West Africa

Two students of Community Secondary School, in Mile Diobu, Port Harcourt, were arrested for indulging in erotic acts in a secluded classroom in the school premises and two others for sharing the video. The students were filmed by their classmate without their knowledge. The video of the erotic scene was …

A fight between deputies broke out Thursday in the Senegalese Parliament after controversial remarks by an elected official about a religious leader who is a member of the opposition, according to images authenticated by AFP. An opposition deputy first slapped this parliamentarian, Amy Ndiaye, who retaliated by throwing a chair …

A 25-year-old man was arrested for whipping his three-year-old daughter to death after the child entered his neighbor’s apartment in Delta State, Nigeria. He whipped the baby, who was ill for some time, with a cane and inflicted bodily harm on him, for entering the neighbor’s apartment. He fled the …

A court in Nigeria has sentenced inspector general of police, Usman Alkali Baba, to three months in prison for disobeying an earlier order to reinstate an officer who has waged a lengthy battle to get back his job. Officer Patrick Okoli has been fighting his forced retirement since 1992. He …

A 25-year-old farmer and his girlfriend were murdered by an unknown assailant at midnight in the Sunyani West Municipality of the Bono Region, Ghana, local media reported. Assembly Member for Abronye Electoral Area, Dognekoh Atta Kwasi Snr, revealed that on Sunday, around 8:30am, he had a call that someone had …

The Nigerian government has announced a policy aimed at promoting the teaching of primary school pupils in local languages rather than in English. Education Minister Adamu Adamu told journalists on Wednesday that the new framework known as the National Language Policy had been approved for implementation. It stipulates that instruction …

Nigerian police arrested a woman for beheading her 11-month-old son at Ugep in the Yakurr Local Government Area of Cross River State. The circumstances of the incident could not be immediately determined. The woman had been arrested, said the state Police Command Public Relations Officer, SP Irene Ugbo, “Investigation is …

A Nigerian man has been arrested by the police for beheading his girlfriend in Accra, the capital of Ghana, local media reported. According to reports, the man committed this heinous act in an attempt to go for money rituals. But he was caught by his landlord who reported him to …

Amotekun Police in Nigeria’s Ekiti State have arrested two men suspected of plotting to use a 17-year-old apprentice for ritual purposes in the state capital. The suspects were arrested while attempting to slit the lady’s throat, but luck deserted them. One of the suspects said to have ambushed the victim …

A 23-year-old native doctor was arrested by the Enugu State Police Command for shooting his client to death while testing gunshot charms at his shrine in the Umuaram area of the state, Nigeria. He was arrested after the case was reported to the Isi-Uzo Police Division. He confessed to have …