Diaspora
UK-based entrepreneur trains students
A United Kingdom-based Nigerian entrepreneur, Prince Afolabi Andu, has urged Nigerian students to leverage digital innovations and inventions in their respective fields to achieve their aspirations. A...
3rd May 2025
Police probe death of Nigerian nurse in UK
West Yorkshire Police have launched an investigation into the death of Nigerian nurse Nnena Miriam, whose body was found in her apartment in Leeds, United Kingdom, on Tuesday. Her lifeless body was di...
3rd May 2025
Nigerian woman strangled in India
The body of a 30-year-old Nigerian woman, known as Loweth, was discovered on Wednesday in a desolate area along Bettahalasur Main Road at Telecom Layout, Yelahanka, northern Bengaluru, India. Accordin...
3rd May 2025
53-year-old caught for bank fraud in India
A Nigerian national, Umealakei Emeka, has been arrested in connection with a cyber fraud case involving over Rs 16.7 crore (about N3bn) from a private bank in India. Emeka, also known as Alex, was nab...
26th April 2025
Canadian varsity honours Nigerian don
A lecturer of Postcolonial Literature, Department of English, Languages and Cultures at the Mount Royal University, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Dr Ademola Adesola, has received a faculty award. Adesola ...
26th April 2025
Briton accuses estranged Nigerian lover of stealing £12,258
A British businessman, Ian Clayton-Smith, has sued a Nigerian-born entrepreneur, Cynthia Tooley, in a civil case at Luton County Court over alleged theft of £12,258 from his company. Tooley was accus...
26th April 2025
UK’s Lord Mayor inducted into hall of fame
The Lord Mayor of Leeds, United Kingdom, Abigail Marshall-Katung, has been inducted into the Nigerian Women Hall of Fame. Abigail, the wife of Senator Sunday Katung, representing the Southern Kaduna S...
26th April 2025
Social enterpreneur wins UK award for tackling hunger
A 27-year-old development consultant, Itofa Ivarah, has won the United Kingdom Hunger Award for tackling hunger and malnutrition in rural Nigeria. Ivarah won the youth category of the award organised ...
26th April 2025
Nigerian graduate sues Trump for revoking visa
A graduate of Youngstown State University in Ohio, Cynderila Patrick, has filed a lawsuit against the United States President, Donald Trump, after her student visa was revoked. Patrick sued Trump on W...
26th April 2025
Forbes lists scientist for honour
A United Kingdom-based Nigerian infectious disease expert, Dr Adewunmi Akingbola, has been shortlisted for the Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe 2025 in the Science and Healthcare Category. This was published...
19th April 2025
Nigerians caught with drugs in India
The Indian authorities have arrested two Nigerian nationals, Chukwu Umeh and Victor Onuwala, in separate raids for drug trafficking. Indian media reported that 36-year-old Umeh was caught with drugs v...
19th April 2025
Five Americans aiding sextortion plead guilty
Five American citizens have pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting the two Nigerian brothers sentenced last year to 18 years’ imprisonment each for sexual extortion in the United States. The US Depar...
19th April 2025
Fraudster with autistic children escapes deportation from UK
A Nigerian man, Olufemi Ojaleye, has won his appeal against deportation following his seven-year imprisonment for fraud in the United Kingdom. Ojaleye was convicted of stealing COVID bounce loans init...
19th April 2025
Two Nigerians shortlisted for UK awards
Two young Nigerians, Adenike Bamigbade and Itofa Ivarah, have been shortlisted for the United Kingdom awards for their contributions to grassroots leadership in tackling global hunger and malnutrition...
19th April 2025
Nigerian artistes must challenge ongoing suffering — Canada-based don
A lecturer of Postcolonial Literature, Department of English, Languages and Cultures, Mount Royal University, Alberta, Canada, Dr Ademola Adesola, speaks with BIODUN BUSARI on the state of things in N...
