West Africa

The New Edubiase Magistrate Court has remanded two persons into police custody for exhuming a corpse at the New Edubiase cemetery in the Adansi South District of the Ashanti Region, Ghana. The suspects were 56 and 39 years old, according to reports. The police was alerted by a fetish priest …

Some assailants have shot dead a member of the Anambra State Vigilante Service attached to the Central Security, Obosi, in the Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State, Nigeria. The men of the vigilante service were on a routine patrol when they ran into the hoodlums, who engaged them …

Six robbers have attacked a gold buying store and shot indiscriminately, killing three people at Wassa Ntwetwena in the Assa Amenfi East Municipality of Ghana’s Western Region, according to reports. “The victims included the gold dealer, his friend and a passerby,” according to witness. The Police have launched a manhunt …

The police has arrested a 20-year-old apprentice for killing his master at Imafon community, in the Akure South Local Government Area of the state, Nigeria. “The deceased, an asbestos operator, smashed the phone of the suspect on the floor over a dispute and the suspect attacked his master in retaliation,” …

Emergency agencies say efforts are ongoing to rescue unidentified number of people trapped in a building which collapsed on Thursday in the Nigerian capital, Abuja. The three-storey building, which was under construction, is in Gwarinpa, a residential suburb. Nkechi Isa, spokesperson for the Federal Capital Territory Management Agency, said in …

Gunmen in north central Nigeria have killed eight people, including a divisional police chief, Reuters agency reported, citing police and a security source source on Wednesday. This is the latest violence ahead of a presidential and parliamentary election later this month. Insecurity is a big issue for voters in this …

An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced a trader who caused harm to a “Good Samaritan” to six months in hard labour as he hit him with a stick making him unconscious in Ghana, reports said. “The suspect was pursuing a thief and the complainant tried to advise him,” according to …

Ghanaian music superstar Stonebwoy, who recently made his debut on popular show Breakfast Club on New York-based Power FM, has revealed the type of women he likes. Stonebwoy said he believes that a man taking charge financially is part of the African culture. The singer added that African men also …

Founder of Life Assembly Worship Centre, Reverend Christian Kwabena Andrew popularly known as Osofo Kyiri Abosom said he will ban the importation of condoms into the country if he becomes President of Ghana. Guest on Dadwene TV, the pastor expressed his opposition to the use of condoms. According to him, …

A 30-year-old fetish priest is currently in the clutches of the police in connection with the investigation of the disappearance of an Okada driver at Assin OtabilKrom in Assin South, Ghana. The victim got missing after he received a call to pick up a pillion rider from one of the …