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Alfa Sa’adu Alfa Sa’adu, a Nigerian doctor practicing in the United Kingdom, has died of the coronavirus. The 68-year-old man, who is a native of Kwara State, died on Tuesday, March 31, 2020. Kwara state commissioner for chieftaincy…

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A 34-year-old Nigerian, Samuel Nkennaya, has been killed while another Nigerian, Chinonso Nwudo, is in critical condition in a South African hospital following mob attack. Mr Victor Ayanfe-Oyebanjo, Secretary of Mpumalanga Province…

A Nigerian on Hajj to Makkah has died after he fell from a faulty elevator this morning. The deceased was a Niger State pilgrim who was in Mecca for the 2018 Hajj. The Commissioner in charge of health of the National Hajj…

Jones Abiri, the Nigerian journalist detained for over two years has been released. He was released on Wednesday evening after he met his bail conditions READ ALSO: Nigerian Journalist, Jones Abiri Remanded In Keffi Prison For Alleged…

The Nigerian community in South Africa has expressed shock over the killing of another Nigerian, Mr Martin Ebuzoeme by unknown assailant in that country. The President of Nigerian Union in South Africa, Mr Adetola Olubola, confirmed…

A gunman has killed Ozumba Tochukwu-Lawrence, a Nigerian resident in South Africa. David Abraham, spokesman of the consul-general of Nigeria in South Africa, made this known in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Abraham said the…

A Nigerian Edafe Okporo, 28, has shared his story with Yahoo news. The 28-year old who fled to the U.S after his life was endangered due to being a homosexual, opened up on all he had to pass through while he was living in Nigeria.…

Nigerian pervert who jumped into the bed of a woman renting a room in his house while she was sleeping has been jailed. Francis Ezenwankwo, 34, had rented out his home to a woman who was visiting from another country. The woman slept in…

A Nigerian – Emmanuel Kazeem – who masterminded a plot to obtain millions in refunds from the United States Internal Revenue Service has been sentenced to 15 years imprisonment in Oregon. Kazeem, 35, of Bowie, Maryland, was…

A Nigerian asylum seeker who fled to Britain to avoid prosecution for being gay is facing deportation after being held for six months in an immigration detention centre. Adeniyi Raji, 43,who claimed he received death threats on social…

11-yr-old Carl Adebare Adekola, a member of St Thomas of Canterbury in Grays, is set to become the the first Nigerian to to sing at the Royal wedding Carl Adekola, is a Royal Chorister, singing at St George’s Chapel on a daily basis…

Former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, says Nigerian children are becoming accustomed to news of death due to the repeated attacks witnessed in various parts of the country. In a series of tweets, Ezekwesili accused President…

The Nigerian Community in South Africa said on Friday that a member was stabbed during a xenophobic attack in Rustenberg, North-West Province area. The President of Nigerian Union, South Africa, Mr Adetola Olubajo, told our reporter…

A Nigerian man is on the wanted list of the US authorities in connection with an international gang accused of committing $560 million in cybercrime fraud. Anthony Nnamdi Okeakpu, 29, is wanted on behalf of US authorities for allegedly…