Diaspora

A U.S.-based Nigerian, Adepoju Salako, has been sentenced to one and a half years in prison for orchestrating a 2022 Permanent Fund Dividend (PFD) fraud scheme in Alaska, United States….

A Nigerian national, Barnabas Terhemba Jime, has been arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for his involvement in a conspiracy to commit wire fraud, marking a significant enforcement…

A dual U.S.-Nigerian citizen, Eseosa Brigut Omoruyi, has been sentenced to six years and six months in prison for conspiracy to commit money laundering, marking a significant legal outcome in…

A Nigerian national based in the United States, Godspower Oniovosa, has been charged with failure to stop and render aid following a fatal hit-and-run crash in Houston, Texas. The incident…

Judge Lin referenced the U.S. Supreme Court’s precedent in Zadvydas v. Davis, which sets six months as the maximum reasonable time for post-removal detention. The judge found that the government…

At least 287 Nigerians are currently incarcerated in U.S. federal prisons as of May 9, 2026, for crimes including fraud, drug trafficking, theft, romance scams, wire fraud, and sex offences,…

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has arrested Samuel Ugberaese, a Nigerian national, after his extradition from Nigeria to the United States on charges linked to cross-border romance scams targeting victims…

In the first quarter of 2026, a growing number of Nigerians in the diaspora were arrested, tried, and jailed for serious crimes across multiple countries, including sexual assault, murder, romance…

Celia Hibbert, a British-Nigerian councillor, has been elected as the leader of Reform UK in Wolverhampton, marking a significant moment for the opposition party on Wolverhampton City Council. The announcement…