Canada-based Nigerian charged over alleged child sexual assault
A Canada-based Nigerian, Idris Olajide Oladejo, has been charged with sexual assault and sexual interference following the alleged sexual assault of a child at a grocery store in Toronto. According…
Canadian court jails Nigerian woman six years for $755,000 daycare fraud
A Canadian court has sentenced a Nigerian woman, Ivon Beatrice Okafor, to six years in federal prison for defrauding four licensed daycare centres of approximately $755,000. Okafor, who worked as…
US court jails Anambra LG chairman five years over $3.5m romance scam
A United States court has sentenced the Chairman of Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State, Franklin Ikechukwu Nwadialo, to five years imprisonment for orchestrating an online romance scam that…
Nigerian student jailed in UK for attempted rape, faces deportation
A Nigerian national, Qudus Ajeyemi, who was studying in the United Kingdom, has been sentenced to five-and-a-half years in prison after being convicted of attempted rape and sexual assault of…
London court clears Diezani of UK bribery charges
A London court has acquitted former Nigerian Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, of all six bribery charges brought against her by UK authorities. The Southwark Crown Court cleared Alison-Madueke…
‘We love it’: Obamas praise Akunyili’s daughter over presidential centre portrait
Former US President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama have praised Nigerian-American artist Njideka Akunyili-Crosby, daughter of late Professor Dora Akunyili, for creating their official portrait for the…
FG signs deal to repatriate over 100 Nigerian prisoners from Ethiopia
The Federal Government has signed an agreement with Ethiopia to transfer more than 100 Nigerian inmates back home to serve the remainder of their prison terms in Nigeria. The agreement…
‘Their only offence was being black’ — Dabiri slams treatment of Nigerians in S’Africa
The Chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has condemned the treatment of Nigerians in South Africa, describing the experiences of recently evacuated citizens as painful and…
268 Nigerians evacuated from South Africa arrive Lagos amid xenophobic attacks
The first batch of Nigerians evacuated from South Africa following the recent wave of xenophobic attacks has arrived in Lagos. A total of 268 returnees landed at the Murtala Muhammed…
Nigerian-British music star Talay Riley killed in London stabbing
Tributes have been paid to acclaimed Nigerian-British singer-songwriter Mark Orabiyi, known professionally as Talay Riley, after he was fatally stabbed in east London. The 35-year-old musician was found with stab…
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