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The United States Department of Justice has charged 16 foreign nationals, including three Nigerians, with unlawful voting and related election fraud offences across several federal jurisdictions. The charges, announced on Friday, stem from multi-agency investigations that tracked non-citizens who registered to vote, cast ballots in federal elections, or submitted false citizenship claims. The sweep caught…
A federal judge in Maryland sentenced 32-year-old Nigerian national Olusegun Samson Adejorin to eight years in prison on Friday, 28 August 2026, for running a $7.5 million business email scam against two American charities. United States District Judge Theodore Chuang ordered the 96-month sentence after a jury found Adejorin guilty of wire fraud, aggravated identity…
The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission has congratulated London-based creator Bemi Orojuogun after Transport for London named a bus stop in her honour. The nurse and social media personality, known widely as London Bus Aunty, built a massive following by filming cheerful clips beside passing double-decker buses. Commission Chairman Abike Dabiri-Erewa praised the milestone as a…
The federal government will fly 83 Nigerian citizens out of South Africa on Wednesday following persistent xenophobic hostility across major urban townships. The returnees will travel on a South African Airways flight departing Johannesburg’s Oliver Tambo International Airport and landing in Lagos late Wednesday evening. Private philanthropists stepped in to buy the airline tickets after…
The Federal Government of Nigeria is preparing to receive a fourth batch of 270 citizens evacuated from South Africa following a fresh wave of xenophobic violence against foreign nationals. The arriving flight will push the total number of repatriated citizens to nearly 1,130 since emergency operations began. State officials coordinate the state-funded flights through the…
The federal government has completed the emergency evacuation of 801 Nigerian nationals from South Africa following an escalation in local anti-immigrant hostility. The final batch of 268 returnees landed at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos aboard a chartered wide-body aircraft. Coordinated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the emergency repatriation operation relied on…
The federal government has successfully evacuated 593 Nigerians from South Africa following a severe spike in xenophobic hostilities. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed that the returnees arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos aboard two chartered aircraft. Officials revealed that three additional emergency flights will return to Johannesburg next week to rescue…
A US-based Nigerian engineer has pleaded guilty in an American federal court to diverting $1.64 million into his family’s private bank accounts. The defendant Adebanjo Popoola, manipulated corporate payment systems over several years to channel corporate funds away from his employers. Federal prosecutors revealed that the engineer abused his senior technical access to authorise fraudulent…
The Federal Government has warned it may impose economic sanctions on South Africa if the host country fails to protect Nigerian citizens from escalating xenophobic attacks. Foreign Affairs Minister Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu stated on Monday that the administration is ready to retaliate unless Pretoria acts firmly against local anti-immigrant mobs. The minister confirmed that while any…
The Federal Government has deployed the first of five emergency flights to rescue citizens fleeing a sharp rise in anti-immigrant violence across South Africa. President Bola Tinubu approved the state-backed evacuation programme after deep hostility toward foreign workers flared into open intimidation and street violence. A commercial Boeing aircraft operated by Air Peace will fly…