A 39-year-old man has stabbed his brother in-law to death at Pupsupu, a farming community in the Nkwanta South of the Oti Region, Ghana, reports said. The duo were sleeping in the same room when the suspect committed the heinous crime. The suspect stabbed and hit his head with a …
Read More »Ghana: thunder strikes 2 siblings to death
A boy and a girl died prematurely after being struck by thunder at Begoro in the Fanteakwa North District of the Eastern Region of Ghana. The incident occurred in the evening during a heavy downpour in the area. “The victims between 14 and 16, were walking under the rain to …
Read More »Man tortured to death for stealing watermelons
Four people have been arrested for allegedly torturing a suspected watermelon thief to death in Bauchi State, Nigeria, reports said. “The deceased was caught after stealing seven watermelons valued at N2,000 from a summer farm in Dallaji Village,” Police Public Relations Officer, Bauchi State Command, Ahmed Wakil said. “His hands …
Read More »50 people killed in attacks on village in Nigeria
Gunmen have killed 50 people during two attacks on a village in north-central Nigeria, according to reports. “47 people were killed in Umogidi village in Benue state and three other people had been slain in the same place,” the chairman of the Otukpo local government, Ruben Bako said. The motive …
Read More »A man stabbed to death at Sehwi Anhwiam
A 43-year-old man has been stabbed to death at Sehwi Anhwiam in the Sehwi Wiawso Municipality of the Western North Region, Ghana. The deceased has been living together with the suspect in the same vicinity for a couple of years. He left behind four boys and a girl between the …
Read More »Two Liberians sentenced to nine years in prison in Korea
A court in Busan, South Korea, on Wednesday sentenced two employees of the Liberia Maritime Authority (LiMA) to nine years in prison each for sexual assault, local media report. Moses Owen Brown and Daniel Tarr had been detained in South Korea since last year for allegedly raping two Korean teenagers, …
Read More »Falling bridge killed student at Gomoa
A 17-year-old boy has met his untimely death after a dilapidated abandoned bridge fell on him and killed him at Gomoa Nyanyano in the Central region, Ghana. The deceased was returning from school when the bridge broke and trapped him. “He got hit by a huge slab killing him instantly,” …
Read More »Police arrested cultists terrorizing Ogun state
24 suspects were arrested for alleged involvement in cultism, armed robbery, terrorism and other criminal activities in the Ogun state, Nigeria. “The suspects confessed to being members of the Eiye, Vikings and Aiye confraternities,” according to the state Police Public, Abimbola Oyeyemi. “The arrest of the suspects followed the recent …
Read More »Man sentenced to six years in prison for illegal export
A Federal High Court in Lagos State in Nigeria has sentenced a 49-year-old businessman to six years imprisonment for illegally exporting 9.40kg of cocaine, reports said. “The convict was arrested on March 4, 2023, during the outward clearance of passengers of a Qatar Airways flight to India via Doha, at …
Read More »Rooster loses court battle over noise complaint
A Nigerian court has given the owner of a noisy rooster until Friday to slaughter it after a noise pollution complaint by neighbours, local media reported. The court in the northern city of Kano declared the cockerel a nuisance to the neighborhood for its relentless crowing that two neighbours said …
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