West Africa

A tricycle driver was sodomized by suspected ritualistic youths in Okpuno, Awka, Anambra State, Nigeria, according to reports. The suspects alleged to be involved in Internet fraud, negotiated the services of the tricyclist, who took them to their house. They have lured him into their room and took turns to …

A 70-year-old man was burned to death in an inferno that engulfed a house around midnight in the Akyem Asuboa community in the Eastern Region of Ghana. “In fact, the man was sleeping alone in the house so he was burnt to death. I tried hard before getting fire service …

The police in Winneba in the Central Region arrested a 35-year-old man for stealing two pregnant cows in Ghana, reports said. The four young men who stole the cows escaped in a KIA truck from the Kasoa church of Pentecost Convention area towards Winneba by going through Potsin and other …

A 40-year-old truck driver was brutalized to death by policemen while returning from work with his brother in the Obio Local Government Area of Rivers State in Nigeria as family demand for justice. “Our truck was parked near Reliable Farm where they work, saying the cops literally stripped them in …

A Justice of the Special Offenses Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos State sentenced a man to life imprisonment for sexually assaulting an eleven-year-old girl. Giving details of the incident, the victim said the defendant, inserted his finger in her private part, which caused her great pain and made her cry. …

Two students have been sentenced to death by the Kwara High Court for the murder of a 300-level undergraduate of the University of Ilorin, Nigeria. The duo raped the victim at her sister’s house in the Tanke area of Ilorin, Kwara State. They were found guilty of conspiracy, rape and …

Two unknown hoodlums have removed one of the eyes of a 12-year-old student in Kafin Madaki, headquarters of Ganjuwa Local Government Area of Bauchi, Nigeria. It was revealed that they came on a motorcycle and ask the victim to assist them call a lady in a nearby house. They took …

Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo has said that African countries should stop “begging” the West to earn global respect and change poor perceptions about the continent. The president made these statement during the opening of the US-Africa Leaders’ Summit in Washington DC. “If we stop being beggars and spend African money …

A court in Ekiti State High sentenced four men to death by hanging for dispossessing their victims of phones, necklace, wristwatches and other valuables at gunpoint in Nigeria. One of the victims, who testified before the court, said, ” We were coming from a show in Ekute Quarters of Ado …

A yet to be identified lifeless body of a dark-skinned man was found in a public place by the police in Besease, near Mamponteng, in the Ashanti region, Ghana, reports said. Police proceeded to the scene and found the deceased in a pool of blood, with marks of assault all …