The corpse of missing 12-year-old was found with some of his body parts missing at Kotogbo community inside Asero Estate, Abeokuta, Nigeria. It’s an incident that has thrown residents into mourning. “The school boy went missing after trying to check on a customer who earlier carried out a PoS transactions …
Read More »Couple inflict wounds on themselves over s3x
A couple have inflicted wounds on themselves after the wife denied the husband sex at Awutu Bawjiase in the Awutu Senya West District of the Central Region, Ghana. “The husband demanded to make love but the wife turned him down saying the sun was too hot then pleaded with her …
Read More »4000 prisoners released to relieve prison overcrowding
More than 4,000 Nigerian prisoners were released as part of a campaign to reduce prison overcrowding in Nigeria, the Nigerian Interior Minister Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo announced. “We have announced the release of 4,068 prisoners detained because of their inability to pay their fines,” said the minister. “Only prisoners whose fines do …
Read More »Discovery of a mass grave in Kidal
The army announced that it had discovered a mass grave in Kidal (north-east), a Tuareg separatist stronghold that it recently recaptured in Mali. “On Thursday November 16, the FaMa (Malian armed forces) discovered a mass grave in Kidal during their security operations,” the army wrote. “This mass grave is a …
Read More »Joseph Boakai officially declared winner of Liberia election
Opposition candidate Joseph Boakai has been formally declared the winner of Liberia’s run-off presidential election. Incumbent President George Weah had already conceded on Friday night when Mr Boakai had built an unassailable lead. But not all the votes had been counted. On Monday afternoon, National Elections Commission chairperson Davidetta Browne-Lansanah …
Read More »Man jailed for spraying girlfriend with acid
The Tarkwa Circuit Court has sentenced a 62-year-old illegal miner to 20 years’ hard labor for pouring acid over his former girlfriend in Prestea, in Ghana’s Western Region. “The two went to the usual mining site to prospect for gold, and while going about their respective duties a misunderstanding ensued …
Read More »Nigeria university plans mass burial of unclaimed bodies
The private Catholic-run Godfrey Okoye University (GOUNI) in south-eastern Nigeria’s Enugu state has received court approval to conduct a mass burial of 33 bodies abandoned at the mortuary of its teaching hospital. Some of the bodies have remained unclaimed for 18 years, the university’s Vice-Chancellor Christian Anieke said on Sunday. …
Read More »Liberia’s President George Weah defeated in presidential election
Liberia’s outgoing President George Weah on Friday evening conceded his defeat in Tuesday’s presidential election to opponent Joseph Boakai, as the country awaits the publication of the total results of the vote. “Tonight, the CDC (Mr. Weah’s party) lost the election but Liberia won. It’s time for elegance in victory,” …
Read More »Tidjane Thiam eyes 2025 presidential election in Ivory Coast
The former chief executive of Credit Suisse, Tidjane Thiam, on Friday submitted his candidacy to lead one of Ivory Coast’s main opposition parties, which could put him in the running for the 2025 presidential election. Thiam, 61, served as a minister under ex-president Henry Konan Bedie. He left the West …
Read More »Man found dead Mankessim cemetery
A 30-year-old man has been found dead at the Mankessim cemetery in the Mfantseman Municipality of the Central Region, Ghana. The deceased lifeless body is yet to be identified. “Residents are living in fear and have called for heightened security,” according Adom News. The young man was murdered somewhere and …
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