A Nigerian national, Chukwuemeka Ahanonu, has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of a 56-year-old woman, Nila Patel, in Leicester, United Kingdom. Ahanonu, 24, was found guilty by a jury at Leicester Crown Court on Monday and sentenced on Tuesday for the attack, which occurred on June 24, 2025, along Infirmary Road. According [...
•Oluwatosin Kazeem The United States Department of Justice has filed a civil complaint seeking to revoke the citizenship of Nigerian-born, Emmanuel Oluwatosin Kazeem, over his role in a massive identity theft and tax fraud scheme. The complaint, filed at a U.S. District Court in Baltimore, Maryland, alleges that Kazeem unlawfully obtained his ...
•The two suspects A Nigerian national and one other suspect were arrested in Kenya after detectives from the Anti-Narcotics Unit, in collaboration with the Transnational Organised Crime Unit, conducted an intelligence-led operation targeting a suspected narcotics trafficking network. In a statement sighted by our correspondent today by the Dir...
•Late Douglas Izevbigie The death of a Nigerian student, Douglas Izevbigie, in the United Kingdom has sparked fresh concerns over chronic illnesses among Nigerians living abroad, as members of the community launch a fundraising appeal to support his burial. It was learnt yesterday that a GoFundMe appeal was created following his death on Janua...
•APC National chairman, Nentawe Yilwatda The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Nentawe Yilwatda, says the ruling party’s objective is to expand its membership across the country by showcasing what he described as effective governance. Yilwatda stated this yesterday in Jos, Plateau State, during an official welcome rally...
•Clarissa and her Nigeran husband Arokodare American songwriter, Clarissa Zoe Arokodare, against the backdrop of prevalent love scams, narrates how she hired a security firm to investigate her husband, when he proposed to her. She also explains the inspiration behind her song titled: “Rise Again”, inspired by her Nigeria experience, adding it’...
•Toronto Police A 40-year-old man with an extensive criminal history has been charged with first-degree murder after a Nigerian national was shot dead on a GO bus at the Yorkdale GO Bus Terminal in Toronto, marking the city’s first homicide of 2026. Toronto Police, in a statement on their website, said officers were called to […]
A dual US-Nigerian citizen, Izunna Okonkwo, has been indicted alongside five other individuals of different nationalities over an alleged $41m stock market fraud in the United States. It was learnt from a statement obtained on the United States Department of Justice website on Sunday that Okonkwo and the other defendants allegedly engaged in i...
•Scantily dressed in a sequin leotard and silver heels, a Nigerian dancer swayed to “Money” by Cardi B in an oversized cocktail glass Nigeria might be going through its worst economic crisis in a generation, but in Lagos, the party hasn’t stopped. Patrons at The Library, where fake banknotes rained down on the stage, were […]
A Nigerian man, Victor Udoh, and his female accomplice, Vuyisekha Mzwakhe, will spend a combined 37 years in prison after a South African court found them guilty of drug trafficking. It was learnt yesterday from Nova News, a South Africa–based online news outlet, that the 33-year-old Nigerian and his South African partner were convicted for [&...
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