Diaspora
There’s nothing wrong with selling property to relocate — UK nurse
A registered nurse in the United Kingdom, Kevin Ossai speaks with Biodun Busari about the realities of seeking better opportunities abroad Why did you leave Nigeria? I left Nigeria because I didn’t ...
7th June 2025
How to improve food security — US-based researcher
US-based Nigerian engineer, Motunrayo Ogunmola, has urged researchers to focus their innovations on addressing food insecurity in Nigeria. The Nigerian researcher advocated the engineering-driven huma...
7th June 2025
India detains Nigerian woman for overstaying visaa
Indian authorities have arrested a Nigerian woman in her rented apartment in Kondhwa, Pune, for staying in the country after the expiration of her visa. The woman was arrested by the Foreigners Regist...
7th June 2025
Ireland deports 35 Nigerians
The Republic of Ireland has deported no fewer than 35 Nigerians, including five children, to Nigeria in a chartered flight that departed from Dublin Airport on Wednesday night. According to the Irish ...
7th June 2025
Nigerian teen athlete to represent S’Africa in Europe
A 13-year-old Nigerian, Isaac Solarin, has been selected to represent South Africa in the Softball Tour in Prague, Czech Republic. Solarin was chosen by a South African company, Blue Runnings Sport In...
31st May 2025
Seven Nigerians detained for scamming 350 Indians
The Indian authorities have arrested seven Nigerian nationals for allegedly defrauding more than 350 people via online romance scams. Security operatives in Mohali apprehended them on Saturday in Gaut...
31st May 2025
Harvard graduate warns US against ending programme
A Nigerian who graduated from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, Timi Olagunju, has warned the United States against moves targeted at foreign students. Olagunju said the Ame...
31st May 2025
UK court to revisit drug dealer’s deportation
The United Kingdom Home Office has said the deportation case of a Nigerian, Olajiire Shoyombo, who was convicted for drug trafficking, will be reviewed in a lower tribunal court. Shoyombo was jailed f...
31st May 2025
Nigerians demand justice for two killed in S’Africa
The Nigerian Citizens Association South Africa has demanded justice after the killing of two members, Taiwo Raji and Yemi Akinwunmi, who were shot dead by a South African citizen in Pretoria. Raji and...
31st May 2025
COVID-19 fraud: Osun vows to probe disgraced monarch
The Osun State Government has said it will wait for the outcome of Oba Joseph Oloyede’s trial for COVID-19 relief fund fraud before taking action. It, however, said despite its respect for tradition...
24th May 2025
Nigerian doctor defends British helper jailed for racist tweet
A United Kingdom-based Nigerian doctor, Hene Enyi, has come to the defence of a child minder, Mrs Lucy Connolly, after her appeal to be freed from a 31-month jail term failed. Lucy, 42, was jailed ove...
24th May 2025
Nigerian footballer caught with drugs in India
A Nigerian national, Jones Michael, has been nabbed by the police for having methamphetamine worth 15 lakh (N27,885,000) in India. The Times of India reported that Michael, 32, who plied his trade as ...
24th May 2025
Nigerian becomes UK youngest mayor
The University of Westminster has celebrated 29-year-old British-Nigerian woman, Opeyemi Bright, inaugurated as the Civic Mayor of the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. Bright became the United ...
24th May 2025
Indian authorities arrest Nigerian cyber fraudster
A 41-year-old Nigerian national, Gabriel Onyeka, has been arrested for allegedly defrauding a businessman of ₹1.25 crore (approximately N232,500,000) in India. Cybercrime investigators nabbed Onyeka...
24th May 2025
Two arrested for drug trafficking, invalid visa in India
Indian authorities have nabbed two Nigerians, Nnanyelugo Abasili, and Chigozie Ezekiel, for drug trafficking and invalid travel documents, respectively. Abasili was arrested in a raid conducted by the...
17th May 2025
US politician urges defence of community leader
A Nigerian-born American politician, Dr Oye Owolewa, has called on elected representatives to look into the alleged bullying and harassment of a community leader in the United States, Bishop Andre Gre...
