Birthday tribute to Bayo Onanuga, by Ademola Adegbamigbe
Mr Bayo Onanuga, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Strategy, who is marking his birthday this Friday, 20 June, has a rare gift. He can keep a…
LUTH’s breakthrough transplant brings relief to sickle cell patients, By Josephine Nwachukwu
The silent screams of children in pain. The helpless tears of parents watching their loved ones suffer. The emergency hospital runs, blood transfusions, and the quiet longing for a cure….
What crash survivor told family after limping off from burning fuselage
British-Indian plane crash survivor Viswashkumar Ramesh called his family to say he was ‘fine’ after fleeing the burning aircraft, his cousin has revealed. Ajay Valgi, from Leicester, has narrated how…
Nigeria ranks Top 10 among nations with swearing, vulgar communication
Some researchers in Brisbane, Australia, have analysed the use of written vulgarities in 20 English-speaking nations and came out with a table where Nigeria placed among the top 10 swearers….
Odd news: Police ‘arrest’ wild duck for over-speeding
A mallard (wild duck) has been ‘arrested’ for going 52km/hour in a 30km/hour zone in the Bernese suburb of Köniz, Switzerland, and local police are wondering whether they are dealing…
African president’s daughter convicted in Switzerland
The daughter of the president of Cameroon, Brenda Biya, has been convicted in Geneva, Switzerland for insulting Cameroonian-Nigerian singer Dencia on social media, calling her a “scammer”, a “dope dealer”…
Lorry driver who killed Nigerian-born mum-to-be nurse jailed in Scotland
A lorry driver who killed a heavily pregnant Nigerian-born nurse, Evelyn Brown, 41, in a horror crash in Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, has been jailed. Trevor Norgate was locked up…
Trump policy tightens noose on Nigerian convicted in $3m US romance scam
The renewed push by President Donald Trump to clean up America through the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has tightened the noose on Nigeria’s Darlington Akporugo, a 47-year-old criminal…
Sextortion: How Nigerian scammers use Instagram, Snapchat to target UK victims
British teenage boys are being blackmailed by Nigerian crime gangs posing as young women on social media sites like Snapchat and Instagram. The National Crime Agency has warned that criminals…
Nigeria’s Daniyan awaits over 50 years jail, forfeitures in multiple US bank frauds
A Nigerian, Mr. David Daniyan, aka “Bamikole Laniyan,” aka “David Enfield,” aka “Africa,” age 60, of Brooklyn, New York, will be sentenced on July 10, 2025 for his role in…