West Africa

Nigerian authorities in the north-western Zamfara state have called on locals to arm themselves against criminal gangs in an attempt to deal with the increasing numbers of kidnappings and violent attacks. The Zamfara governor said he would issue hundreds of guns to those without training and directed the commissioner of …

Suspects linked to the killing of at least 40 people in a church in south-west Nigeria have been detained by a regional security force, the authorities there say. Gunmen stormed the St Francis Catholic Church in Owo, Ondo state, during a service earlier this month and opened fire. The suspects …

Senegalese TikTok star Khaby Lame becomes the biggest TikToker in the world with 142.8 million followers on the app, compared to US TikTok creator Charli D’Amelio, 142.3 million. After becoming the most followed Italian on Instagram, Khaby Lame continued with his simplicity and his gestures to make the whole world …

British police have arrested two Nigerian nationals, accused of trying to bring a child to the UK to harvest his organs, the BBC reported. Police in London said the man and woman – Beatrice and Ike Ekweremadu – had been remanded in custody and would appear in court later on …

The decapitated body of a former local MP, Nelson Achukwu was found, two weeks after his abduction by gunmen for a second time, Police in Anambra state said. On both occasions, his family has paid a ransom for his safe return, local media reported. It is not clear who abducted …

A Nigerian court on Thursday will hear a challenge against sharia law in the mostly Muslim northern state of Kano, in a case that is set to reignite debate on the place of religious laws in a country whose constitution is neutral on religion, Reuters agency reports. Nigeria is divided …

A Nigerian customary court has dissolved a couple married for 33 years because husband and wife say they are fed up, pulse.ng reported. The court’s decision was based on issues of infidelity, dishonesty, and criminal tendencies,the report said. The man identified as Udeze approached the Igando Customary Court claiming that …

A 40-year-old man poisoned himself and his two children at Shama Junction in Shama district in western Ghana, the starrfm website reported. Before their deaths, the man identified as Eshun had made efforts to reunite with his estranged wife, but to no avail. Reports say he had picked up the …

A phone repairman has been sentenced to 14 years in prison in Ghana after posting nude photos of a Lebanese woman on social media against her will. Solomon Doga, 22, was convicted in a court in the Adenta suburb of Accra after pleading guilty to charges of sexual extortion and …

Gunmen killed eight people and kidnapped 38 others in an attack on two churches in the northern state of Kaduna on Sunday, Reuters reported, citing an official from the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN). Kaduna state’s Commissioner of Internal Security Samuel Aruwan said an unknown number of criminals on motorcycles …