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The Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’wah wa’l-Jihād faction of the Boko Haram fighters has appointed Ameer Hassan as its new “governor of the Mandara Hills” in Borno State. A counterinsurgency expert, Zagazola Makama, disclosed this in a series of tweets on Tuesday. The new governor, Hassan was said to have replaced …

Orangutans are known for being aggressive, especially with humans, but a latest video in circulation shows exactly how aggressive the apes can be. A caged orangutan fiercely attacked a man believed to be a tourist after he made a wrong move of getting too close to the cage while attempting …

About 5,306 terror-related attacks took place in West Africa in three years, claiming over 16,726 lives, thousands of injuries and millions displaced and living under austere circumstances. Mr Dominic Nitiwul, Minister of Defence, also said that as of the end of the first quarter of 2022, 840 attacks had already …

Nigerian fans attacked Ghanaians at Abuja’s Moshood Abiola Stadium on Tuesday after the Black Stars qualified for the World Cup finals in Qatar. Nigerians who were disgruntled by the 1-1 tie that ruined the Super Eagles World Cup ambitions stormed the field and sparked a riot. They reportedly smashed the …

Blakk Rasta has described Zionfelix as arrogant and this is in reaction to the blogger’s apology after he was earlier slammed for promoting tribalism. One can recall that Zionfelix was lambasted on social media for grilling UK-based Ghanaian musician, Nektunez, who hails from the Volta region, over the latter’s inability to …

  The Ghana Police Service has arrested four suspects along the Fiesta Royal – Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) stretch over attacks on motorists. The suspects are Richard Bekor, 43, Yaw Damoah, 34, Asante Emmanuel, 22 and Vincent Boakye, also 22. Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Mrs Effia Tenge, …

Residents of Lartey Gas, a community in the New Juaben North Municipality, are living in fear over increased robbery attacks in the area, with the latest being an attack on a mobile money merchant. Speaking with the Ghana News Agency in an interview, some of the victims who shared their …

Uganda’s army chief, Gen David Muhoozi, says the beating of journalists by military police was neither sanctioned nor justified, and the army would pay their medical bills. The incident occurred outside the UN Human Rights office where the opposition MP and musician Bobi Wine was delivering a petition over human …

Narrating the episode in a report, Joy News’ Erastus Asare Donkor indicated that the task force, on their usual rounds, went into the Manso forest area. They met the presence of some Chinese who were busily engaged in mining activities in the forest area. After talking for while, the task …

Misfortune has befallen a lady at the crocodile pond of Ave Dakpa in the Volta Region of Ghana.   A group of domestic tourists visited the site to experience nature and have a feel of the crocodiles. One crocodile on noticing their presence came out of the water body. The …