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1,000 days in captivity: Ghanaian recounts ordeal at hands of pirates

“When the emergency alarm sounded, we quickly climbed to the next deck to find out what was happening. Upon getting there, gunshots! Bullets were...

Kidnappers demand ransom for Nigerian school girls

Gunmen who kidnapped six female students and two staff members from their hostels at a remote school in northern Nigeria have made a ransom...

Nigeria: Abducted mother of ex-footballer Siasia freed

Police in Nigeria on Sunday confirmed the release of the abducted mother of former Nigerian footballer and coach Samson Siasia. Beauty Ogere Siasia was abducted...

Ghana: Four kidnapped girls confirmed dead by police

Police in Ghana have confirmed the death of four girls that went missing in 2018 in Western Ghana. The girls were reported to have been...

Nigeria: Teenager stages own kidnap to raise money for party

A 15-year-old boy in Nigeria's city of Jos staged his own kidnap and demanded a ransom from his father for his release. The teenager and...

Nigeria: Soldiers kill three policemen in deadly attack

Some unidentified soldiers in Nigeria have shot dead three police officers in a deadly attack. The soldiers also killed a civilian in the attack carried...

Ghana: Police to verify suspected bodies of kidnapped girls

Police in Ghana on Friday night announced that they will be conducting a forensic test on the bodies suspected to be that of three...

Turkish nationals kidnapped in Nigeria freed

Police in Nigeria have said that four Turkish nationals who were kidnapped in the country's western state of Kwara have now been freed. The four...

Nigeria: Gunmen abduct mother of ex-footballer Siasia

Local media in Nigeria have reported of the kidnapping of the mother of ex-footballer, Samson Siasia. Gunmen reportedly broke into the apartment of Beauty Siasia,...

Woman fakes her own kidnap to raise funds for husband

A Nigerian woman has confessed faking her own kidnap in order to raise funds for her husband. The middle-aged housewife identified as Mrs Yemi Samuel...

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Nigerian High Commission apartments in Ghana demolished

Some new apartments built at the residence of the Nigerian High Commissioner in Ghana’s capital city Accra, have been demolished by bulldozers. The apartments have been constructed to...

Covid-19: Ghana records significant recovery numbers

Ghanaian health officials on Saturday said over 10,000 persons infected with the coronavirus have now recovered. The significant number of recoveries means the country now...

DR Congo: President’s ex-chief of staff jailed 20 years for corruption

The ex-chief of staff of the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been jailed 20 years by a high court. Vital Kamerhe was...

Covid-19: Zimbabwe’s health minister arrested, charged for graft

Zimbabwe's Health Minister Obadiah Moyo has been arrested over corruption allegations related to procurement of medical equipment worth $60 million. Moyo is accused of illegally...

Ghana’s new law that jails citizens not wearing facemask 10 years

Ghanaians who fail to wear the face masks in compliance with a presidential directive risk going to jail for ten years. They also face a...
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