US COURT JAILS NIGERIAN FOR 15 YEARS OVER $1.5M FRAUD, MONEY LAUNDERING
Agency Report A Chief United States District Judge, Richard Myers II, has sentenced a Nigerian, Saheed Sunday Owolabi, to 15 years in prison for defrauding...
800 NIGERIANS DEPORTED FROM NIGER MOVED FOR DOCUMENTATION, SCREENING
By: Fasasi Hammad Nigerian security agencies have received about 800 deported nationals from Niger Republic at the Jibia-Magama border in Katsina State. According to an...
UK-BASED NIGERIAN FACES SENTENCING FOR RAPE IN WREXHAM
By Aishat Momoh. O. A United Kingdom-based Nigerian, Gift Oladele, has been convicted of raping a 19-year-old woman and is scheduled for sentencing in April...
NIGERIAN DIETICIAN PULLED OUT OFF UK REGISTER AFTER FALSE CLAIMS ABOUT NHS EXEPERIENCE
BY JEN NOMAMIUKOR A UK health tribunal has struck off Ifenyinwa Chizube Ndulue-Nonso, a Nigerian woman who falsely claimed to be an experienced dietitian, after...
”UK DEPORTEES WILL ONLY BE NIGERIANS” FG CLARIFIES ASYLUM AGREEMENT
HOTJIST NEWS The presidency has made it clear that the agreement between Nigeria and the UK about bringing back people without legal permission to stay...
US SEEKS TO REVOKE CITIZENSHIP OF NIGERIAN OVER $91M TAX FRAUD SCHEME
Agency Report The United States Department of Justice has filed a civil complaint to revoke the citizenship of a Nigerian national, Emmanuel Oluwatosin Kazeem, over...
NIGERIAN ARRESTED IN SOUTH AFRICA WITH COCAINE WORTH $35,000
Agency Report A 27-year-old Nigerian has been arrested in Umbilo, South Africa, for allegedly possessing cocaine valued at over R600,000 estimated at approximately $35,000 (approximately...
NIGERIAN WOMAN, TWO CHILDREN DIE IN FATAL ROAD CRASH IN TEXAS
Agency Report A 44-year-old Nigerian woman, Nihinlolawa Agboro, and two of her children, Temiloluwa, 18, and Isaac, 22, have died in a tragic road accident...
NIGERIAN FOOTBALLER HOSPITALISED AFTER RACISM-RELATED KNIFE ATTACK IN LITHUANIA
BY JENN NOMAMIUKOR Chinonso Jeremiah Obi, a Nigerian player with FK Dainava in Lithuania, has been hospitalised following a knife attack on Tuesday. In a...
CANADA PROBES DEATH OF NIGERIAN STUDENT AFTER PLASMA DONATION
Health Canada has launched an investigation into the deaths of two plasma donors at private clinics in Winnipeg, Manitoba, including a 22-year-old Nigerian international student....