A Nigerian doctor has been struck off after he invented a fake landlord and fictitious tenancy agreement as part of a £12,000 housing benefits scam.
Read More »
#Nigeria
UK: Phone Shop Robbery Gang Jailed Following Met Police Investigation
Members of an organised crime group have been jailed for total of more than 55 years following a Met Police investigation into a series of robberies at mobile phone shops across London.
Read More »
Nigerian Harvard Alumni Duo Wins Startup Competition For Hair-braiding Robot Invention
Halo Braid, a startup that produced a hair braiding robot has won the 2025 President’s Innovation Challenge Award at the Harvard Innovation Lab.
Read More »
US-based Nigerian Mum Face Murder Charge After Daughter’s Death In Hot Car
A mother has been charged with murder after her 9-year-old daughter died in a hot car in Texas in the summer of 2025.
Read More »
UK: Man Charged Over Murder Of Nigerian Pensioner In Balham
A man has been charged with murder following the death of a Nigerian pensioner who was assaulted in Balham.
Read More »
BURKINA FASO: Parliament Pass Law To Criminalise Homosexuality
Burkina Faso’s parliament has passed a law banning homosexuality with offenders facing two to five years in prison.
Read More »
NIGERIA: Nation Formally Submits 2030 Commonwealth Games Host Bid
Nigeria has joined the race to host the 2030 commonwealth games with the formal submission of its proposals to the IOC with the capital city, Abuja as the host city.
Read More »
FINLAND: Court Sentence Nigerian Separatist Leader To Six Years In Jail
A court in Finland has sentenced the controversial leader of a Nigerian secessionist movement to six years in prison after finding him guilty of terrorism-related charges.
Read More »
NEW YORK: Nigerian Poet Alhanislam Appointed UN Global Peace Advocate
Nigerian poet, human rights activist, and Pan-Africanist, Maryam Bukar Hassan (aka Alhanislam), has been appointed the United Nations’ first ever Global Advocate for Peace.
Read More »
WAFCON 2024: Morocco Petition CAF To Upturn Nigeria’s Victory
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has received a formal complaint from Morocco’s Football Federation (FRMF) on what it called “refereeing injustices” during the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) final versus Nigeria’s Super Falcons.
Read More »