West Africa

A parish priest in charge of St. Joseph Parish has been abducted in Nigeria’s Anambra state since October 12, the Catholic Archdiocese of Onitsha said in a statement. He was said to have been abducted by gunmen while returning after celebrating a Funeral Vigil Mass at Umunnachi in the Njikoka …

Nigeria’s Security and Civil Defence Corps arrested five men in Sokoto State after discovering that they consistently sodomized a seven year old boy. The suspects include the young boy’s uncle and other four men. They sodomized the boy until his vital area was damaged, local media reported. The boy said …

A 12-year-old girl died of drowning in the Dejebo River in the Nkwanta south of Ghana’s Oti region while trying to rescue a friend. The victim, Efa, was carried away by the river when she went out with her friend to fetch firewood after the heavy downpour on Saturday. She …

A man and his family in Ghana are jubilant as his wife gave birth two years later after becoming pregnant, local media reported. The man shared testimonies and recounted the incident that led to his wife giving birth. He said his wife took seeds in 2020, but soon after the …

Female motorist has caused accident in Agege area, Lagos State, Nigeria after hitting a tricycle carrying a pregnant woman, an elderly lady and a girl, local media reported. Reports said those carried by the tricycle unfortunately lost their lives. An eyewitness said, “A woman was driving a private car at …

More than 600 people have died since June in the deadliest floods of the decade in Nigeria caused by exceptional rains, forcing 1.3 million inhabitants to flee their homes, according to a new report published by authorities. Since the start of the rainy season, many parts of Africa’s most populous …

Zamfara state in northwestern Nigeria ordered five media outlets to close on Sunday after they covered a political rally for the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP). The order to close came after Governor Bello Muhammad, a member of the ruling All Progressives Congress, banned political activities, including meetings at individuals’ …

Rap queen Nicki Minaj answered a question during an Instagram live about the likelihood of traveling to Ghana to work with a Ghanaian artist on a project. “I would love to come to Ghana. I may be doing something major, a business type of situation, with an artist from Ghana,” …

Solomon Kwaku Nuwordu, 46, a Ghanaian media personality and managing editor of Joy Daddy Multimedia, has been reported dead at the Eastern Regional Hospital in Ghana. According to reports, he died after following short illness on Thursday, in the morning and his body has been deposited at the mortuary. Solomon Kwaku …

A 15-year-old boy, Chukwuemeka, the only son of Jerome Akwuene, was found dead in his bedroom in the Ago-Okota area of Lagos State in Nigeria while preparing for his Examination Board exam of West Africa (WAEC) for next year. His corpse was found in his bedroom and knives next to …