Nigeria’s suspended central bank governor Godwin Emefiele has challenged in court his detention by the country’s secret police, the Department of State Services (DSS). The 61-year-old, who was taken into custody on 10 June – a day after his suspension by newly inaugurated President Bola Tinubu, has not been formally …
Read More »Ghana: a policeman found dead at a checkpoint
A police sergeant has been found dead in a bizarre state while on duty at a checkpoint at the Bia-Tano Forest in the Ahafo region, Ghana. “The lifeless body was found with blood all over him,” reports said. “A timber truck driver who was driving on the Kasapin-Bediako highway found …
Read More »Decomposing body of 72-year-old found in his room
A 72-year-old man has been found dead in his room in Takoradi in the Western Region of Ghana, according to reports. “A foul smell started emanating from his two-bedroom apartment, which he had occupied alone for the past three years,” according to reports. Residents broke into his room only to …
Read More »Joe Biden accused Putin of having a “craven lust for land and power”
US President Joe Biden accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of having a “craven lust for land and power” at the end of a NATO summit on Wednesday. NATO members offered the prospect of long-term protection a day after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky decried as “absurd” a refusal to offer an …
Read More »Man accused of sexual assault released as it lasted “less than 10 seconds”
A Roma court on Saturday decided not to convict a 66-year-old man who admitted intentionally touching the buttocks of a 17-year-old girl, as the attack lasted “between 5 and 10 seconds”. But according to the judges, “this handful of seconds” is too short and the act, in fact, “does not …
Read More »A girl fleeing from a dog dies from electrocution
A 13-year-old girl was electrocuted to death while fleeing from a dog in the grounds of her home in the Makoko district of Yaba, Lagos State, Nigeria, according to reports. “The deceased was on her way to the toilet located within the premises when the dog started barking,” reports said. …
Read More »Nigeria: fake lawyer sentenced to three years in prison
A magistrate’s court in Osogbo has sentenced a 25-year-old man to three years imprisonment for falsely presenting himself as a lawyer in Nigeria, according to reports. “The suspect had presented himself as a barrister at law and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, duped five unsuspecting members of the public, and …
Read More »“We are not Amazon” UK Defense minister launches to Zelensky
British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said on Wednesday that the UK is “no Amazon” when it comes to supplying arms to Ukraine. This spade is addressed to the Ukrainian president who, according to London kyiv, could show more “gratitude” towards his allies. “This war is a noble war (…) but …
Read More »Ghana urged to stop expulsion of refugees fleeing jihadists
UN refugee agency (UNHCR) has urged authorities in Ghana to stop the expulsion of refugees from Burkina Faso. It said it was concerned by reports that hundreds of Burkinabè citizens – mainly women and children – had been deported from Ghana after fleeing there to escape violence in their homeland. …
Read More »Nigeria: Pastor jailed for stealing chemicals
A man has been sentenced to two years in prison for stealing chemicals worth N130,000 from Akoko South-West Local Government Area of the state, Nigeria. “The suspect, who is a pastor, broke into a chemical shop and stolen the items,” reports said. He was caught, charged and arraigned before the …
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