West Africa

The Ondo State Police Command has arrested two suspects for stoning a 35-year-old man to death in the Ijoka Area of Akure in Nigeria, reports said. The deceased was killed by an angry mob for alleged reckless driving leading to a road crash. The accident resulted in the death of …

Police in Nigeria’s Osun State announced the arrest of a man, for allegedly attempting to traffick four teenage girls from Osun to Kano state enroute Tripoli in Libya, local media reported. This is contained in a statement released by SP Yemisi Opalola, spokesperson for Osun Police in Osogbo, quoted by …

Alpha Conde lost his wife, Djéné Kaba, the former first lady of Guinea, as a result of an illness, according to reports. A real shock for the former Guinean president, overthrown on September 5, 2021 during a putsch led by the military junta in power. In a statement, the president …

A 12-year-old boy has met his untimely death after heavy running water swept him away and dumped him into river Kakum at Esuekyir, a suburb of Cape Coast in the Central Region, Ghana. “The deceased was playing in the heavy rain and accidentally fell into a gutter full of water …

A 40-year-old farmer committed suicide by hanging himself with a rope in his room in Esaman, a suburb of Elmina in the Central Region of Ghana. “The deceased always said he will one day kill himself,” according to neighbors. “They did not take his comments serious because he was always …

A reckless driver has killed two teenagers boys at Peace Parliament in Obuasi East district of Ashanti region of Ghana, according to reports. “The two teenage boys were walking on the shoulder of the road when they were crashed by the speeding vehicle,” reports said. “The boys died on the …

A 39-year-old man has stabbed his brother in-law to death at Pupsupu, a farming community in the Nkwanta South of the Oti Region, Ghana, reports said. The duo were sleeping in the same room when the suspect committed the heinous crime. The suspect stabbed and hit his head with a …

A boy and a girl died prematurely after being struck by thunder at Begoro in the Fanteakwa North District of the Eastern Region of Ghana. The incident occurred in the evening during a heavy downpour in the area. “The victims between 14 and 16, were walking under the rain to …

Four people have been arrested for allegedly torturing a suspected watermelon thief to death in Bauchi State, Nigeria, reports said. “The deceased was caught after stealing seven watermelons valued at N2,000 from a summer farm in Dallaji Village,” Police Public Relations Officer, Bauchi State Command, Ahmed Wakil said. “His hands …

Gunmen have killed 50 people during two attacks on a village in north-central Nigeria, according to reports. “47 people were killed in Umogidi village in Benue state and three other people had been slain in the same place,” the chairman of the Otukpo local government, Ruben Bako said. The motive …