17th May 2025
Canadian varsity honours Nigerian lecturer
A Canada-based Nigerian lecturer, Dr Taiwo Afolabi, has been named a 2025 3M National Teaching Fellow by the University of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. Dr Afolabi is an Associate Professor of Theatre...
17th May 2025
I studied Medicine and Surgery to please my Nigerian dad – Doctor turned food vendor in Poland
In a conversation with BIODUN BUSARI, a 23-year-old Nigerian graduate of Medicine and Surgery from the Kyiv Medical University, Ukraine, and founder, AfroSpice, Vivian Raphael, shares her journey into...
17th May 2025
Why Nigerians in Australia don’t travel back home — Don
President of the American Academy of Optometry, African Chapter, Dr Uchechukwu Osuagwu, speaks with BIODUN BUSARI on his life journey from Nigeria to Australia How would you describe your growing up? ...
10th May 2025
Father of slain Nigerian nurse threatens lawsuit in US
John Odunsi, the father of British-Nigerian nursing student, Elizabeth Odunsi, who was stabbed to death in her apartment in Houston, Texas, United States, has threatened legal action against the polic...
10th May 2025
British-Nigerian expert pleads guilty to terror offences
A British-Nigerian art dealer, Oghenochuko Ojiri, has pleaded guilty to terrorism offences in the United Kingdom, after selling high-value artworks to a man linked with Hezbollah, a proscribed terrori...
10th May 2025
Nigerian woman accuses German authorities of seizing two sons
A Germany-based Nigerian woman, Adenike Obaoye, has accused the German authorities of seizing her two children, Noah and David. She made the allegation in a video posted via her TikTok account on Mond...
10th May 2025
Centre awarded $60,000 in US
The first immigrant and cultural organisation for Nigerian nationals in the United States, the Nigerian Center, has been awarded $60,000 by several American institutions. According to a statement by t...
10th May 2025
Why Nigerians struggle abroad — Cybersecurity expert
A United Kingdom-based member of the Forbes Technology Council, Dr Fene Osakwe, shares insights with BIODUN BUSARI on the experiences of Nigerians who have relocated abroad and their struggles to surv...
3rd May 2025
UK-based entrepreneur trains students
A United Kingdom-based Nigerian entrepreneur, Prince Afolabi Andu, has urged Nigerian students to leverage digital innovations and inventions in their respective fields to achieve their aspirations. A...
3rd May 2025
Police probe death of Nigerian nurse in UK
West Yorkshire Police have launched an investigation into the death of Nigerian nurse Nnena Miriam, whose body was found in her apartment in Leeds, United Kingdom, on Tuesday. Her lifeless body was di...
3rd May 2025
Nigerian woman strangled in India
The body of a 30-year-old Nigerian woman, known as Loweth, was discovered on Wednesday in a desolate area along Bettahalasur Main Road at Telecom Layout, Yelahanka, northern Bengaluru, India. Accordin...
3rd May 2025
53-year-old caught for bank fraud in India
A Nigerian national, Umealakei Emeka, has been arrested in connection with a cyber fraud case involving over Rs 16.7 crore (about N3bn) from a private bank in India. Emeka, also known as Alex, was nab...
26th April 2025
Canadian varsity honours Nigerian don
A lecturer of Postcolonial Literature, Department of English, Languages and Cultures at the Mount Royal University, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Dr Ademola Adesola, has received a faculty award. Adesola ...
26th April 2025
Briton accuses estranged Nigerian lover of stealing £12,258
A British businessman, Ian Clayton-Smith, has sued a Nigerian-born entrepreneur, Cynthia Tooley, in a civil case at Luton County Court over alleged theft of £12,258 from his company. Tooley was accus...
26th April 2025
UK’s Lord Mayor inducted into hall of fame
The Lord Mayor of Leeds, United Kingdom, Abigail Marshall-Katung, has been inducted into the Nigerian Women Hall of Fame. Abigail, the wife of Senator Sunday Katung, representing the Southern Kaduna S...
26th April 2025
