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Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams on Wednesday wrote a strong letter to the international community over the insecurity in the protracted killings across the Southwest region of Nigeria, seeking intervention to put an end to the killings and carnage in the region. The letter titled, URGENT NEED TO STOP KILLINGS BY FULANI […]
Continue ReadingA Nigerian man with the name Echezonachukwu O. Obianefo, 23, has been arrested by the Harris County Sheriff’s Office for allegedly stealing a Rolls-Royce Cullinan, which is valued at around $300,000. Obianefo, of Houston, Texas, United States, is being held in the Harris County Jail in Houston and his bail was set at $50,000. Obianefo is […]
Continue ReadingA 22-year-old Nigerian, Steve Ezeonu, has won the City Council run-off election for Grand Pierre in Texas, United States of America. The Chairman of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, congratulated Ezeonu for his win via a statement by the NiDCOM Head of Media and Public Relations, Abdur-Rahman Balogun, The statement revealed that the […]
Continue ReadingEnvoys of the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, the Republic of Ireland and the European Union in Nigeria, on Monday, insisted that the suspension of Twitter in the West African nation is a violation of freedom of expression. The ambassadors stated this at a meeting with the Nigerian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, in […]
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Continue ReadingSenegalese-born American singer, Akon’s car was stolen from a gas station on Monday night, May 24 in the Buckhead neighborhood of Atlanta. The car was reportedly stolen as the singer was pumping gas into his car. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Akon stopped at a Quiktrip gas station to fill his white Range Rover up with gas. […]
Continue ReadingUnited States has made it clear that the $7million bounty placed on Abubakar Shekau, the leader of the Boko Haram sect, will not be given to the Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP). The US made this known via a tweet by its State Department Rewards for Justice Program. The department wrote: “News reports […]
Continue ReadingUnited States’ Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have arrested Abidemi Rufai, a Nigerian and Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, over $350,000 employment fraud. Rufai was arrested on Friday evening at the John F Kennedy International Airport in New York based on criminal complaint. He was subsequently charged with defrauding Washington […]
Continue ReadingUnited States has warned that Al-Qaeda and ISIS are planning to penetrate Southern Nigeria. The US also said Al-Qaeda has started penetrating the north-western part of Nigeria. In a media briefing seen by TheCable, Dagvin Anderson, Commander of the US special operations command, Africa, said Al-Qaeda is also expanding to other parts of West Africa. […]
Continue ReadingA Black Lives Matter protest in Austin, Texas, United States turned out bloody as one of the protesters was allegedly shot dead. The protesters had gathered in downtown Austin in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement when shots rang out Saturday night. A clip of the scene shared online showed protesters marching through the […]
Continue ReadingAhead of the planned reopening of its borders to international travellers on July 1, the European Union Commission has released a list of 54 countries that qualify for travels into Europe and Nigeria is not one of them. Schengenvisainfo.com reports that citizens from Nigeria, Brazil, Qatar, the US and Russia would not be allowed to travel into Europe […]
Continue ReadingThe fatal shooting of Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old unarmed Black man out for a jog when he was chased and killed, was caught on video, prompting a call for a grand jury to review the case as the shooter has not been arrested or charged. The shooting occurred in February but the video was posted online Tuesday, May 5, by […]
Continue ReadingNigerian government, has on Wednesday placed a travel ban on 13 high-risk Coronavirus countries. The banned countries are China, Italy, Iran, South Korea, Spain, Japan, France, Germany, Norway, the United States of America, the United Kingdom, Netherlands, and Switzerland. Some of these banned countries have already been placed on total lock down by their own […]
Continue ReadingA 46-year-old Nigerian man identified as Kenneth Onyebuchi Onah, was shot dead on Saturday, January 11, behind the security gate of his apartment complex in Gardena, South Bay region of Los Angeles County, California, US. Officers initially responded at 12:34 a.m. to the 1300 block of Marine Avenue regarding gunshots heard in the area, Gardena […]
Continue ReadingNigeria-born American lawyer, David Ndudim, has been named as judge at the Sacramento County Superior Court of California, United States. Ndudim has a law office in Sacramento, California and has been licensed to practice law for 19 years. He handles cases in immigration and attended Lincoln Law School. In a congratulatory message, the CEO and […]
Continue ReadingA Nigerian man identified as Anthony Imafidon has been arrested by the police after he intentionally drove a van into his ex-wife, Bisi’s building at Staten Island, causing the vehicle to burst into flames. The van which crashed into the building at 671 Bay St. in Staten Island just before 11 p.m. on Sunday September […]
Continue ReadingZulfat Suara, a US-based Nigerian woman who made headlines months ago after declaring her interest to contest for political office in Nashville, has also made history by becoming the first Muslim to be elected to a Metro seat in Nashville. Suara contested for one of the five At-Large council seats and she joins Bob Mendes, Sharon […]
Continue ReadingUS multinational company, Stericycle Inc., recently hoisted the Nigerian flag in honour of a hardworking new employee, Mrs Omolanke Shelle. Thirty eight years old Shelle, an indigene of Ekiti, western Nigeria, works at the company’s facility in Aurora, Illinois, where the Green-White-Green was raised in April. This came barely a month after Stericycle gave the […]
Continue ReadingPresidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, Tuesday, released an open petition he wrote to the Ambassadors of France, Germany, European Union, United States and the High Commissioner to United Kingdom. Atiku, in the petition, narrated what he described as constitutional beaches by President Muhammadu Buhari. See the petition below: Dear Your […]
Continue ReadingUnited States (US) and United Kingdom (UK) have announced consequences, which include visa restrictions, for election interference and election-related violence in Nigeria. This message was announced in two separate statements issued on Thursday. Both countries described the elections as very important to not just Nigeria but to the whole of Africa, demanding that the process […]
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