Nnani Adaobi Merian, a graduate of Kharkiv National Medical University, who was injured in a Russian strike, has died.
In a decade, 3,968 Nigerians have been convicted and jailed for different crimes in the United States’ federal prisons, a document exclusively obtained by Peoples Gazette shows.
NUSA said it has commenced engagement with the police to ensure that a thorough investigation is conducted and that justice prevails.
The consulate called on the South African government to launch an investigation into all alleged murder cases and prosecute perpetrators.
The consulate said Mr Iroegbu, 50, was allegedly murdered on June 28 in Sunnyside, Pretoria, in the Gauteng province.
She added, “Informal squatter camps and settlements are never properties because they are illegal in the country.”
Mr Kissi, 40, was sentenced on Thursday at Snaresbrook Crown Court for deceiving and stealing from a bank in London.
In the second quarter of 2026, scores of Nigerians in the diaspora were arrested, convicted and some jailed for different crimes in America, Europe, the UK, and Asia.
The NUSA spokesman urged Mr Tinubu to leverage Nigeria’s economic relationship with South Africa more strategically.
The group urged the federal government to treat the ongoing repatriation as the beginning of a comprehensive support programme.
