West Africa

A 30-year-old man murdered his 28-year-old girlfriend in Dunkwa-On-Offin, in the municipality of Upper Denkyira East, in Ghana’s Central Region. The deceased lifeless body was found in a bush close to the St Michael Hospital with her throat slit. “The incident occurred after a misunderstanding ensued between them,” reports said. …

A school teacher was shot dead by the gunmen who attacked him in Barkin Ladi, the Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of the state, Nigeria. “The gunmen came when he was about to close his shop beside his residence in the town and opened fire, killing him on the spot,” …

A 40 years old woman was arrested for biting a fellow lady and injuring her in the process at Ekute area of Ado Ekiti, the state capital, Nigeria, reports said. The defendant was dragged to court on a count charge of assault. “The defendant assaulted a woman by biting her …

A teachers’ union in Nigeria said its members will only work two days a week, unless the government addresses the rising cost of living, the BBC reported. The Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union – the third largest in Nigeria – is demanding a 200% rise in salaries to meet …

The Rivers State Family Court has sentenced a 55-year-old cleric to seven years in prison with hard labour for defiling and impregnating a 15-year-old girl in the Ndele community, Emuoha Local Government Area of the state, Nigeria. “The presiding Pastor of the Glorious Covenant Church in Ndele had pleaded guilty …

An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced a man to nine months imprisonment in hard labour for stealing a-32-inch LG television set and money box valued GHC135.00 and cash in Ghana. The convict is the complainant’s neighbour. He pleaded guilty to unlawful entry and stealing and was ordered to serve his …

A 10-day-old baby has died at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Hospital in a suspected case of medical negligence in Kumasi, Ghana, reports said. “The baby was sent to the facility for a male circumcision procedure and suffered cardiac arrest during the procedure,” reports said. He died …

Nigerian influencer Augusta Osedion was stabbed to death by her boyfriend during an argument between them in Lagos, Nigeria, according to reports. The suspect confessed to the murder on his Instagram page, writing that he “mistakenly stabbed” her girlfriend during an argument. The victim’s body was found at the suspect …

A 32-year-old man has strangled his mother at her residence in Itanrin, Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, Nigeria, according to reports. The suspect was currently a neuropsychiatric patient. “The suspect’s younger brother, a night guard, alerted neighbours to the development on his return from work,” reports said. The suspect was arrested after …

A mother has invoked curses on the Ghana Police Service over the killing of five suspected landguards at Bortianor in the Ga South Municipality, Ghana. “The woman walked into a nearby waterway with her bare chest and foot with black shorts on, drowned in tears, she held a bottle of …