West Africa

A six-year-old boy has been electrocuted after touching an electricity-wired shop at Fetteh Kakraba in the Gomoa East District of the Central Region of Ghana. “The boy was playing along the container belonging to a self-styled pastor in the area,” reports said. His burnt body was discovered by the pastor …

The Hohoe Circuit Court has sentenced a 29 year-old farmer to one-year imprisonment for stealing two old water pumping machines in Ghana, reports said. “The complainant had left some old water pumping machines in the store and was later called to come in and identify some water pumping machines,” the …

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A 35-year-old man has set a man ablaze for insulting his wife’s private part at Sehwi Bekwai in the Bibiani Anhweaso Bekwai municipality of the Western North Region, Ghana. “The deceased bought alcohol on credit from the suspect’s wife and refused to pay, leading to her raining insults on him,” …

President Macky Sall has appointed Fatou Fall to the rank of general in the Senegalese army, Senegalese Defense Minister Sidiki Kaba announced. Fatou Fall thus becomes the first woman to obtain this rank. “The President of the Republic had to make 3 important appointments of generals, but the flagship appointment …

A 23-year-old commercial tricycle operator has lost his life as he was killed by members of a secret cult in Ilorin, Kwara State capital of Nigeria, reports said. The victim’s corpse was found dumped in front of a mosque in the Abayawo area of Ilorin. “The assailants cut off his …

Unknown gunmen have shot six people to death as they were gathered for the Eid-Al-Fitr celebration at Sakpere in Bawku the Municipality of the Upper East region, Ghana. Four of the victims died on the spot while two were reported dead on arrival at the Vineyard Hospital in Bawku. Though …

A 65-year-old man has shot a 24-year-old man over avocado pear fruit at Kwesi Larbi near Okorase in the Suhum Municipality of the Eastern Region, Ghana. “The deceased went to the suspect’s house with a buddy at 11:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 22, 2023, to pluck some pears,” according to …

A male meat seller has slumped and died while attending to a customer on Branco Street,  in the Mafoluku area of Lagos State, Nigeria, reports said. The deceased, a regular meat hawker was hawking along the street when a woman called him to sell meat for her. “The deceased had …

A 50-year-old man has reported himself to the Suhum Police Station for shooting a staff of Qnet for picking his mangoes at Kwasi Larbi in the Eastern Region, Ghana. The suspect who has been wild in the area and has been accused of chasing children for picking his mangoes from his …