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Ahmed Oluwasanjo

Ahmed Oluwasanjo is a general news reporter. Prior to joining Peoples Gazette, he was with The Interview Magazine as a reporter and video editor. He is on Twitter @ahmedrazak3
September 16, 2026

El-Rufai cries out over prolonged detention after 212 days

Mr El-Rufai has remained in detention since February 18.

El-Rufai
September 16, 2026

FULL LIST: U.S.-based Nigerian lawyers suspended for mishandling clients’ money, fraud

Ginikanwa Okedi was indefinitely suspended for mishandling client money or trust accounts, dishonest behaviour, fraud, and misrepresentation.

Group of female lawyers used to illustrate the story
September 16, 2026

Alleged Afrikaners Attacks: U.S. imposes visa restrictions on South African officials, their families

U.S. secretary of state Marco Rubio announced the new visa restriction policy in a statement on Tuesday.

Trump sitting with Ramaphosa
September 16, 2026

FULL LIST: Names of Nigerian lawyers disbarred in U.S. for fraud, theft, corruption 

Emeka Uyamadu was placed on community supervision for 10 years. He was also ordered to pay a $5,000 fine and serve 60 days in the Harris County Jail.

Lawyers
September 16, 2026

Maduro’s ally Alex Saab pleads guilty to money laundering, bribery

According to court documents, Mr Saab, 54, of Caracas, Venezuela, admitted to organising a system of bribes and other illegal payments to public officials.

Alex Saab arrested by FBI
September 15, 2026

Male heir not my priority; my daughters are doing well, says Dangote

Mr Dangote stated, “Sometimes you can pray to have a son but the son could be the one to drag the family name down.”

Aliko Dangote
September 15, 2026

Court blocks Trump’s move to limit Nigerians, other foreign students, journalists’ stay in U.S.

The judge on Monday ruled to block the Department of Homeland Security’s new rule limiting foreign students’ stay in America, calling it “exceptionally weak”.

Nigerian students in U.S.
September 13, 2026

Irish, Scottish, Welsh leaders meet Monday over plan to leave UK

The planned meeting came amid heightened debates over Scottish independence and Irish reunification.

United Kingdom flag
September 13, 2026

Names, charges of six Nigerian Black Axe cultists extradited from South Africa to U.S. over multimillion-dollar wire fraud 

Their extradition comes about five years after South Africa’s Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI), popularly known as the Hawks, arrested them in a 2021 raid.

Nigerian Black Axe cultists