West Africa

An 11-year-old missing boy has been found dead inside a drum in Asaba, the Delta State capital of Nigeria, according to reports. “I travel to the West part of the country, on my way coming back to Asaba, I called him and informed him of my coming cause he was …

A Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Akure ordered the remand of a 20-year-old man at the Olokuta Correctional Centre for killing one his master in Nigeria, according to reports. The suspect was an apprentice of the deceased in the Akure South local Gouvernment Area. “He killed his master and dumped …

Men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, Gombe State Command, arrested a 40-year-old man for luring no less than 12 children between the ages of 5 and 10. The suspect who is a resident of Liji in Yalmatu Deba Local Government Area of the state, allegedly specialized in …

A 34-year-old nurse at the Kpasera CHPS compound has been found hanging dead in the Central Gonja District of the Savannah Region, Ghana, reports said. “The deceased allegedly committed suicide over his lover,” according to Adom News. “The lover’s family asked the deceased to convert to Islam before he will …

Police at Buipe in the Central Gonja District of the Savannah Region have gunned down an armed robber at Lingbenkura, a farming community near Buipe on the Fufulso-Buipe highway in Ghana. “The Command said they received a distress call that the robbers, believed to be of Fulani extraction, had taken …

A man has killed his brother during a fight over N1,000 at their residence on Amusa Street, off Community Road, in the Obadore area of Igando, Lagos State, Nigeria. The two brothers were at home when an argument bordering on N1,000 ensued between them. “The argument degenerated and the brothers …

A lecturer was arrested over an allegation of having unlawful sexual intercourse with his biological daughter in Lagos State,Nigeria, reports said. The state Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency got to know about the development when the victim’s mother reported the case to officials of the agency. The victim’s mother stated …

A woman on holidays was murdered by her 20-year-old neighbour at Sepe Buokrom in the Ashanti Region,Ghana, according to reports. “We heard the deceased shouting while mentioning the name of the suspect who happens to be an errand boy for her so we thought it was a normal call which …

A three-day-old baby boy abandoned in a bush has been rescued at Moree, a fishing community in the Abura-Asebu-Kwamankese District in the Central Region, Ghana. “A resident heard the cry of the baby on his way to fetch water but id not pay attention because he thought the baby was …

A 40-year-old taxi driver has been found dead with his legs and hands tied with a rope. in a cocoa farm at Agona in the Sekyere South District of the Ashanti Region, Ghana. “The deceased went out to work with Toyota Vitz commercial taxi cab with registration number As-7304-22 and …