West Africa

At least 80,000 people have been displaced over the past three months in central Nigeria, the scene of bloody inter-communal violence where the army has sent reinforcements, a local official said. Northwestern and central Nigeria are regularly the scene of tensions and deadly conflicts around the exploitation of land and …

A final year Junior High School pupil has drowned at Hununya in the Yilo Krobo Municipality in the Eastern region, Ghana, according to reports. “A teacher took 17-year-old final year JHS students from same school to his backyard garden farm at Hununya to work for him,” reports said. After close …

Ghana’s president Nana Akufo-Addo has accepted the resignation of Sanitation and Water Resources Minister, Cecilia Abena Dapaah, following public outcry over huge sums of money discovered at her home in the capital city, Accra, local media reported. Two domestic staff there have been accused of stealing and stashing more than …

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 …