West Africa

The Ogun State Police Command had arrested a 26-year-old man for defiling an 11-year-old girl in Araromi Village via Idi-Oke, Ogun State, Nigeria. “The minor was heading out alone when the suspect lured her to a nearby bush in what was considered to be a fresh attempt to defile her,” …

A man has murdered his wife over her failure to cook his meal in the Olota area of the Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos, Nigeria. “The trouble stated when the man returned from work and discovered that the wife only prepared noodles rather than his favourite meal,” according to …

Nigeria has recorded at least 200 deaths from Lassa fever in the last 11 months despite intensified government measures to reduce infections across the country. “The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) announced that there had been 1,170 confirmed cases from 114 local governments in 28 states from the start …

A Lagos driver has been remanded in custody for kidnapping, detaining and sexually assaulting a young girl on the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos State, Nigeria. The defendant was brought before the Magistrate Patrick Nwaka on two counts bordering on unlawful confinement, detention and defilement of his supposed passenger. The …

Suspected bandits have killed four farmers and abducted eight others from Nahuta village in the Batsari Local Government Area of the state, Nigeria. “The farmers were harvesting their crops when the assailants struck,” according to the state spokesman ASP Abubakar Aliyu “One of the farmers who managed to escape sustained …

A 40-year-old man has been found dead behind the Casanova drinking bar near Melcom in the Cape Coast Metropolis of the Central Region, Ghana. “The deceased was found wearing an orange Lacoste and a jeans trouser and not known in the area,” according to residents. “Residents suspected he was killed …

Police have exhumed the remains of a 60-year-old woman allegedly killed by her son in Kyekyewere, a suburb of Nyamekrom in Ghana’s Eastern Region. “The remains were exhumed from an unfinished building,” according to reports. The suspect was arrested for iron rod theft but later confessed to the murder in …

A woman and her nine-day old were killed when a water reservoir fell on a building in Ayedun Area of Akure, the Ondo State capital, Ghana. “A water reservoir filled with water beside the building fell on it and killed the deceased who were sleeping in the room,” reports said. …

A 35-year-old fisherman has met his untimely death after he drowned at Gomoa Fetteh in the Gomoa East District of the Central Region, Ghana. “The deceased was swimming ashore in a canoe when the incident occurred,” according to reports. “The fisherman park their canoes on the sea after work and …

A soldier has reportedly stabbed a bouncer to death at a nightclub in the Bonny Island area of Rivers State, Nigeria. “The bouncer proceeded to conduct a routine search on the soldier at the entrance of the club as he was on study,” according to reports. “Upoon searching, the bouncer …