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A 25-year-old taxi driver was found decomposed, with his neck, hand and leg bound together, and thrown into a bush at a prayer camp in Mankesim, in the central region of Ghana. “Prior to his discovery, several attempts were made to find him due to the disability of his hand …

A mason is fighting for his life after being electrocuted by power lines near the two-story building where he was working in Berekuso, in Ghana’s Eastern Region, according to reports. The victim was said to have completed his plastering work and was about to descend from the platform he mounted …

Kidnappers reportedly killed a man along the Isua-Ise Akoko highway in Akoko South East Local Government Area of Ondo State, Nigeria, when he was kidnapped with his wife. “The wife of the deceased disclosed that their abductors warned her not to tell the negotiators who were bringing money about the …

A bricklayer has been sentenced to six months in prison by an Accra Circuit Court for slashing a man’s palm with a machete during an argument over a video clip in Accra, Ghana. The facts of the case as presented by the prosecutor, Inspector Maxwell Ayim, were that, the complainant …

A couple was abducted and murdered by assailants despite payment of a ransom in Dunukofia Local Government Area, Anambra State, Nigeria. “The victims, while returning to their house after attending a program were kidnapped and their four-month-old baby was left behind,” according to reports. The family members initially paid the …

Thieves have broken into a District Police Commander’s home and stolen his flat screen TV set in the Sawla District of the Savannah Region in Ghana. He discovered this after returning from a patrol duties in the district. “My home was not ransacked, just my television set was carted away …

A 27-year-old lady was beaten to death during a fight at Buduburam in the Gomoa East District of the Central Region, Ghana, according to reports. It is not clear what led to the scuffle but she suffered severe injuries in the ear and bruises on the face and neck. The …

A 30-year-old woman and her two daughters died in a fire in Gwaram Local Government Area, Jigawa State, Nigeria, according to reports. The fire razed the cabin while the mother and her two daughters, aged four and two, were sleeping. The mother and her two daughters were consumed by the …

An employee of the Central Bank of Nigeria and his wife have been sentenced to 13 years imprisonment for child abuse as they maltreated their 10-year-old maid, according to reports. “The couple subjected the victim to serious torture as she carried their little baby to pamper her to sleep around midnight …

Joe Biden would be the first U.S. president to visit since Barack Obama went in July 2015 to Kenya and Ethiopia as he planned to visit sub-Saharan Africa. “We’re all going to be seeing you and you’re going to see a lot of us,” Biden told a summit of African leaders. “Some of …