West Africa

A Master’s student of the University of Ghana Business School has been reported dead after a robbery accident in Ghana. “He was returning from class when he was attacked by robbers who were operating on the UPSA-UGBS stretch of the Legon-Madina road,” reports said. “He tried to resist, which exasperated …

Two persons were electrocuted by an Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) high tension at Jei-Krodua in the Awutu Senya West District of the Central Region, Ghana. “The first person was electrocuted on Monday and is receiving treatment at Korle-bu Teaching Hospital, Intensive Care Unit(ICU),” according to reports. “The second person …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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. …

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,” …