A 22-year-old Nigerian driver who died in a head-on crash in Glenn Dale, Maryland, early Monday morning has been identified as Samuel Oriloye. Prince George’s County police said Oriloye, from Dublin, died after crashing head-on into another vehicle on Glenn Dale Boulevard near Bell Station Road around 1:35 a.m. Police arrived at the scene and […]
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The Nigerian community in South Africa has reported the killing of yet another Nigerian in the country. ThankGod Okoro, the victim hails from Ogbaku in the Awgu local government area of Enugu state, and is the latest in what has been described as recurring pre-meditated murders of young Nigerians in South Africa. At least 117 […]
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Oluwatobiloba Amusan has made history by becoming the first Nigerian to win a sprint hurdles title at the Commonwealth Games. Amusan achieved the feat on Friday at the Carrara stadium in Gold Coast, Australia. The reigning American Collegiate 100m hurdles queen ran 12.68 seconds to win the race. She is now Nigeria’s first gold medallist […]
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Activities opened on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Monday in the negative as the market capitalisation lost N150 billion and volume depreciated by 42.82 per cent. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that amid losses by blue chips, the market capitalisation, which opened at N14.753 trillion, shed N150 billion or 1.02 per cent […]
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A Nigerian man, identified only as Sunday from Anambra State, has reportedly stabbed two others to death in South Africa early Saturday. Emeka Ezinteje, secretary of the Nigerian union in South Africa confirmed the incident in Johannesburg. He said the incident was due to a business dispute. “We have received a report that at 3.00am […]
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Nigerians on Monday stormed the high commission in London to protest herdsmen killings across the country. The protesters were armed with banners which read ‘stop blood thirsty Fulani herdsmen now’, ‘they can’t kill us all.’ They also chanted, ‘Buhari must go’, ‘Buhari enough is enough’. One of the protesters simply identified as Chidikali said they do […]
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The policemen responsible for the death of one Ebuka Okori, a Nigerian who lived in South Africa, have been remanded in prison. Okori was allegedly killed by two members of the South African Police Service (SAPS), on Friday. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, senior special assistant to the president on foreign affairs and diaspora, said the Nigeria consulate in […]
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The Nigerian Union in South Africa say six guest houses owned by their members were burnt during attacks against Nigerians in Rustenburg, North West Province of South Africa. The Chairman of the union in the Province, Paul Nwanedo, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the telephone from Rustenburg, on Thursday that the attackers […]
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A Nigerian man stabbed two Danish journalists in Gabon, allegedly saying it was a revenge attack against the United States for recognising Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. The assailant wounded the reporters for the National Geographic channel at a market popular with tourists in Libreville, the capital of the central African country, according to the Gabon […]
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The Nigerian mission in South Africa has confirmed the killing of a 25-year-old Nigerian, Mr Ibrahim Olalekan Badmus, a native of Lagos state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the killing occurred less than a week after Mr Jelili Omoyele, a 35 year –old cellular phone technician was shot dead at Doornfontein, near […]
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