West Africa

A 37-year-old woman has been arrested for torturing two small children in her care in Yola South Local Government Area, Nigeria. The state police spokesman, Suleiman Nguroje, said, “the suspect subjected the children to abuse because they urinated and defecated inside the house”. The police took her into custody after …

A Church of the Brethren (EYN) pastor collapsed and died during a child dedication in Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria. According to reports, the deceased was in the midst of the ceremony when he collapsed and lost consciousness. Efforts to revive him were unsuccessful, and he was pronounced dead shortly thereafter. …

A 30-year-old man has been arrested by Lagos State police for stabbing his young wife to death during an altercation at their home in Lagos, Nigeria. According to a statement from the Lagos State Police spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, “the suspect allegedly stabbed his 25-year-old wife multiple times before locking …

A baker has been sentenced t 25 years imprisonment with hard labourfor defiling an 11-year-old pupil atPrestea in the Western Region, Ghana. The suspect was found guilty and sentenced accordingly by the court presided over by Hathia Ama Manu. According to the prosecutor, Police Superintendent Juliana Essel- Dadzie, the suspect and …

A case of Mpox disease has been reported for the first time this year in the Bia region of Ghana’s North West Province, according to the Ghana Health Service. “The patient is 15 years old and that his prognosis is not life-threatening,” reports said. “The country has 230 suspected cases …

A 24-year-old welder has been confirmed dead after he was electrocuted at Nnamdi Azikiwe Street on the Lagos Island area of Lagos State, Nigeria. “The deceased was working on the site of a two-storey building under renovation when the incident happened,” reports said. “While working on the second floor, he …

A boat carrying more than 300 passengers overturned on the Niger River, killing dozens in north-central Nigeria, according to reports. Around 60 dead bodies have been recovered from the scene, local council chairman Abdullahi Muregi said. “150 people had been rescued alive so far and that most of the boat’s …

An officer stationed at the Nsawam Prisons, has been killed at Kasoa Iron City in the Awutu Senya Municipality of the Central Region, Ghana. The unfortunate incident occurred when he went to spend the weekend with his mother. According to Adom News,” the deceased was stabbed and his lifeless body …

A 45-year-old man committed suicide at his home in the Mango district of Oke-Ata, in Abeokuta, the capital of Ogun State, Nigeria. The spokesperson for the Ogun State Police Command, Omolola Odutola, said that ” the victim was believed to have ingested insecticide to end his life due to the …

At least 10 people lost their lives in an accident in the Abule Osun area of the Lagos-Badagary highway in Lagos State, Nigeria. “Three children and seven adults were among the victims of the incident,” according to the reports. According to the Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Emergency Management …