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August 15, 2021

U.S. Court jails Nigerian Kelvin Otunyo for money laundering, identity theft

Mr Otunyo was involved in at least six schemes to deposit and launder stolen and unauthorized checks valued at more than $350,000.

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
August 13, 2021

COVID-19 breaks out at Nigerian High Commission in London

At least three persons have tested positive for COVID-19 at the high commission.

Coronavirus used to illustrate the story.
August 12, 2021

Igbos in Ghana to celebrate New Yam festival

The Igbos in Ghana say they will host the annual Igbo Day/New Yam festival on September 19.

New Yam Festival
August 11, 2021

South Africa Looting: Relocate to secure place, FG tells Nigerians

President Muhammadu Buhari’s regime has advised Nigerians whose stores were looted and destroyed by South African rioters to relocate to secure locations.

August 11, 2021

Buhari regime tells Indonesia to punish officials who assaulted Nigerian diplomat

President Muhammadu Buhari’s regime has told the Indonesian government to punish its officials who assaulted a Nigerian diplomat in the Asian country.

August 10, 2021

Indonesia attacks, arrests Nigerian diplomat, FG summons ambassador

Foreign minister Geoffrey Onyeama has summoned the Indonesian ambassador to Nigeria over an assault on a Nigerian diplomatic agent in Jakarta.

August 5, 2021

Nigerian lawyer Adeola Oyinlade wins American Bar Association 2021 human rights laureate

Mr Oyinlade is the first-ever Nigerian, second African after Abdelrahman Al Gasim, a Sudanese lawyer, to receive the top rights award.

July 29, 2021

U.S. jails Nigerian money launderer who used crime proceeds to export cars

A U.S. court has jailed Nigerian money launderer 38-year-old Olumide Bankole Morakinyo for engaging in a scheme that defrauded the Texas Employees Retirement System.

A hacker on a computer used to illustrate the story.
July 28, 2021

Terror-tarnished Pantami takes NIN to New York to enrol Nigerians living in U.S.

The consulate general of Nigeria in New York says it is making arrangements to enrol Nigerians living in the U.S. for NIN as part of Isa Pantami’s push.

Minister of communications and digital economy Isa Pantami (Credit: Twitter)
July 27, 2021
Arunma Oteh