West Africa

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 …

A family of three has been burnt to death in a domestic fire at Abuakwa Nsonyameye in the Atwima Nwabiagya South Municipality of the Ashanti region, Ghana, according to reports. A mother aged, 28, the daughter of the landlady and her two children aged nine and six years. “The mother …

A Magistrate’s Court in Makurdi, Benue State, has remanded a 40-year-old housewife and her son in custody for beating her brother-in-law to death in Nigeria, according to reports. “The woman and her son beat up her in-law living with her,” according to information. The woman claimed that her in-law stole …

Equatorial Guinea has appointed Manuela Roka Botey as prime minister, becoming the first woman in the country to hold the position. President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, who has ruled the country since 1979, made the announcement on Tuesday in a decree read on state television. The country’s vice-president, Teodoro Nguema …

A military officer of 48 Engineering Regiment, is in the grips of Kasoa Divisional Police Command for allegedly brutalizing a civilian in Ghana, reports said. “The victim was accused of demolishing the suspect father’s building construction,” information said. The suspect mobilized some persons to attack the victim in his home. …

A sex worker was found dead when cleaners swept her room in a hotel in Onitsha, Anambra State, Nigeria, according to reports. The victim was suspected to be murdered or had committed suicide. The positioning of the body suggested that she was strangled. A colleague of the deceased said she …

A group of soldiers have shot dead a 25-year-old man, assaulted two others at Agbozo Junction near Hobor in the Ga South Municipality of the Greater Accra Region, Ghana, according to reports. The soldiers were in the community protecting a vast land belonging to a company. “Some residents were grading …