the early hours of Friday morning, Nigerian joint security services say they rescued two people who were abducted during an attack on a US convoy in the south-eastern Nigerian state of Anambra on Tuesday, local media reported. They are thought to be physically unharmed. The police spokesman Ikenga Tochukwu …

The head of Kenya’s standards regulator and 26 other government officials have been suspended over the release of 1,000 tonnes of expired sugar into the market. A statement by the head of public service, Felix Koskei, said 20,000 bags of sugar imported into the country in 2018 and condemned by …

A six-year-old girl is battling for her life after a woman stabbed her to protest her father’s advice to her husband to marry a second wife in Kano State, Nigeria. “The suspect was annoyed when she learnt that the victim’s father, a friend of her husband, has been the one …

A-47-year-old has been arrested for defiling two children aged five and seven years at Bole in Savannah Region, Ghana, according to reports. “The two kids were passing behind the suspect’s house when he lured them into his room and proceeded to sexually assault one after the other,” reports said. The …

Authorities in Ghana have raised the average end-user tariff for electricity by 18.36% for the second quarter of 2023, adding on to an almost 30% increase in the first quarter, the country’s utilities regulator said on Wednesday. The West African country is grappling with soaring inflation, debt and a depreciating …

Two persons have been lynched for allegedly stealing a mobile phone at Beaho in the Ahanta West Municipality of the Western Region, Ghana. “The two were among a three-man syndicate who stole a smart phone,” reports said. The victim of the theft noticed his phone was missing and upon confrontation, …

An eight-year-old boy died after drinking poisoned palm wine at Bantama in the Awutu Senya West District of Ghana’s Central Region. “I saw the boy screaming for help so I quickly rushed him to Awutu Bontrase Health Center,” according to his aunt. “Upon checks, we were informed of suspected poisoning …

Police in Nigeria say gunmen have attacked a US convoy, killing four people, including two personnel from the US consulate and two police officers. Three others were kidnapped before their vehicle was set on fire. The attack took place in south-eastern Anambra state. A rescue and recovery operation is under …

Kenya’s President William Ruto has sacked a principal secretary in charge of public health and disbanded the entire board of a medical supplies agency amid a corruption scandal. The scam involves a bungled tender involving the supply of donor-funded treated bed nets meant to protect against malaria-causing mosquitoes worth $27m …