Dapo Akande, a Nigerian-British professor of public international law, has been elected as a judge of the International Court of Justice (ICJ).
Showing posts with label Nigerians in Diaspora. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nigerians in Diaspora. Show all posts
Four Nigerian-Americans have won elective positions in the United States mid-term elections.
Ghanaian police have arrested three Nigerian nationals suspected of belonging to a criminal syndicate that targeted bank customers in Kumasi and surrounding areas.
The United States Department of Justice, DOJ, has arrested
two Nigerian nationals and others over their involvement in illegal voting,
fake voter registration and false claim of American citizenship linked to
federal elections.
The United Kingdom (UK) has unveiled revised settlement rules that will extend the standard waiting period for permanent residence from five to 10 years for most migrants, while allowing top earners and some workers to qualify sooner.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has offered a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of Emuobosan Emanuella Hall, a Nigerian woman wanted for failing to report to serve a prison sentence in Louisiana.
Kemi Badenoch, leader of Britain’s Conservative Party, says “racist attacks” against her are “not going to work”, after Raheem Kassam, a former aide to Nigel Farage, called her a “Nigerian scammer”.
A Nigerian, Onoriode Ezewu, has been named on the United States Department of Labour’s first-ever Most Wanted List over allegations of money laundering involving fraudulent unemployment benefit claims worth more than $1m.
Nigeria ranks fifth among African countries in the number of citizens recruited into the Russian armed forces to fight in the war against Ukraine, according to a Ukrainian government-run agency.
The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has declared a Nigerian woman, Emuobosan Emmanuella Hall, wanted after she allegedly escaped custody at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport before commencing an eight-year prison sentence.
United States law enforcement authorities have arraigned a Nigerian, Akinade Adedeji Raheem, over an alleged scheme to claim more than $100 million in tax refunds using stolen identities.
A 34-year-old Nigerian man, Adetunji Abudu, has been arrested at Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts, after fleeing the United States in 2019 amid allegations of fraud and money laundering targeting elderly Americans.
The United States government has declared two Nigerian men, Ezechukwu Ohaka and Tayo Muyiwa Olukoya wanted over separate allegations involving Medicare fraud and drug-related offences.
Chukwuemeka Victor Amachukwu, a 40-year-old Nigerian-born man, has been sentenced to eight years in prison in the United States for his role in multiple fraud, hacking, and identity theft offences targeting American businesses and individuals.
The US Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal by the federal government seeking to deny asylum to Izuchukwu Ozurumba, a Nigerian who was allegedly forced to cook for a suspected separatist group known as the Unknown Gunmen.
The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has published the names and photographs of 24 Nigerian nationals arrested across the country for alleged criminal offences, as part of intensified immigration enforcement under President Donald Trump’s administration.
Former Kaduna Central senator, Shehu Sani, has taken a swipe at UK Conservative Party leader, Kemi Badenoch, over her comments on Nigeria.
British universities are withdrawing admission offers from international applicants, including large numbers of Nigerian students, as they seek to protect their licences to recruit overseas students under stricter UK government visa rules.
The Nigerian Consulate General in Johannesburg has reported the deaths of three more citizens in South Africa following a wave of xenophobic attacks in the country.
Nigerian High Commissioner to South Africa, Femi Fani-Kayode, has warned against the killing of Nigerians in the country.
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