Three Nigerians have been arrested in Delhi and face a minimum of three years imprisonment for allegedly defrauding an Indian woman of over Rs 2.62 lakh. A report by The Times of India on Saturday stated that the cybercrime police apprehended Lezhu John, Gibril Mohammed, and Egboola Ekena in connection with a case involving the […]
Syrian rebels said Sunday that President Bashar al-Assad had fled the country, calling on citizens abroad to return to a “free Syria” and saying that Damascus was free of the “tyrant”. “The tyrant Bashar al-Assad has fled” and “we declare the city of Damascus free”, the rebel factions said on Telegram, adding that “after 50 […]
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)Okechukwu Valentine Osuji, 39, a Nigerian national, was sentenced yesterday in New Haven, Connecticut, to eight years in prison for operating a business email compromise scheme out of multiple countries, including the United States. According to court documents and statements made in court, Osuji and his co-conspirators targeted specific individuals and […]
A Nigerian entrepreneur, Cynthia Tooley, has emerged as a central figure in the suspension of the University of Buckingham Vice Chancellor, Professor James Tooley, over allegations of a controversial overseas relationship. Tooley, who denies the allegations, was suspended from his £229,000-a-year role in October following accusations linked to a romantic involvement with a 25-year-old Indian […]
A Nigerian pastor whose church was shut down over an alleged £1.87 million fraud has lost his fight against deportation, despite claiming it would breach his human rights. An immigration tribunal has ruled that Tobi Adegboyega, 44, the cousin of John Boyega, the Star Wars actor, should be deported back to his native Nigeria after […]
“Bro, I can’t wait for my first dead body,” wrote an 11-year-old boy on Instagram in Sweden, where gangs recruit children too young to be prosecuted as contract killers on chat apps. “Stay motivated, it’ll come,” answered his 19-year-old contact. He went on to offer the child 150,000 kronor ($13,680) to carry out a murder, […]
Colorado Springs Mayor Yemi Mobolade is under pressure from local officials to clarify his ties to Derrick Bernard, who was indicted for staging a hate crime during Mobolade’s mayoral campaign. Bernard, who is black, scrawled a racial slur on a campaign sign and set a cross on fire in an incident described as a hoax […]
The Finnish police have confirmed that Simon Ekpa, the self-proclaimed leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), will remain in custody until his trial, as the country’s legal system does not allow for bail in cases like his. Ekpa, a dual citizen of Nigeria and Finland, was arrested on November 21 by Finnish […]
The FBI has apprehended Oluyomi Omobolanle Bombata, better known as Bobo Chicago, for allegedly defrauding multiple companies and individuals out of $2.8 million. Arrested on November 20 in Chicago, Illinois, Bobo Chicago faces a host of charges, including wire fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, money laundering, and unlawful monetary transactions. His fraudulent schemes reportedly […]
Libyan authorities said they have arrested four Nigerians for alleged drug trafficking and testing positive for infectious diseases. In a statement on Monday by Migrant Rescue Watch, an advocacy group, via a post on X, they were arrested in Sabha and Bani Walid. Bani Walid, located south of Tripoli, is known as a transit hub […]
