West Africa

At least five people dead after a violent strrom hit Bauchi State in northern Nigeria, according to the first toll. The Bauchi State Police Public Relations Officer, Ahmed Mohammed Wakil, announced in a statement, that heavy rains and a strong storm had occurred in Bauchi. Ahmed Mohammed Wakil noted that …

A man arrested in connection with the disappearance of two Ghanaian friends, whose decomposing bodies were found near his home in Abia State, Nigeria. The body was reportedly discovered in a bizarre state on Monday, June 3, 2024, by a team of Police officers as part of investigations. Nigerian activist, …

Millions of Nigerians are without electricity after the national grid was shut down as part of a general strike over the rising cost of living. The country was plunged into darkness shortly after 02:00 local time (01:00 GMT) when union members prevented operators at the country’s power control rooms from …

kumawood actor, Kwadwo Nkansah, popularly known as Lilwin has been arrested by the Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) of the Manhyia Divisional Police Command. The Police explained the delayed arrest was due to his ill health. This is in connection with an accident which led to the death of …

At the invitation of the President of Korea, Yoon Suk Yeol, President Nana Akufo-Addo left Ghana on Friday May 31, 2024 for Seoul, Korea. President Akufo-Addo is leading the Ghanaian delegation to this year’s edition of the Korea-Africa Summit scheduled to be held from 4th to 5th June, 2024 in …

A housewife has been accused of killing her husband over alleged infidelity in at Akungba Akoko in Akoko North East Local Government Area, Ondo State, Nigeria. “The suspect used a pestle to smash her husband’s head while he was asleep in their residence,” according too reports. The couple had been …

A farmer was stoned to death on suspicion of having an affair with another man’s girlfriend in Assin Otabilkrom, in the Assin South district of Ghana’s Central Region. “The suspect had information that his girlfriend had visited the deceased to spend the night with him,” reports said. The suspect then …

A father attacked a teacher who allegedly beat his daughter at Aces Nursery, Primary and Secondary School in Abuja, Nigeria. “The teacher was holding her three-month-old baby when her pupil’s father assaulted her,” according to reports. According to her,” the pupil was disturbing with others and were asked to kneel …

A 40-year-old man was shot dead by a policeman as he drove home from work along Azikoro Road in Yenagoa, the capital of Nigeria’s Bayelsa State. The deceased was an electrician from Bobougbene community in Burutu local government area of Delta State, and was carrying a passenger in the front …

Unicef ​​was moved this Wednesday, May 29 by an “alarming” increase of 70% in serious violence against children in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, Sahelian countries prey to jihadism and abuse by a multitude of armed actors. “During the last three months of 2023, the number of serious violations committed …