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Texas

August 27, 2023

Racially motivated shooting at U.S. store leaves three dead

Three black people were killed inside a Dollar General store in Jacksonville, Florida, United States, on Saturday.

Dollar General store
August 26, 2023

Miss Nigeria USA 2023 pageant holds in Texas September 3

The event will hold in the city of Houston in Texas after a four year break due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Miss Nigeria USA 2023
August 18, 2023

Woman threatens to kill judge ‘if Trump doesn’t get elected in 2024’

Investigators traced her phone number, and she later admitted to making the threatening call.

President Donald Trump
August 17, 2023

U.S. court convicts, jails Nigerian fraudster 45 months for wire fraud

Okechukwu Iwuji obtained at least $475,710 of victim funds from Roberto and other co-conspirators and transferred some funds to third party-Nigerian bank accounts.

United States District Court of Guam and FBI AGENTS
July 7, 2023
Patrick Wood Crusius
July 3, 2023

Five Nigerians indicted for business email compromise schemes, money laundering

Adelekan, Baiyewu, Dudubo, Omotayo, and Suleiman are charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering. If convicted, each defendant faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison.

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
June 27, 2023

U.S. issues nationwide alert as five residents get malaria from mosquito bites in Florida, Texas

The U.S. issued a nationwide health alert for the first time in 20 years over the spread of malaria caused by mosquitoes in Texas and Florida.

Mosquitoes
May 13, 2023

PhD graduation of a Hausa-Yoruba Nigerian in America

The route to Abdulbasit Kassim’s immersion in northern Nigerian culture wasn’t without a few little prickly thorns.

Abdulbasit Kassim
May 3, 2023

Texas mass shooting suspect Oropeza arrested after killing five

The Law enforcement officials in Texas had captured Francisco Oropeza at a relative’s home, ending a four-day manhunt for the suspect.

Francisco Oropeza
April 24, 2023

Nine casualties recorded in Texas after-prom party shootings

According to the Jasper county sheriff’s office, about 250 people were estimated to have been present at the time of the shooting.

Jasper county sheriff's office