West Africa

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 …

The Federal High Court in Lagos State, Nigeria has sentenced a mother of five to 10 years in prison for human trafficking and promoting prostitution. The convict was arrested at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos, when she returned from Libya. She was accused of buying the victim for 300, …

Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo, in a televised address on Sunday, said his country is going through its worst economic crisis. “We are in crisis. I do not exaggerate when I say so. I cannot find an example in history when so many malevolent forces have come together at the same …

A Nigerian fetish priestess has stormed the house of some fraudsters to demand her share of the ritual money, local media reported. In the video, the female herbalist could be heard saying that the gods informed her that the young men have made some money. She was at their house …

The Senegalese government plans an envelope of 14 billion CFA francs to finance the participation of the national team in the world competition held in Qatar from November 21 to December 18, 2022 as the Lions of Teranga of Senegal do not have to worry anymore. According to the information …

A security guard has allegedly punched a man during an altercation as he accommodated him in security post after the latter agreed to pay him rent, Ikoyi, Lagos State, Nigeria. The victim who worked as a motor boy in a pure water company, failed to pay the agreed sum, this …

Police in Nigeria’s Ondo State have opened an investigation into a case where a man collapsed and died after a marathon sexual intercourse with a woman in a hotel, Punch website reported. According to the website citing a source, “the woman raised the alarm after realizing that the man collapsed …