A 48-year-old Nigerian man, Olubunmi Abodunde, who murdered his wife, Taiwo, with a skateboard and blamed his loss of control on medication has been sentenced to life imprisonment in the United Kingdom. The incident occurred in their Newmarket home, resulting in Taiwo’s death from catastrophic brain injuries in November 2023. He, however, admitted to […]

  A 32-year-old Nigerian ophthalmologist based in the United States of America, identified as Uzochukwu Igboanugo has been reportedly killed by a drunk driver. In a Facebook post made by his father, Ikb Igboanugo, who said his son died in a fatal car accident allegedly caused by a driver under the influence of intoxication in […]

  Rescuers recovered more bodies on Tuesday after weekend flash floods and cold lava flow on Indonesia’s Sumatra island killed at least 50 people and left another 27 missing, the country’s disaster agency said. Hours of heavy rain caused large volcanic rocks to roll down one of Indonesia’s most active volcanos into six districts on […]

  A sitting US senator is facing a weeklong trial on charges of bribery which include gold bars, cash, and a luxury car among other things. These bribes were allegedly in exchange for influencing US aid and weapon deals with a foreign government and halting a federal case against a co-defendant, CNN reports. A Democratic […]

  Kenya has deported a Nigerian man caught on CCTV camera assaulting a Kenyan woman. This was contained in a Saturday Joint Press Release by the Republic of Kenya’s Ministry of Gender, Culture, The Arts and Heritage State Department for Gender and Affirmative Action. The release, tagged for immediate press release, was titled: “Deportation of […]

  A Nigerian couple based in the United States has been convicted of forced labour by a federal jury in New Jersey and faces 20 years imprisonment. Isiaka Bolarinwa, 67, and Bolaji Bolarinwa, 50 — who are both US citizens were also found guilty of operating a coercive scheme to compel two victims to perform […]

  At least 19 people have been confirmed dead after a section of a highway collapsed in southern China’s Guangdong province early Wednesday. Xinhua, state media, reported that the accident caused 18 vehicles to fall off and involved 49 people. About 30 people are receiving treatment in the hospital and there are no life-threatening injuries […]

  The Human Rights Watch has said that Burkina Faso’s military massacred more than 220 civilians, including at least 56 children, in a single day this year. According to a report by BBC, in the attacks on 25 February, Burkina Faso’s army killed 179 people in Soro village and 44 others in the nearby Nondin […]

  An court in Iran has sentenced to death a popular rapper jailed for more than a year and a half for supporting nationwide protests sparked by Mahsa Amini’s death, local media reported Wednesday. Toomaj Salehi, 33, was arrested in October 2022 after publicly backing the wave of demonstrations which erupted a month earlier, triggered […]

  German police said Wednesday they had arrested 11 suspected members of a Nigerian mafia group behind a large-scale dating scam. The Black Axe gang was involved internationally in “multiple areas of criminal activity”, with a focus in Germany on dating scams and money-laundering, Bavarian police said in a statement. The dating trick was a […]