West Africa

Three pupils of the Akure High School were arrested for gang-raping a female colleague in a bush on the premises of the school in Akure, the Ondo State capital, Nigeria. The victim went into the bush to defecate during break period and on her way back, the three pupils accosted …

A 29-year-old man has been arrested in the Nigerian state of Bauchi for stabbing to death a friend who failed to buy him beer at a bar. A discreet investigation conducted by the detectives attached to the command revealed that the suspect went to a beer parlor where he met …

Police in Nigeria’s Bauchi State arrested a 20-year-old housewife for killing her co-wife by using a pestle to hit her on the head, leading to her death. The incident was reported by the suspect’s husband. He said his second wife armed with a pestle entered his first wife room and …

A man has died after hanging himself from the flyover near the NNPC gas station on the Sanni Abacha highway in Yenagoa, the capital of Bayelsa State, Nigeria. The victim’s corpse was found by passers-by dangling on the rail of the flyover. While some residents believed that the deceased was …

Nigeria’s Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 36-year-old man suspected homosexual for raping a five-year-old boy to death. Upon the report, the DPO Ogijo division, CSP Enatufe Omoh, quickly detailed his detectives to the scene where the suspect was promptly arrested. The suspect confessed being an homosexual and that while …

Nigeria’s Ogun State Police Command announced the arrest of a woman and a 19-year-old boy, for robbing traders with toy guns. The suspects were arrested during an operation at Adesan, Mowe, in the Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of the state. It was discovered that they came to rob the shop …

Armed robbers have killed a 10-year-old Togolese girl for witnessing their operation when she was sent to get charcoal in Ota, in the Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State, Nigeria. A female friend of the girl’s mother sent the girl to her house to get her charcoal. When she …

Ghanaian player Osman Bukari has defended his imitation of Cristiano Ronaldo’s iconic ‘Siuuu’ celebrations saying his upbringing does not permit him to be disrespectful. His reaction follows concerns on social media that the celebration was disrespectful towards Ronaldo – who usually celebrates his goals by jumping up while rotating in …

A 25-year-old man was stabbed to death over stolen mobile phone in the Assin Fosu municipality of the Central Region, Ghana, Adom News reported. The deceased accused the suspect of stealing his mobile phone and reported it to the police, the website reported, citing the deceased’s brother. The Assin Akropong …

A man was stabbed to death by his wife at their residence in Oka Oba, Oyo Town, Nigeria as he attempted to have sex with her. Investigation revealed that the deceased and his wife returned to their home on the day of the incident after three months of separation. The …