‘ Mark and Ros Dowey, parents of a British teenager who took his own life after falling victim to sextortion, have appealed to perpetrators to stop the act. Murray, their 16-year-old son, committed suicide after he was tricked by scammers from Nigeria who posed as a girl, into sending compromising pictures of himself. Authorities in […]
A Rwandan soldier on Wednesday opened fire in a bar and killed five civilians in a southwestern town of the country, the army said. It was not immediately clear what prompted the early morning shooting. But the Rwandan Defence Forces (RDF) identified the gunman as a 39-year-old sergeant. “RDF has arrested the suspect and will […]
Franklin Ikechukwu Nwadialo, a 40-year-old Nigerian national, was arrested at a Texas airport following an indictment in the Western District of Washington, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced today. Mr Nwadialo was among the newly elected 27 chairmen across Anambra’s local government areas in September. The current Ogbaru local government council chairman was elected on the […]
A high-ranking Equatorial Guinea official has been fired after a slew of videos showing him having sex with women — including the wives of prominent officials — were shared online. Authorities have tried to curb the viral spread of the sex tapes involving Baltasar Ebang Engonga, who is related to the country’s long-serving president. But […]
Equatorial Guinea’s President, Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, has reportedly appointed Zenón Obiang Obiang Avomo as the new Director General of the National Agency for Financial Investigation. He replaced Baltasar Ebang Engonga following a shocking sex scandal involving public officials. This was disclosed in a news report on Thursday by a media outlet based in Equatorial Guinea, […]
The Government of Equatorial Guinea has imposed a restriction on its citizens, prohibiting the downloading and sharing of multimedia files via mobile data on WhatsApp. This move comes after the government issued directives to telecommunications companies, urging them to implement measures that would limit access to inappropriate content. Also, the government suspended all civil servants […]
The European Court on Human Rights (ECHR) has ordered the Spanish government to pay a €27,000 compensation fee to a yet-to-be-named Nigerian lady who was trafficked into the country as a teenager. The court, in its October 10 ruling, ordered the Spanish government to pay the sum to the Nigerian after it confirmed Spanish officials failed to carry […]
Kenya President William Ruto has nominated Kithure Kindiki, interior minister, as his new deputy. This comes a day after the senate voted to impeach Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, despite a plea from Paul Muite, Gachagua’s lawyer, to postpone the proceedings. According to Muite, Gachagua was hospitalised after falling very sick, hours before the vote was […]
By Pascal Ibe On Saturday, Allen Onyema, the Chairman, CEO, and founder of Air Peace, a Nigerian airline, was charged in a superseding indictment with obstruction of justice for submitting false documents to the government in an effort to end an investigation of him that resulted in earlier charges of bank fraud and money laundering. […]
Allen Onyema, chief executive officer (CEO) of Air Peace, has been charged by the US for alleged obstruction of justice. In a superseding indictment, the US attorney’s office, Northern District of Georgia, said Onyema and Ejiroghene Eghagha, the Air Peace’s chief of administration and finance, allegedly submitted false documents to end a federal investigation against […]
