The proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) says Simon Ekpa, the controversial Biafra agitator, was never a member of the group. IPOB said Ekpa was not a registered member of the group’s chapter in Finland and cannot be the leader of the group. On Thursday, Ekpa, a Finland-based secessionist, was arrested by law enforcement agents […]
The Federal Government has stated that it is closely monitoring the legal proceedings of Nigerian-Finnish citizen and leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Simon Ekpa, following his arrest in Finland on charges of inciting terrorism and promoting violence. Ekpa was detained on Thursday, November 21, 2024, by Finnish authorities, and the Finnish District […]
An 18-year-old British boy has been arrested for allegedly having sex with a 17-year-old girl in Dubai. Detained in Dubai, a group of UAE legal experts, said the teenager was on holiday with his parents when he met the girl — who is now 18 — at the same hotel. The teenagers who are both […]
Simon Ekpa, self acclaimed leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has been arrested by law enforcement in Finland. The BBC reports that Ekpa was subsequently sent to prison by the district court of Päijät-Häme for “spreading terrorist propaganda on social media”. Ekpa was said to have committed the crime in 2021 in […]
Four students of Nigerian descent have been sentenced for their involvement in a violent disorder that took place in Leicester during the early hours of November 4, 2021. The confrontation, involving knives and a baseball bat, escalated into a large fight on New Park Street, leaving an 18-year-old man with four stab wounds requiring hospital […]
‘ 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, […]
