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Diaspora

April 22, 2026

Olaolukitan Abel found dead in police custody after opening fire, killing residents in Atlanta

Olaolukitan Abel, a U.S.-based Nigerian arrested for opening fire and killing two women in Atlanta has been found dead in his cell at the DeKalb County Jail.

Olaolukitan Abel
April 22, 2026

Grief, anger trail death of Nigerian man in Pretoria after arrest

Grief and anger have trailed the death of a Nigerian citizen, Ekpenyong Andrew, following his alleged arrest by Tshwane Metro Police officers in Pretoria, South Africa.

Tshwane Metro Police officers
April 20, 2026
FBI
April 16, 2026

Yahoo Boys Akinade Raheem, Abayomi Eletu nabbed over $100 million identity fraud

Two fraudsters, Akinade Raheem and Abayomi Eletu, have been charged with a stolen-identity tax fraud that sought over $100 million from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service.

Dollars and IRS agents
April 16, 2026

UK-based Nigerian couple Luciana, Femi Akande jailed for hacking 100 TfL employees’ data to steal tax rebates

“TfL suffered their worst-ever data breach. It meant they had to change their systems,” said the judge.

Luciana and Femi Akanbi
April 15, 2026

Nigerian woman Nnenna Oketa nabbed with seven forged passports at Canadian airport to face prosecution

The CBSA identified the documents as five forged passports from the Republic of the Gambia and two from South Africa.

April 15, 2026

Nigerian Anthony Sobogun jailed 28 years in UK for sexually abusing children

The detective constable Lockyer said, “The bravery of the victims in coming forward is what brought Sobogun to justice.”

Anthony Sobogun
April 14, 2026

UK-based Nigerian Oluwadamilola Ogunyankinnu charged with murder for allegedly stabbing film student to death

The defendant told the court, “I didn’t kill anybody. I didn’t stab anybody. Police got the wrong person.”

Oluwadamilola Ogunyankinnu and late Finbar Sullivan
April 11, 2026

Nigerian nabbed, fined at Canadian airport for hiding 40kg of chicken, kilishi

A commenter stated, “If that dog try chop am small e no go ever detect am again, the pepper go make am craze small.”

DetectorDog Moby and the undeclared beef and chicken jerky.
April 9, 2026

UK-based Ghanaian chef Stephen Akuoko bags two-year jail term for storing food inside toilet

The judge said, “You were preparing food for supply to outlets, supermarkets and corner stores, and the food was frankly unfit for human consumption.”

Stephen Akuoko