West Africa

A 28-year-old taxi driver has been found dead with his head and vehicle missing in Ghana’s central region as locals suspect he may have been ritually murdered. The victim operated from a taxi rank at Ekumfi Essarkyire where he was well known for his work as a driver. In an …

Nigeria’s anti-narcotics agency has issued an arrest warrant for Lagos socialite Ademola Kazeem for alleged drug trafficking and money laundering. The arrest warrant follows Kazeem’s failure to honour a summons to appear at the federal high court in Abuja on 17 October. Femi Babafemi, the media director at the National …

Lagos state police command confirmed the death of the three-year old son of famous Nigerian popstar Davido as well as the arrest of eight people in connection to the incident. The toddler is said to have drowned in a swimming pool at his father’s house on Banana Island in the …

National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno said recent warnings by several Western countries of possible terror attacks in the capital Abuja and elsewhere in the country are “irresponsible” and “unnecessary”. He made the comment following a meeting of Nigeria’s intelligence and military chiefs on Monday chaired by President Buhari. “Any exaggerated …

Authorities in Nigeria’s Ekiti state have sentenced a 42-year-old man to life imprisonment for raping a 16-year-old girl. In her statement to the Police, the victim said: “My father sent me to Iludun Ekiti from Isan Ekiti to bring his ATM card and N8,000 he kept at home. On my …

Ghanaian police have recovered the body of a man found hanging in a container alongside a railway line in Konongo, local media reported. The incident is believed to have happened at dawn. He was discovered by residents due to the hanging colourful cloth he allegedly wrapped around his neck. According …

A 58-year-old woman was found on her farm mutilated with her own cutlass and missing private parts in Fetteh Kakraba in the central region of Ghana, Adom news reported. The son of the deceased, indicated that his mother was reported missing after she failed to return from the farm. A …

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has summoned heads of security agencies for a meeting on Monday in the capital, Abuja, following terror alerts issued recently by several Western countries, media reported. The presidency said in a statement that the meeting was aimed at reviewing and strengthening the security network across the …

A gynecologist and in vitro fertilization expert based in Akwa Ibom State, Dr Oladipo Shittu, has debunked misconceptions in some quarters that children born through In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) normally develop mental health issues during their stages of development. The medical doctor who is also a fellow of the West …

Nigeria’s Borno State Police Command has announced the arrest of a 25-year-old housewife for killing her husband, who is the chief imam of the region, with poison. The state Commissioner of Police, Mr Abdu Umar, said the victim, who was the Chief Imam of the area, returned from a mosque …