West Africa

A veteran Nigerian radio journalist, Hamisu Danjibga, has been found dead in north-west Zamfara state three days after he was declared missing, local media reported. Danjibga worked with the Voice of Nigeria (VON) for many years, where he reported extensively on the widespread insecurity in Zamfara state. He was declared …

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a drunken hunter for killing a 14-year-old girl with a rifle in the Ayinla Akera area of Orile Agege, Lagos, Nigeria. “The girl was shot dead by the hunter who was on a bike as she was sent on an errand,” according to …

The Edo State Police Command has arrested a 28-year-old truck conductor for raping a 15-year-old girl in Edo State, Nigeria. The suspect called the victim while she was hawking groundnuts along with pretense to buy groundnuts from her. The suspect attacked and pushed her inside the vehicle and forcefully had …

A 25-year-old suspected cultist is in the grips of the Bawjiase District Police Command after being busted in an attempt to buy used sanitary pads Ghana. “These sakawa boys often conspire with some of the students, especially the boarders, to get used pads for them for ritual purposes,”reports said. “The …

A 29-year-old man has hacked his mother to death at Wurumrumso, a farming community in the Asutifi South district of the Ahafo region, Ghana. “The suspect has bucthered his mother with machete,” according to reports. “The exact motive behind this horrifying act, remains a mystery, ” according to the eigth …

A 27-year-old electrician has been found dead with his eyes missing at Kasoa new market in the Awutu Senya East Municipality of the Central region, Ghana. According to eyewitnesses, “the assailants carried out the gruesome a²²ct approximately 1000 meters away from where the victim’s lifeless body was later discovered.” After …

A Bolgatanga Circuit Court has sentenced a farmer to three years imprisonment for defiling an eight-year-old girl at Kanga, in the Bongo District of the Upper East Region, Ghana. The victim was at her father’s fuel station with her sibling, the accused person went there and sent her to buy …

An Islamic teacher has been sentenced to 21 years in prison for attempting to sexually assault his 15-year-old pupil in Nigeria. The convict was handed down the sentence by Justice Rahman Oshodi following his guilty plea to the two amended charges of attempted sexual assault by penetration and indecent treatment …

12-year-old boy has been electrocuted behind his house in the Awutu Senya East Municipality of the Central Region, Ghana. “The victim cry for help from the back of the house, drew the attention of his parents who rushed to the scene only to find their young son lifeless,” according to …

Gumen have killed eight security agents comprising soldiers, policemen and Nigeria Security And Civil Defence Corps in Imo State, Nigeria. The joint security taskforce team who were in two security trucks were ambushed and set ablaze by their attackers. “None of them survived as they were burnt inside their operational …