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The decomposing body of a woman was discovered in an unfinished building in the Gomoa East District, in the Central Region of Ghana. “She was found after we traced a bad odor disturbing the community to the building,” according to eyewitnesses. She was discovered lying in a supine position in …

Twenty-two people have been hospitalized due to an alleged food poisoning at a funeral in the Nkwanta South of the Oti Region, Ghana. “The victims have suffered acute diarrhea and other symptoms after eating at a funeral,” reports said. “The victims were served food including porridge, rice, banku, meat and …

A 30-year-old man has clubbed his mother to death for refusing his request of N20,000 in the Eleme Local Government Area of Rivers State, Nigeria. “The boy asked his mother to withdraw N20,000 with his Automated Teller Machine card and bring it to enable him to purchase clothes to attend …

THE Anambra State Police Command has arrested a 25-year-old mother of three for abusing her eight-year-old house help in the Idemili North local government area of the state, Nigeria. “The woman battered the young child and inflicted numerous serious injuries on her after a child she was carrying fell while …

A civilian police inspector from the Brazilian state of Ceara (north) shot and killed four of his colleagues on Sunday in the police station where they worked, authorities said. The crime took place on Sunday in Camocim, 354 kilometers from Fortaleza, the capital of Ceará, police said on Instagram. The …

Eight school children have drowned after a boat carrying them capsized at Faana in the Weija Gbawe municipality in Accra, Ghana, reports said. “The children were returning from school when the canoe was hit by a wave,” assemblyman of the Bortianor Electoral area said. “The 13-year-old canoe operator who survived …

An Akure pastor has been sentenced to 18 years in prison by the Ondo State High Court for deflowering and impregnating a 16-year-old girl in Ayede Ogbese, Akure North, Nigeria. “The victim’s family were a tenant to the defendant where he defiled and frequently had carnal knowledge of the victim,” …

The body of a man was found naked in a car by residents and passersby in Isheri, Ojodu Berger in Lagos, Nigeria, according to reports. “The man was found naked in a black Toyota car,” according to an eyewitness. “His corpse was lying across the front seats of the car …

The Lagos State Police Command has arraigned a tenant for assaulting his landlady in Olaniyi Street, Nigeria, reports said. “The defendant assaulted his landlady when she demanded him money for payment of his electricity bill,” reports said. “The defendant hit the complainant’s head against an iron gate which caused her …

A 26-year-old automobile technician was sentenced to life imprisonment by an Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court for defiling his neighbor’s 12-year-old daughter in Nigeria. “The convict had sex with the minor repeatedly whenever he called her to come and watch a film on his phone in his room,” …