A Houston Council Member, Tiffany Thomas, has commended the Nigerian Center for its contributions towards the advancement of immigration in the United States. Thomas lauded the centre for enriching an...
5th July 2025
The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement has said a Nigerian man, Owolabi Adeyinka, has been sentenced to two years and two months imprisonment for “conspiracy to commit wire fraud.” ...
5th July 2025
Indian authorities have arrested seven Nigerians in separate operations for drug trafficking and residing as foreigners without valid documents. Two Nigerians, Chidiebube Ije, 31, and Promise Onana, 3...
5th July 2025
A United States District Court has sentenced a Nigerian pastor, Edward Oluwasanmi, to 27 months’ imprisonment for COVID-19 relief fund fraud. His friend, the Apetu of Ipetumodu, Oba Joseph Oloyede, ...
5th July 2025
The Mayor of the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, Princess Opeyemi Bright, on Thursday visited the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu. Bright shared the pictures of her meeting with the g...
5th July 2025
BRICS leaders will meet in Rio de Janeiro from Sunday, with the bloc depleted by the absence of China’s Xi Jinping, who is skipping the annual summit of emerging economies for the first time in ...
4th July 2025
BRICS leaders will meet in Rio de Janeiro from Sunday, with the bloc depleted by the absence of China’s Xi Jinping, who is skipping the annual summit of emerging economies for the first time in ...
4th July 2025
Multiple people have been killed in “devastating floods” in south-central Texas, local authorities said Friday, with children who were attending a summer camp among the missing. The number...
4th July 2025
Ukraine summoned the deputy chief of the US embassy in Kyiv to a meeting Wednesday and warned him that any delays in US military aid to Ukraine would “encourage” Russia, Kyiv’s forei...
2nd July 2025
Two Chinese nationals have been arrested for espionage and for allegedly seeking to recruit members of the US Navy to serve as intelligence assets, the Justice Department said Tuesday. Yuance Chen, 38...
2nd July 2025
The Israeli army said Tuesday that it launched a review into a strike on a seafront Gaza cafe it says targeted militants, but which rescuers said killed 24 people. In a statement to AFP regarding the ...
1st July 2025
The United States Government has arrested a Nigerian man, Edikan Adiakpan, in connection with a large-scale business email compromise and money laundering. A federal grand jury in Houston, on June 11,...
28th June 2025
The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement has arrested a 29-year-old man, Oluwaseun Kassim, amid a crackdown on illegal immigrants. Kassim was nabbed in Chicago following his conviction fo...
28th June 2025
The Chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has commended the United States Governor of North Carolina, Josh Stein, for proclaiming June 14 as Igbo Day. Dabiri-Erewa said Stein dese...
28th June 2025
The Mayor of the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, Princess Bright, has urged Nigerian youths in the country and in the United Kingdom to utilise their innate skills to empower themselves. Opeye...
28th June 2025
The Representative for the District of Columbia, Oye Owolewa, has requested that the United States Congress initiate an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. Owolewa said American lawmakers...
28th June 2025
The Indian police have arraigned a Nigerian man, Echzoaa Ezeawna Rio Abrnr, before a magistrate following his arrest with 540 grams of cocaine, in Mohali, a city of Punjab. Abrnr was arrested with a b...
28th June 2025
A Nigerian-born American Representative for the District of Columbia, Dr Oye Owolewa, has joined community leaders, advocacy organisations, and labour unions to demand a better budget for immigrants. ...
21st June 2025
The community of Nigerians in the Middle East and North Africa has said none of its members have lost their lives to the conflict between Israel and Iran. It also said that no Nigerian living in the M...
21st June 2025
Nigerian-born agricultural engineer, Olatunji Somorin, speaks with BIODUN BUSARI on his journey to practise his family business as a herbalist and Ifa (Yoruba oracle) consultant in Trinidad and Tobago...
21st June 2025
A Nigerian man, Otaniyen Iduozee, has been sentenced to 42 months’ imprisonment for defrauding elderly and vulnerable people in a romance scam in the United States of America. Iduozee was involved i...
21st June 2025
A United States-based Nigerian scholar and anthropological archaeologist at the British Museum, Dr Abidemi Babalola, has been named a 2025 winner of The Dan David Prize. Babalola was among the nine wi...
14th June 2025
The immediate past Lord Mayor of Leeds, Abigail Marshall-Katung, has appealed a court ruling that transferred the ownership of her house to the National Crime Agency in the United Kingdom. Katung also...
14th June 2025
A society of professionals promoting diversity, Calgary Black Chambers, has honoured two Nigerians, Prof Akolisa Ufodike and Bukky Wonda, for their contributions to the community in Canada. Ufodike, a...
14th June 2025
Some Nigerians in diaspora have trooped to social media to justify their relocation to the United States, the United Kingdom, and other developed countries. The Nigerians stated via X that the anomali...
14th June 2025
A United States Representative for the District of Columbia, Oye Owolewa, has criticised Congress for revoking the laws that allowed non-citizen immigrants the right to vote in local elections. Owolew...
14th June 2025
New Zealand has introduced a new visa called the Parent Boost Visa, which will allow parents of migrants to stay in the country for up to 10 years. The visa begins on September 29, 2025. New Zealand i...
11th June 2025
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement has arrested 2,200 migrants on Tuesday as the administration of President Donald Trump intensified its crackdown on illegal immigrants in the United States. Acc...
7th June 2025
A registered nurse in the United Kingdom, Kelvin Ossai speaks with Biodun Busari about the realities of seeking better opportunities abroad Why did you leave Nigeria? I left Nigeria because I didn’t...
7th June 2025
US-based Nigerian engineer, Motunrayo Ogunmola, has urged researchers to focus their innovations on addressing food insecurity in Nigeria. The Nigerian researcher advocated the engineering-driven huma...
7th June 2025
Indian authorities have arrested a Nigerian woman in her rented apartment in Kondhwa, Pune, for staying in the country after the expiration of her visa. The woman was arrested by the Foreigners Regist...
7th June 2025
