Wednesday, October 7, 2026

Victor Olorunfemi

Victor Olorunfemi is a sports reporter with Peoples Gazette. Prior to working with The Gazette, he was with Sports247 Nigeria, a grassroots football news platform. He is on Twitter/Facebook/Instagram @herovicofficial
June 22, 2025

FedEx founder Fred Smith dies at 80

Mr Smith, who is credited for changing the way businesses deliver purchased goods to consumers, died on Saturday.

Fred Smith
June 21, 2025

EFCC arrests Benue governor’s aide Aondona over sexual blackmail targeting ‘slim’, ‘attractive’ female students

EFCC said it acted on petitions filed by several women who accused the suspect of mandating sexual benefits from them in exchange for jobs.

Mkor Aondona
June 21, 2025

Judge blocks Trump’s effort to stop Harvard from admitting foreign students 

Ms Burroughs on Friday issued a preliminary injunction against the Trump administration’s decision.

Harvard/Trump
June 20, 2025

Nigerian national Ridwan Adepoju jailed 43 months for defrauding U.S. citizens, businesses in Chicago

He also faces potential deportation back to Nigeria upon completion of his sentence. 

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
June 20, 2025

Ex-Ajax striker Quincy Promes extradited to Netherlands to begin sentence for drug trafficking

He was convicted for his role in smuggling more than a tonne of cocaine into the Netherlands from Belgium in 2020.

Quincy Promes
June 18, 2025

Trump orders U.S. embassies to demand students make social media accounts public in visa application process

The new policy is part of Mr Trump’s latest moves to limit the flow of migrants into the United States.

Donald Trump
June 18, 2025

Champions Liverpool open EPL campaign as 2025/26 season kicks off at Anfield

Champions Liverpool face Bournemouth in the season’s opening match as league organisers release the matchday schedules for the upcoming season.

EPL champions Liverpool
June 18, 2025

U.S. court blocks Trump from deporting Nigerian chemistry scholar Matthew Ariwoola in immigration crackdown

Mr Ariwoola said the legal victory, albeit temporary, offered hope to other international students facing wrongful deportation.

Matthew Ariwoola; ICE agents
June 18, 2025

Husband gets nine years in jail as U.S. officials nab Nigerian couple over $2.7 million benefits fraud

The judge also ordered that Mr Okafor be handed over to immigration authorities upon completion of his sentence in 2029 to be deported to Nigeria.

U.S. jail
June 17, 2025

Nigerian Adepoju Salako charged with defrauding 30 U.S. states, using 1,000 stolen identities in multimillion-dollar fraud, money laundering

Mr Salako and his co-conspirators allegedly stole close to $6 million from various government departments within one year of operation.

Stash of dollars; cuffed feet of U.S. prison inmate