West Africa

At least 14 passengers were burnt to death along Gaya-Wudil road in Kano State,in Nigeria, following an accident involving a Toyota Hummer bus and a Hyundai jeep confirmed by the Federal Road Safety Corps. The bus belonging to Kano Line, was coming from Gombe State when it collided with the …

A Ghana Police Service Chief Inspector, known in his neighborhood as a staunch Arsenal supporter, has died while watching a match between Arsenal and Chelsea, the MyNewsGh website has reported. He collapsed after the full-time whistle was blown at the match viewing center during the Chelsea vs Arsenal match. He …

A magistrate’s court in the northern Nigerian city of Kano has ordered two TikTok stars to be whipped and made to sweep the court premises for a month. They were found guilty on Monday of defaming Kano state governor Abdullahi Ganduje in a comedy video they recorded and shared on …

Police in the town of Ondo in Nigeria arrested a 54-year-old man for setting fire to five of his stepchildren when his wife refused him s3x, News agency of Nigeria reported. The police spokesperson in the state, Funmilayo Odunlami, who explained the incident, said the suspect was being investigated, while …

Faced with the galloping inflation in Ghana, currently estimated at 37%, hundreds of Ghanaians took to the streets of Accra on Saturday 5 November to denounce the deteriorating economic situation, French media RFI reported. “Resign or be impeached! Politicians eat, Ghanaians suffer!” : the slogans chanted by the crowd were …

Mankessim Divisional Police Command in Ghana announced the arrest of a 50-year-old woman for stealing a baby girl, Adomonline reported. The woman forced the two-year-old girl into a margarine rubber after she intentionally went there to play with the kid. “She intentionally went there to play with the kid when …

A 12-year-old boy was reportedly shot dead by his uncle on a farm and secretly buried the same day under cover of darkness in Mankuma, Savannah Region, Ghana. The mother of the deceased left him under the care of his uncle who later picked him on a motorcycle to the farm with a …

A German court has fined German defender of Olympique Lyonnais Jerome Boateng 1.2 million euros for assaulting his ex-girlfriend. The former international and World Cup winner was found guilty of assault, battery, and insult at his appeal trial in Munich. He had initially been fined €1.8 million at his first …

Nigerian police announced the arrest of seven men for assaulting and torturing a 40-year-old woman in the south-eastern state of Enugu. “The men raided the woman’s home after accusing her of entering a “sacred forest” to hunt and harvest snails,” a legal aid campaigner told police in a complaint. At …

General elections are scheduled for November 20 in Equatorial Guinea and President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo launched his candidacy for a sixth term on Thursday. Mr Obiang, 80, ruled the West African country for 43 years. He seized power in 1979 from President Francisco Macias Nguema, who was the leader …