West Africa

At least 100 people, most of them women, were missing after a boat transporting them to a food market capsized along the River Niger in northern Nigeria. The boat was taking the passengers from Kogi state along the river to neighbouring Niger early Friday morning when it capsized, Niger State …

Mahamudu Bawumia versus John Dramani Mahama, the duel that’s shaping up for the presidential election in Ghana on December 7. After two terms at the head of the country, Nana Akufo-Addo is stepping down in accordance with the Constitution. And the battle promises to be a close one between his …

A young man has been found dead in a bush with his head nearly chopped off at Gomoa Ojobi in the Gomoa East District of the Central Region, Ghana. The body of the deceased was found behind the house of an opinion leader in the community and is yet to …

A decomposing body of an unidentified man was found early this morning in an uncompleted building at Mile 11, New Weija, Ghana. Residents stumbled upon the lifeless body in attempts to trace a strong odour that had taken over the community. The man believed to be in his thirties was …

A young man has allegedly confessed to to killing his mother, grandmother, sister, and niece for ritual purposes in Nigeria. The suspect admitted to lacing food with poison under instructions from a native doctor based in the Agbani area of Nsukka. The suspect revealed that the native doctor, allegedly introduced …

An 8-year-old boy is in severe pains after his step father smashed his fingers with hammer, whipped him with a cable for stealing his GH¢2 in Ghana. The middle finger of the boy’s left hand is badly damaged due to the act. “The step father also hanged him in an …

An exceptional seizure of 235 kilos of pure cocaine was intercepted by customs officers from the Koungheul mobile brigade in Senegal. The drug, worth an estimated 18.8 billion CFA francs, was hidden in a cache inside an L200 pickup truck. According to reports, 210 wafers of cocaine were discovered during …

At least 30 people have been killed and several wounded in three days of attacks by armed gangs on farmers in Benue state, central Nigeria. Hundreds of armed men stormed the communitie,opening fire on farmers and residents, reports said. 30 people were killed and the wounding of several others in …

Armed robbers opened fire, killing one person at a gas station in Dormabin, in the municipality of Krachi East, in Ghana’s Oti region. “The victim had visited the filling station to purchase fuel, when the robbers, armed with guns, stormed the premises and shot him,” reports said. The robbers made …

Nigeria’s oldest Catholic priest, Thomas Oleghe, died at the age of 104 at around 2:30am on Sunday and will be buried on Wednesday, November 27, 2024. “With gratitude to God for a life well lived on earth, I hereby inform you of the passing of the Rt. Rev. MSGR Thomas …