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A military officer was killed along the Enugu-Makurdi highway at about 11.30 pm on Friday, August 7.   SaharaReporters reports that the deceased officer whose name was given as Sergeant Bulama Aji, was serving at 3 Division of the Nigerian Army, Jos, Plateau State, when he was killed while traveling …

A 60-year-old man died after falling from a bridge at Koforidua – Anlo Town a suburb in New Juaben South Municipality of the Eastern Region. The incident occurred Sunday afternoon. According to the Assembly Member for Anlo Town South Benard Acheampong the deceased, Kofi Alato, was seated on the bridge …

Family of the 90-year-old woman lynched at Kafaba in the East Gonja Municipality of the Savannah Region is calling for the arrest of the perpetrators of the crime including the Chief of the community.       They say the circumstances leading to the gruesome killing of the old woman …

An old woman believed to be in her late 90’s has been beaten to death after a soothsayer claimed she was a witch. Details remain sketchy at this point but the gruesome lynching and murder is said to have occurred at Kafaba in the East Gonja Municipality of the Savannah …

Reports from Nigeria’s north-western state of Kaduna say gunmen have shot dead at least 18 people and injured more than 30 others at a wedding party. The attack happened on Sunday night in the village of Kukun-Daji in the Kaura area of Kaduna. Community leader Jonathan Asake told the BBC …

A hundred (100) years old “Awoyo” Prophetess, Comfort Aba Otuaa, a resident of Awutu Osardu in the Agona East District has been murdered by her own grandson over her refusal to give him money to buy marijuana (Weed). The sad incident which occurred Wednesday has thrown the entire community into a state of shock …

A 17-year-old boy has been stabbed to death over a girl. The deceased Benjamin Awusah was stabbed in the chest near the right breast by a gang of seven okada riders. The incident occurred at Akuapem Adawso in the Akuapem North District of the Eastern Region. Brother to the deceased …

Two suspected thieves have been attacked by an angry mob at Negleshie Amanfrom, a suburb of Accra in the Greater Accra Region. One of the suspects, Selasie Asinyo who survived the attack, has been admitted at an undisclosed hospital receiving treatment but the other, Agbesi was pronounced dead on arrival …

  A fifty-year-old man was on Saturday afternoon electrocuted by an exposed electric cable at a mosque at Nima Junction in the Asokore-Mampong Municipality. The deceased, Baba Haruna Suleiman, was said to be cleaning the mosque together with other committee members when the incident occurred. Mr Basiru Sheihu, an eyewitness, …

A two-year-old boy has lost his life after falling into a Veronica bucket at Kwahu Dura in the Kwahu West Municipality of the Eastern region. Police report says the boy, Yaw Anim, fell into the Veronica bucket in an attempt to fetch water in the absence of his mother. He …