West Africa

A man stabbed his roommate to death following a heated argument over a N300 electricity bill in their rented apartment in Okumagba Layout, Warri, Delta State, Nigeria. The victim and the suspect were said to be friends residing in a one room apartment in the house. The suspect was the …

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 73-year-old man in Aswani, Isolo area, for deflowering a five-year-old girl. The victim and her mother paid a visit to the suspect in his residence. The suspect sent the victim’s mother to the market to buy foodstuffs, as she left her child …

A 49-year-old man was arrested for bathing with blood at a community river in the Odeda Local Government Area of the state, Nigeria, according to reports. The suspect was seen by community members at the riverfront where he parked his Nissan commercial vehicle. He came out with a local sponge …

A ghanaian police officer was filmed being assaulted by a “trotro” driver and his companion as he approached the driver as part of an official traffic stop, in a video currently circulating. “The officer accosted the driver for a traffic violation and ordered them to follow him to the station,” …

A 50-year-old man drowned in a river at Assin Akrofuom in the Assin South District of Ghana’s Central Region, according to reports. The lifeless body of the deceased was found in the River Dwawere on Wednesday, December 14, 2022. “The deceased went swimming with his friend only for him to …

Eggs have the potential to control cardiovascular disease and diabetes, especially among the elderly, said the coordinator of Ghana’s National Campaign Secretariat, Mrs. Comfort Kyerewa Acheampong. She explained that the choline in eggs, among other essential vitamins and minerals, also prevented the risk of strokes as well as control the …

A court in Anambra State has remanded a 75-year-old man in custody for raping a 13-year-old girl in his care in Nigeria. The victim was rescued by the state’s Ministry of Women and Social Welfare after she gave birth to a baby after allegedly being impregnated by the suspect. The …

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 …