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Friday, July 25, 2025

Diaspora

June 17, 2025

Conman Omoyoma Okoro serving 100 months in U.S. prison, faces fresh charge of immigration fraud

Mr Okoro was found guilty of conspiracy to commit mail, wire, and bank fraud on September 19, 2025

U, S flag and Pennsylvania
June 17, 2025

Nigerian Adepoju Salako charged with defrauding 30 U.S. states, using 1,000 stolen identities in multimillion-dollar fraud, money laundering

Mr Salako and his co-conspirators allegedly stole close to $6 million from various government departments within one year of operation.

Stash of dollars; cuffed feet of U.S. prison inmate
June 17, 2025

Five Nigerian fraudsters jailed 129 years for stealing $17 million in romance, investment, BEC scams

The Nigerian crooks stole over $17 million, which was laundered through a network of various bank accounts and then sent to co-conspirators in Africa and Asia.

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
June 14, 2025

Trump plans general visa ban on Nigerians over Tinubu govt corruption, poor database

The Trump administration cited a lack of government transparency and a proper database to freely vet the backgrounds of travellers as the basis for the visa ban.

Donald Trump
June 14, 2025

Tinubu’s wife urges Nigerians in diaspora to support Nigeria

Mrs Tinubu said, “We are proud a Nigerian is excelling in the USA.’’

June 13, 2025

British man who murdered Gordon Ogunmuyiwa sentenced to 21 years’ imprisonment

Ill-health had seen Mr Ogunmuyiwa become “increasingly vulnerable”, something Mr Campbell took advantage of.

British nation Paul Campbell
June 13, 2025

Oghenochuko Ojiri jailed in UK for terrorism crime linked to Hezbollah

“Ojiri engaged in activity designed to conceal the identity of the true purchaser by changing the details on invoices and storing Mr Ahmad’s name under a different alias in his mobile phone,”

Oghenochuko Ojiri
June 10, 2025

Africa’s Flash Fiction Queen, Tolulope Popoola, out with five new collections after hiatus

Since her last fiction release in 2018, fans of Ms Popoola have eagerly awaited her return.

Tolulope Popoola
June 5, 2025

Trump proposes new U.S. tax on remittances Nigerians, other immigrants send home

Nigerians are expected to bear the largest burden, losing approximately $215 million, with Senegal, The Gambia, and Liberia also to be affected by the bill.

Donald Trump
June 5, 2025

FBI arrests Nigerian ‘tech queen’ Sapphire Egemasi over multimillion-dollar Internet fraud, money laundering

She is currently in custody with her co-conspirators awaiting trial in Lexington, Kentucky, where they each face up to 20 years’ imprisonment.

Sapphire Egemasi