West Africa

The body of a seven-year-old girl was found in a well after she went misssing in the Shasha area of Akure, the state capital, Nigeria. “The girl was missing before her body was discovered in the well, days after she was not seen around,” reports said. A friend of the …

A commercial driver has collapsed and died while driving along the Epe Road in Lagos State, Nigeria, according to reports. “The driver was driving an Opel Zafira wagon with registration number KJA584HU when he slumped while steering the wheel,” reports said. The Chairman of the Road Transport Association of Nigeria …

The Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court has sentenced a bricklayer to life imprisonment for deflowering a 13-year-old girl in Agbawaye Street, Agbado Oke-Odo Command Area of the state, Nigeria. “The victim was asked to be seen by her aunt when she arrived at the place, she found the suspect,” …

Two journalists in Togo have been sent to prison for defaming the minister of Urban Planning, Housing and Land Reform, Kodjo Adedje on social media. Newspaper editor Loïc Lawson and freelance reporter Anani Sossou had accused the housing minister of failing to disclose the full details of a burglary at …

A 4-year-old has been rescued from an alleged ritual murder Wassa Nsuopun in the Amenfi-East constituency in the Western region, Ghana. “The boy was the victim of a horrific abduction on his way home from school,” reports said. Shockingly, the perpetrators attempted to remove the boy’s intestines while he was …

Popular Nigerian rapper Oladipupo Oladimeji, known as Oladips, has died at the age of 28, local media reported, citing his management. “We are still in shock as we speak,” his management said in an Instagram post. It did not give the cause of his death, but said that the rapper …

Four people have died in an accident on the Aba River bridge at Ogbor-Hill in the commercial center of Abia State, Nigeria, according to reports. “The accident occurred when a trailer conveying a 40-foot container, descending from Ogbor-Hill, lost control after a brake failure and collided with two vehicles,” reports …

The United Nations has said it will resume delivering humanitarian supplies and evacuating staff in Niger after the country’s ruling junta lifted domestic flight restrictions, the BBC reported. “The national aviation authorities in Niger have informed the UN Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) that flight restrictions are now lifted for domestic …

A final-year student of the Federal University of Agriculture has been arrested for poisoning his girlfriend in the Surulere community in the Camp area of the city, Nigeria. “The suspect administered a poison believed to be a mixture of brownie, alcohol and an unknown noxious substance after inviting his girlfriend …

Nigerian Helen Williams, from the city of Lagos, has set a new Guinness World Record for the longest handmade wig. “Helen Williams, from Lagos city, set the record after making the wig stretching more than 350m (1,150ft),” the Guinness World Records (GWR) said in a statement. A professional wig maker …