Thursday, July 23, 2026

Diaspora

June 9, 2026

U.S. court jails Nigerian man Atuchukwu Onyeanusi for fraud, identity theft

Mr Onyeanusi used a false Texas CDL and a false Social Security card with the same name to obtain employment at the Great Plains Tribal Leaders’ Health Board.

Atuchukwu Markrufus Onyeanusi
June 9, 2026

Nigerian Gift Oladele, other migrant rapists should be deported after serving jail terms, says UK Shadow Home Secretary

Mr Oladele, 24, a UK-based Nigerian national was sentenced to 25 years jail term in April at the Caernarfon Crown Court for the violent rape of a 19-year-old woman in Wrexham, Wales.

June 9, 2026

Second UK-based Nigerian Chibueze Chukwurah charged with murder of Taiwo Ekerin

Another UK-based Nigerian, Chibueze Chukwurah, has been charged with murder following an assault in Lewisham that led to the death of Taiwo Ekerin.

Murdered Taiwo Ekerin (Credit: UK Met)
June 9, 2026

Katsina student shines in U.S., Gov Radda cheers

The governor added that Miss Sa’adu’s success validated his administration’s continued investment in the education sector.

Governor Dikko Radda
June 9, 2026
U.S. Department of Justice
June 7, 2026

Eulogies for British-Nigerian singer Mark Orabiyi stabbed to death in UK

“Despite the efforts of paramedics, he was sadly pronounced dead at the scene,” the police said.

Mark Orabiyi (Talay Riley)
June 7, 2026

Kudos as ex-Radio Nigeria broadcaster Roseline Ogunro emerges mayor of Islington

Veteran broadcaster Soni Irabor hailed Ms Ogunro’s mayoral appointment.

Roseline Ogunro
June 6, 2026

FG to repatriate over 1,000 Nigerians from South Africa

“More than 1,000 Nigerians have registered for the voluntary evacuation, and many more are registering,” she said.

Mrs. Abike Dabiri-Erewa
June 6, 2026

Police launch international manhunt for fugitive who allegedly stabbed Nigerian-Irish Qayyum Balogun to death in Dublin

Police reportedly recovered the knife used to commit the crime from the scene off Clarendon Street.

Joshua Brodericks; credit: The Irish Times
June 6, 2026

UK court sentences Nigerian Fawaz Abdulkareem to life imprisonment over murder of 30-year-old Daniel Manuel

The police said Mr Abdulkareem lied he acted in self-defence and quickly threw away the weapon he used to stab his victim from the window of the 14th floor flat.

Fawaz Abdulkareem