Diaspora News

A suspected Nigerian billionaire drug trafficker, Amadi Simon, has been arrested in Switzerland following a coordinated international operation involving Nigerian and foreign security agencies. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency …

Nigeria’s government has summoned South Africa’s top diplomat in Abuja over attacks on foreigners in the country, the foreign ministry said Saturday. outh Africa, the continent’s most industrialised economy, has …

NIGERIA’S Acting Ambassador to South Africa, Temitope Ajayi, has assured that Nigerians living in the country are not under immediate threat despite recent xenophobic tensions. Speaking during an interview, Ajayi …

A Nigerian couple, Luciana and Femi Akanbi, have been jailed in the United Kingdom for orchestrating a large-scale fraud involving the stolen personal data of Transport for London employees, in …

AUTHORITIES in the United States have apprehended a suspect in connection with a fatal hit-and-run incident that claimed the life of a Nigerian graduate, Oluwalayomi “Layo” Fadero. The Metropolitan Nashville …

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By Deborah Dan-Awoh ON Sunday night, creatives, Akinola Davies Jr. Wale Davies, and Wunmi Mosaku surpassed nominees in various categories at the 2026 British Academy Film Awards, clinching top honors. …

THE Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) has denounced the killing of a 22-year-old Nigerian e-hailing driver, Isaac Satlet, in Pretoria, South Africa, and is calling for swift justice. In a …

AUTHORITIES in Gurgaon, India, have arrested two Nigerians for allegedly impersonating directors of Indian companies on WhatsApp to defraud employees. The suspects, identified as Ojo Uyiosa and James, reportedly convinced …

THE United States Department of Homeland Security has announced plans to deport at least 79 Nigerians convicted of various crimes and listed among its so-called “worst-of-the-worst” offenders. Findings on the …