West Africa

Armed men killed at least 10 teachers and kidnapped 50 others in Nigeria’s Kaduna State from January to date, the Academic Staff Union of Secondary Schools (ASUSS) said. Ishaya Dauda, Chairman of ASUSS Chapter in Kaduna State, advised Governor Nasir El-Rufai to employ all possible means to secure the release …

A young woman married to two men is now uncomfortable meeting them in the bedroom at the same time as she wishes the two men had their separate places of residence where she could visit them separately. Jisele explained that her first husband left her for years without any news. …

A 32-year-old man is arrested for allegedly stealing N620,115 from the offering vault of the Christian Apostolic Church Campground at Ikeji Arakeji, Osun State. Akindele was among 20 suspects paraded by the Ekiti State Police Command to the Rapid Response Brigade office. He was intercepted on a motorbike while carrying …

A 37-year-old man died unexpectedly at Kansakrom, a neighborhood of Atwima Mponua District in Ghana’s Ashanti region, as a result of heavy alcohol consumption, GhanaWeb reported. After drinking heavily, the deceased’s stomach apparently exploded. Mr Kwame Nyamekye nicknamed Last Doctor, a senior mortuary attendant, informed GhanaWeb that he was at …

A young lady has been widely applauded on social media after she decided to breastfeed her baby during her wedding. The little boy pushed the mum to give him breast milk as she was about to sign the dotted lines on her wedding day. He apparently wanted to be taken …

Nigeria’s Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) arrested three persons who allegedly specialised in ransacking women’s bags during a social gathering on Tuesday in Katsina. The suspects included two minors and a 19-year-old boy, said DSC Mohammed-Tukur Abdara, the NSCDC Spokesman. ” A 10-year-old boy, whom they normally give clean …

Eight children died of hunger on Monday in Djibo, a town in the Sahel region of Burkina Faso as terrorist groups attacked a humanitarian convoy of more than 200 trucks carrying food. The last convoy of food supplies to the city was attacked on September 26, killing 27 soldiers providing …

Authorities in Liberia say they have seized $100m (£88m) worth of cocaine in a suburb of the capital Monrovia, the BBC reported. The operation also involved officers from the US international narcotics agency. It resulted in three arrests – of a Liberian, a man from Guinea Bissau and a Lebanese …

A Sukhoi SU-25 aircraft of the Malian armed forces crashed on Tuesday in the airport area of Gao, in the north of the country, while providing support to the civilian populations of the region, the general staff of the army announced. Without giving any assessment, the general staff of the …

Thunder struck a 12-year-old boy, a pupil of Redeem M/A Basic School, during a heavy downpour in Nkwanta township in the southern Oti region of Ghana on Monday. The deceased, identified as Philip Ajoyi, was struck while in the company of others running for their lives during a communal clash. …