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A father and son attacked a doctor and nurse at the Federal Medical Center in Idi-Aba, Nigeria, after losing his wife of 53 years, according to reports. “She was at the end-stage of heart failure before she was brought to the hospital,” the doctor explained. “It will take more than …

Police officers reportedly shot and killed a motorcyclist at Sabo Market in the Ikorodu area of the state in Nigeria. The police were reportedly in a park near the Sabo market when they arrived to impound the motorcycles of bikers who were acting against the state’s motorcycle ban. “The policemen …

A 37-year-old man was found hanged, suspected of committing suicide, at the Kasoa toollbooth near the Densu River in the Ga South Municipality of the Greater Accra Region. “The deceased walked into the forest, climbed one of the 40ft trees and hanged himself with a rope,” according to information. According …

A 32-year-old woman died instantly after her husband hit her on the head wth a stone in Mutunduri, Embu, Kenya, according to reports. “The man confronted his wife and started quarreling her over unknown reasons. He then picked a stone and struck her on the head, sending her sprawling down,” …

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 …