West Africa

A Kano State High Court has sentenced a 29-year-old man to death by hanging for stabbing his 55-year-old mother-in-law to death in Nigeria. “The convict dealt several machete cuts on the victim’s head, leading to her death,” reports said. The victim was rushed to the Murtala Muhammad Specialist Hospital, Kano, …

The faces of the 108 Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram in Nigeria in 2014 are remembered in a new exhibition of sculptures in Lagos, Nigeria. The 108 Chibok girls faces have been sculpted in clay in a collaboration between french artist Prune Nourry, university students, professional potters and the …

A young man was discovered dead in his car while driving from Obeng Yaw to Cocoa Market Road, near the New National Academy in Ghana. It was revealed that when the driver arrived at the Academy area, he stopped, parked, and removed one of his legs from his car. He …

Four men were arrested for burning to death a woman who confessed to killing six people in Michika area of Adamawa State, Nigeria. “The men burnt the mother of one to death shortly after she was dragged by members of the community to the palace of the ward head over …

Bekwai Circuit Court in Ashanti Region has sentenced a 31-year-old farmer to 20 years imprisonment in hard labor for robbing a woman of her itel mobile phone worth GH¢500, Ghana. The suspect was armed with knife and attacked the complainant who was sleeping with her two children in a room. …

Two Nigerien soldiers and an expatriate, lost their lives following the crash of an MI-17 helicopter of the Nigerien Armed Forces in Niamey, according to reports. The statement from the Nigerien defense boss explained “that the tragedy occurred, returning from a routine training flight, the MI-17 aircraft crashed while landing …

One person has been reported dead with another in critical condition in an accident involving a military vehicle at Bawku in the Upper East Region, Ghana. Two are said to have sustained various degrees of injuries. They were rushed to Vineyard Hospital where one was pronounced dead. They were traveling …

Assailants have burnt down the Divisional Police Headquarters in the Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State, Nigeria, according to reports. The assailants, who came in large numbers, stormed the police premises and began shooting sporadically, frightening the police officers on duty, before setting fire to the building. The gunmen …

Unidentified gunmen have killed a youth and dumped his body by the roadside as he was abducted at Okpuno in the Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra State, Nigeria. “He was kidnapped along Geneva Hotel Road and his lifeless body was found by the roadside,” according to information. “It …

A 31-year-old man has been arrested for killing his 49-year-old girlfriend in Nkanu East Local Government Area of Enugu State, Nigeria, according to reports. The suspect fled the crime scene as he stole her car, mobile phones, and other properties. “I have used a pestle to perform the dastardly act …