West Africa

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 …

Four deaths and 116 confirmed cases of the Monkeypox disease in 2022, in 14 out of the 16 regions recorded in Ghana, according to reports. “Monkeypox could affect anyone despite the age, disclosing that a 13-day-old baby got infected and died,” according to Dr Abudulai. However, more than half of …

The lady held unto a client’s manhood out of a hotel room while crying for her money after he failed to pay for services rendered of the night in Ghana. The duo were believed to be Nigerians in an altercation amidst claims by the young lady that he assaulted her. …

Nigerian rapper and singer, Rema, has set a new YouTube record with his song ‘Calm Down’ which is now the most-viewed Afrobeats music video on the streaming platform, according to Nigerian music company, TurnTable Charts. The video has been watched over 355 million times, so far, and is also the …

At least five people have died and forty others are in intensive care in Oyibi in the Greater Accra region of Ghana after consuming bean rice commonly known as waakye. The tragic incident occurred on Friday, January 20, 2023, leaving residents of the area in shock and fear at the …

A female corpse slated for burial has gone missing from the morgue of the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu, Ogun State, Nigeria. “The family of the deceased came to the hospital to take the body for burial the body could not be found among 69 other bodies shown to …

A man has been sentenced to death by hanging for killing four persons and using their intestines for peppered soup meal in Okwalie community, Khana Local Government Area of the State, Nigeria. The four men were killed after they were kidnapped and taken to an undisclosed location. The convict was …

Unknown assailants have butchered young man aged 30 at Krofrom in the Ashanti Region, Ghana, according to reports. “Residents suspected a revenge attack by the assailants a year after the deceased harmed their colleague,” according to Nhyira News. “The deceased died after receiving multiple cutlass wounds from the assailants,” according …