19th April 2025
Why Nollywood can’t compete with Hollywood — Germany-based filmmaker
A Nigerian-German film producer, Diminas Dagogo, has called on the Federal Government to invest in the country’s film industry to make a positive impact on the economy. Dagogo said Nollywood could n...
12th April 2025
Nigerian don joins Canada’s think tank
A Nigeria-born lecturer based in Canada, Prof Akolisa Ufodike, has joined the prestigious C.D. Howe Institute, one of Canada’s leading think tanks. Ufodike, Alberta’s Deputy Minister for Immigrati...
12th April 2025
Reignite your dreams, aeronautic engineer urges Africans
A US-based Aeronautical Engineer and founder of Phemotron Systems, Dr Femi Ishola, has urged Nigerians and other Africans to reignite their determination to succeed. He made the call in a speech poste...
12th April 2025
Centre meets US lawmaker over call to blacklist Nigeria
The Nigerian Center, the first immigrant and cultural organisation for Nigerians in the United States, has visited Congressman Chris Smith’s office to discuss his call for the redesignation of Niger...
12th April 2025
Nigerian jailed four years for cultism, romance scam in Australia
A 33-year-old Nigerian, Ugochukwu Anyakorah, has been sentenced to four years in prison for defrauding lonely individuals through online romance scams in Australia. He was sentenced in March after ple...
12th April 2025
Rep laments budget cut in US
The Shadow Representative for the District of Columbia in the United States, Dr Oye Owolewa, has condemned the reduction of the budget affecting his constituency under President Donald Trump’s admin...
12th April 2025
Trump cancels foreign students’ visas for minor offences
The Trump administration has revoked international student visas at California campuses as part of its ongoing crackdown on immigration. According to The Times, foreign students had their visas cancel...
12th April 2025
35-year-old man extradited to US for wire fraud
A Nigerian, Lotenna Umeadi, is facing up to 20 years in prison in the United States after pleading guilty to wire fraud. Umeadi was apprehended in Germany last year and extradited to the US, where he ...
29th March 2025
Jurist excited over appointment as Caribbean court judge
The Regional Judicial and Legal Services Commission has appointed a Canada-based Nigerian international jurist, Dr Chile Eboe-Osuji, as a judge of the Caribbean Court of Justice. According to a statem...
29th March 2025
Man with criminal records caught for murder in Canada
A Nigerian man, Adimabua Chukwuka, has been arrested for the alleged murder of a homeless man, Mario Ferreira, in Toronto, Canada. Chukwuka was charged with first-degree murder by homicide investigato...
29th March 2025
India deports eight Nigerians over invalid visas
The Indian authorities have deported eight Nigerians staying illegally in the Dwarka area of Delhi, the capital of the country. According to a popular online newspaper in India, The Indian Express, th...
29th March 2025
Fraudster faces 96 years imprisonment
A 25-year-old man, Oluwanishola Jinadu, has been charged with theft, wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and false statements in the United States. In February, Jinadu was charged with 17 counts of...
29th March 2025
Nigerian woman appointed US basketball coach
George Washington University has appointed a United States-based Nigerian sportswoman, Ganiyat Adeduntan, as the head coach of the women’s basketball team. Adeduntan was the coach of Colgate Univers...
29th March 2025
Mixed reactions as UK lists 58 dead Nigerians with unclaimed assets
Reactions have trailed the list of 58 deceased Nigerians with unclaimed assets in the United Kingdom, who were mostly bachelors, spinsters, widowers, and widows. The marital status of others were not ...
29th March 2025
CHECK FULL LIST: Dead Nigerians, Africans, others without will may lose unclaimed estates in UK
Hundreds of unclaimed estates reveal untold stories of African migration, wealth, and family ties left behind. Thousands of people die every year in the United Kingdom without leaving a will or identi...
24th March 2025
Nigerian man appointed Texas board member
The Governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, has appointed a United States-based Nigerian accountant, Kenneth Omoruyi, as a member of the state’s Board of Public Accountancy. Omoruyi was listed alongside the...
22nd March 2025
