Africa

A couple was arraigned before a Samuel Ilori Magistrate’s Court in Ogbà for allegedly torturing two children in the Egbeda area of Lagos State, according to reports. The case was reported to the police by neighbors who saw them subjecting the minors to torture. The Lagos State Domestic and Sexual …

A 25-year-old man at Mankesim in the Central Region is in the grips of the police for failing to pay a Nigerian sex worker who rendered him services, Ghana, according to reports. “The suspect was charged GHC600.00 by the sex worker after an initial price of GHS1,200,” according to Adom News. …

Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has appointed Mamo Mihretu as the country’s new central bank governor, Abiy’s office said in a statement posted on Twitter on Friday. The statement did not give any more details. Mamo has worked as chief executive officer of state-run Ethiopia Investment Holdings and a senior …

Islamist al Shabaab militants on Friday killed five soldiers at a Somali military base in a town recently re-captured by the government, troops and residents said. “The attack was eventually repelled,” Reuters agency quoted an officer at the base in the central Somali town of Galcad as saying. He said …

A man was arrested with three suspected human skulls in the Ayobo area of Lagos State, as he was taking them to a destination,Nigeria, according to reports. The suspect was seen carrying a black nylon bag and the police demanded what was in the bag but he gave no meaningful …

A 29-year-old man was found dead hanging from a crossbar inside his room in Bibiani, in Ghana’s North West Region, according to reports. “The mother of the deceased went to check up on him son and found him hanging dead in his room,” according to Adom News. Some residents gave …

The authorities in Edo state in southern Nigeria says the last two hostages from a group of people who were kidnapped from a train station in the state almost two weeks ago have now been released. Seven suspects, including two village chiefs, have also been arrested and are currently in …

A 38-year-old security man was found dead in strange circumstances in Kpandai Zongo, a suburb of the Northern Region of Ghana. The decomposing body was discovered after neighbors invaded his room to investigate the source of an unusual odor emanating from his room. The deceased who was a worker of …

A man at the centre of a BBC African Eye investigation has been found guilty of trafficking disabled people in Kenya and ordered to pay a fine of 30,000,000 Kenyan shillings or face 30 years in prison. Many were taken from their parents with the promise of a better life. …

15 shops were razed following a fire outbreak at the Isuanuocha community in Awka North Local Government Area of Anambra State, Nigeria. “The shop owners had gone home when a security man on duty noticed the brazen fire from one of the shops and started alerting the people,” according to …