West Africa

A 12-year-old boy has drowned as he went with two other boys to fetch water in the Volta Lake at Jaklai, a suburb of Yeji, Ghana, according to reports. “The boys after filling their items, proceeded to play in a canoe onshore and were chased away by some residents,” reports …

The woman who fell on the casket of Father Bernard during a burial ceremony has resigned from work as she became the subject of discussion at Saltpond in the Central Region of Ghana. The video of the incident gained widespread attention, with the video’s audio being used for various purposes. …

A 38-year-old farmer has shot his 45-year-old girlfriend over housekeeping money at Breman Nkonya in the Central Region, Ghana. “The victim had been complaining over how small her chop money is,” according to reports. They always engaged in a fight any time the victim asks the suspect to increase the …

A 21-year-old housemaid was arraigned before an Igbosere Magistrate Court for stealing N4m from her employer at 1004 Estate, Victoria Island, Lagos State, Nigeria. “The defendant committed the offense on April 22, 2023,” according the prosecutor, Inspector Cyriacus Osuji. “The suspect stole $5,500, which is equivalent to N4m, property of …

A Magistrates Court has sentenced a 28-year-old businessman to six months imprisonment for cheating a tomato seller in Nigeria, reports said. “The convict was given N50,000 to supply 20 baskets of tomatoes and he converted the money to his personal use,” according to the Prosecution Counsel, Insp Ibrahim Gokwat. Magistrate Shawomi …

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 …

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 …