Authorities in Argentina have arrested a Nigerian national, Ikechukwu N., for allegedly orchestrating multiple romance scams targeting thousands of women. He was apprehended after being placed on the International Criminal Police Organisation (INTERPOL)’s wanted list, reports AFP. The arrest marks a significant milestone, as it is Argentina’s ...
A British Airways (BA) flight from London to Abuja was diverted to Barcelona, Spain, in the early hours of today, after a retired Nigerian Air Vice Marshal from Anambra State died onboard. The aircraft, which departed London’s Heathrow Airport at 11:00 p.m. yesterday, Sunday, October 5, was scheduled to land at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International...
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has announced a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a Nigerian, Olumide Adebiyi Adediran, wanted in the United States for multiple fraud offences. According to a statement on the FBI’s website yesterday, Adediran faces charges of bank fraud, identity document fraud and cred...
•Teacher and students The Chinese language, Mandarin, has become one of the foreign languages to be offered in Senior Secondary Schools (SSS) in Nigeria in the newly reviewed secondary school curriculum. The Education Secretary of the Federal Capital Territory Administration, Dr. Danlami Hayyo, announced the development at the inauguration of ...
•Boko Haram terrorists Jihadists killed at least 55 people in northeast Nigeria while storming a town home to residents who had been returned from a closed camp for internally displaced persons, an NGO worker and civilian militia leader told our correspondent yesterday. While jihadist violence has waned since the peak of the Boko Haram insurge...
•Godwin Awaji-Iroso Abiodun receiving the Best Physique award during the preliminary event at Bangkok, Thailand, yesterday Nigerian contestant, Godwin Awaji-Iroso Abiodun, has won the Best Physique award at the preliminary competition of Mister Cosmopolitan 2025 held at MBK Centre, Bangkok. Godwin, who recently emerged winner at Misters of Ni...
Acting U.S. Attorney Michael M. Simpson has announced that a Nigerian, Daniel Chima Inweregbu, age 40, pled guilty on August 21, 2025, before United States District Judge Nanette Jolivette Brown to a more than $405,000 romance scam. A statement by the Public Information Officer, United States Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Louisiana, U...
•Trump and Tinubu The United States government has suspended the issuance of work visas for Nigerian and other foreign truck drivers, citing job security concerns and safety risks for American citizens. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the decision yesterday, saying it takes immediate effect. According to him, the rising number of fore...
Two individuals have been charged in connection with the fatal stabbing of a 26-year-old Nigerian, Ayowale Aladejana, in New Cross, southeast London. •Late Ayowale Aladejana The Metropolitan Police reports that detectives investigating the fatal stabbing of Ayowale charged a man and woman with murder. “Ben Wazabanga, 23 (24.10.2001) of Fairfax...
•Omoyele Sowore Human rights activist Omoyele Sowore, has called for a radical overhaul of Nigeria’s policing system, stating that no police officer in the country should earn less than N500,000 per month. Speaking on Channels Television, Sowore argued that improving police welfare was central to tackling insecurity, and that the current condi...
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