West Africa

A 26-year-old automobile technician was sentenced to life imprisonment by an Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court for defiling his neighbor’s 12-year-old daughter in Nigeria. “The convict had sex with the minor repeatedly whenever he called her to come and watch a film on his phone in his room,” …

The Assin Fosu District Court has remanded a 34-year-old man in custody for subjecting his son to mutilation and torture after catching him at a gaming center in Ghana. “The father started to discipline the child right at the game center before extending the assault home,” the Chief Inspector Benjamin …

A federal university of Bayelsa State student reportedly collapsed and died after overdosing on a popular illicit synthetic drug known as Colorado in Nigeria, according to reports. “The deceased was celebrating a recent breakthrough on an Internet fraud deal with his friends when he accidentally consumed an excess of the …

A 29-year-old Internet fraudster has been arrested for plotting with his mother to use his sister for a money ritual in Lagos, Nigeria, according to reports. “My mother was the one who took me to a native doctor and i was asked to sacrifice a sibling i loved the most,” …

A 40-year-old man drowned in the Oda River while chasing a grascutter at Chiransa, in the Bekwai Municipality of the Ashanti Region, Ghana. “Three hunters went to hunt for grasscutter in the bush before the incident,” according to the Unit Committee Chairman of the area, Benjamin Amponsah. They saw a …

The Bibiani Circuit Court has remanded a 24-year-old man for defiling three pupils in the Sehwi Wiawso Municipality of the Western North Region of Ghana. “The accused organized an extra classes for his pupils in his house with a claim that he needed to complete the academic year syllabus without …

Gunmen have attacked a church in north-west Nigeria’s Kaduna state, kidnapping at least 25 members of the congregation, local media reported. According to an official from the Christian Association of Nigeria, the gunmen burst into the Bege Baptist Church in Chikun initially abducting 40 people but 15 managed to escape. …

An Ogudu Chief Magistrates Court in Lagos State remanded a couple for allegedly assaulting and raping their 19-year-old housekeeper in Igbonla, Ketu, Lagos State, Nigeria. “The woman beats the victim up and penetrated her vagina with her fingers till she started bleeding. She also denied the victim of her salaries,” …

A six-month-old baby has been found dead in a Polytank filled with water as the baby got missing in the Yilo Krobo Municipality in the Eastern Region, Ghana. “The baby was left in the custody of other children by the mother to fetch water. But upon return, the children told …

Nigerian superstar Rema has achieved another giant stride as he enters the Guinness Book of Records. Since the release of his hit single ‘Calm Down’, Rema has achieved huge international success. The hit remix with Selena Gomez rocketed him to global status where he appeared in multiple charts across the world. Rema has …