The United States of America says it will deport a convicted Nigerian, Ibrahim Ijaoba, over gang membership and his involvement in violent crimes. The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency disclosed this in a statement shared on its Verify X page. The statement noted that Ijaoba entered the US illegally and was a member of…
US prosecutors have indicted Izunna Okonkwo, a dual US-Nigerian citizen, and five other defendants over an alleged $41 million insider-trading and stock-manipulation scheme said to have spanned nearly four years. In a statement issued on Sunday, the US Department of Justice said a federal grand jury returned the charges on Friday, accusing the defendants of…
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 that the 33-year-old Nigerian and his South African partner were convicted for orchestrating their drug-running operations through social media. While Mzwakhe received…
Nigeria’s Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has said the troops from Niger Republic who crossed into a Nigerian community in Kastina State were there to fetch water. The border incident involving local vigilante members and Nigerien troops at Mazanya village in Jibia Local Government Area, Katsina State occurred on 29 November 2025 at approximately 1500 hours Director…
A 34-year-old Nigerian, Nathaniel Barthram, and four others, including his girlfriend, Maria Zaloumis, have been charged in Zambia over the death of a 22-year-old man, Enoch Kasengele. According to a report by the Lusaka Times, the case has been transferred to the High Court for trial after a Kabwe Magistrate’s Court reduced the charge from…
The federal government, through the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), has condemned the protest by Ghanaians calling on Nigerians to be deported from the West African country. Some Ghanaian citizens staged a protest against Nigerians, accusing them of engaging in mass prostitution, ritual killings, kidnapping, and violent crimes in their country. In a viral video,…
Charles Uchenna Nwadavid, the founder of Nec Bullion Construction firm has been jailed by a federal court in Boston, United States, over $2.5 million scam United States Attorney Leah B. Foley and Ted E. Docks, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Boston Division, announced the conviction on Thursday. Mr. Nwadavid,…
Gunmen who seized a Chinese expatriate and his Nigerian colleague at mining site in Kwara State have demanded a ransom of ₦1 billion for their release. Mr. Sam Xie Wie and his assistant David Adenaiye were abducted on Wednesday after the gunmen killed the two mobile policemen protecting them in a surprised attack. According to…
Ms Odunsi A British nursing student of Nigerian descent studying in the US has been found stabbed to death in an apartment in Houston, Texas, US, just days before she was due to graduate, say police and her family. Elizabeth Tamilore Odunsi, 23, was discovered on 26 April by officers who had gone to her…
