”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....
ECOWAS MONITORS YENGA BORDER TENSIONS, CALLS FOR DIPLOMACY, RESTRAINT
By: Fasasi Hammad The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has voiced concern over escalating tensions along the borders of Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra...
IRAN-LINKED DRONE STRIKE NEAR DUBAI AIRPORT LEAVES TWO GHANAIANS INJURED
By: Fasasi Hammad Ghana Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed that two Ghanaian nationals were injured after a drone strike occurred near Dubai International Airport...
FG BEGINS EVACUATION OF NIGERIANS IN IRAN WILLING TO COME HOME VIA ARMENIA BORDER
The federal government has started helping Nigerian people who want to leave Iran, making sure they get safely across the border into Armenia as tensions...
DABIRI-EREWA FLAYS ARREST OF 42 NIGERIANS IN MOZAMBIQUE, REQUEST FOR THEIR RELEASE
Worried by the arrest of 42 Nigerians in Mozambique without any offenses levelled against them, Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) has...