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Nigerian youths need enabling environment to showcase tech skills — US-based software engineer
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Nigerian-born Canadian councillor trains immigrants
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I did not expect to become Lord Mayor – Nigerian senator’s wife, Katung
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We feel unsafe during riots – Nigerians in UK
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S’African pageantry: Adetshina gets support after alleged parental fraud
We use storytelling, music to make learning Yoruba fun — UK-based Nigerian language facilitator
In a world where mother tongues are rapidly fading, UK-based Nigerian Modupe Olagunju has found it imperative to unveil Àṣàlẹwà, a centre for Yoruba distance learning to bridge the gap. In this...
24th August 2024
Nigerian youths need enabling environment to showcase tech skills — US-based software engineer
A Nigerian software engineer living in Califonia, US, Babatunde Fashola, has said that many Nigerian youths only need an enabling environment to thrive in their respective tech careers. He noted tha...
24th August 2024
Nigerian-born Canadian councillor trains immigrants
A Nigerian-born councillor for Ingersoll, Canada, Khadijah Haliru, has started an initiative, Black Opportunity Network, to train immigrants for local government leadership opportunities. Haliru made ...
17th August 2024
I did not expect to become Lord Mayor – Nigerian senator’s wife, Katung
Nigerian-born Abigail Katung is the first African to become the Lord Mayor of Leeds in the United Kingdom. She shares her thoughts with BIODUN BUSARI on her life, family, career, and future aspiration...
17th August 2024
We feel unsafe during riots – Nigerians in UK
Nigerians living in the United Kingdom have expressed fear over the recent attacks on immigrants in the country, saying they feel threatened and unsafe. Britain has been plunged into a series of prote...
10th August 2024
S’African pageantry: Adetshina gets support after alleged parental fraud
Nigerians in South Africa have said the controversial parental history of Chidimma Adetshina who withdrew from a beauty contest should be thoroughly investigated. Adetshina, 23, pulled out from Miss S...
10th August 2024
Nigerian athlete winning Olympic medal for US not big deal – NiDCOM
The Director of Media and Public Relations of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abdur-Rahman Balogun, has reacted to the recent silver medal a Nigerian, Annette Echikunwoke, won for the United Sta...
10th August 2024
Nigerians in US weigh Trump, Kamala chances
Nigerians in the United States have said the winner of the race to the White House between former President Donald Trump, and Vice President Kamala Harris, is still early to predict. Trump is expected...
10th August 2024
US-based Nigerian group backs Tinubu
Five days to the 2023 general elections, a group of Nigerians based in the United States has urged Nigerians to vote for All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu. While engaging f...
20th February 2023
Nigerian arrested in India over scam advert
A Nigerian national, Eze Ndubuisi, has been arrested in India for duping a trader using fake websites. The 42-year-old was arrested in Navi Mumbai where he was residing, following a complaint from a t...
3rd January 2023
Nigerian awarded most excellent translator in China province
A Nigerian living in China, Ayodele Odeniyi, has been recognised by the provincial foreign affairs of the Liaoning Province in China as the most excellent translator in the Asian community. Odeniyi cl...
23rd December 2022
Nigerian, Okediji, emerges Academic Affairs VP at Harvard
A Nigerian scholar, Enitan Okediji, has emerged as the Vice President of Academic Affairs at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government in Boston, United States. The University of York alumnu...
17th October 2022
Nigerian-born cleric, others to officiate at Queen's funeral
A Nigerian-born cleric, Pastor Agu Irukwu, has been listed among officiating ministers at the funeral of Britain’s longest-serving monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, set to hold on Monday. A copy of t...
19th September 2022
Pictorial: NIDCOM boss visits 103-year-old Nigerian in Canada
The Chairman on Nigerians In Diaspora, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has paid a visit to the oldest Nigerian in Canada, Chief Obafemi Adeite, aged 103 years. According to a tweet by NIDCOM on Thursday, the 103-...
16th September 2022
Nigerian-born professor heads research team in Canadian varsity
A Nigerian-born professor, Chidi Oguamanam, has been appointed as the Research Chair in Sustainable Bio-Innovation, Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Global Knowledge Governance in the Faculty of Law, ...
29th August 2022
Nigerian-born scholar shortlisted for Canadian poetry award
An Associate Professor at the Carleton University, Canada, Nduka Otiono, has been shortlisted for the Archibald Lampman Award for poetry for his new collection of poems, “DisPlace: The Poetry of...
23rd August 2022
Three Nigerians extradited to US over Internet fraud
Three Nigerians have been extradited from the United Kingdom to the United States over multimillion-dollar cybercrime leading to more than $5 million in losses. The defendants were Oludayo John Adeagb...
11th August 2022
American influencer arrested for killing Nigerian boyfriend
Instagram model and influencer, Courtney Clenney alias Tailor, has been arrested by the Hawaii Police Department for stabbing Nigerian boyfriend, Christian Tobechukwu Obumseli, to death. According to ...
11th August 2022
Soyinka, nine others receive Cambridge varsity honorary degrees
Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, was, alongside nine others, conferred with a honorary degree from the University of Cambridge. One of the most prestigious honours in the world, the Cambridge v...
23rd June 2022
Nigerian man kills self after shooting wife, grandmother in US
A Nigerian man, Obinna Igbokwe, on Thursday died by suicide after shooting his wife, Tangela, and grandmother in Texas, United States of America. NBC reported that Igbokwe left home with his three-mon...
2nd June 2022
FG to evacuate 166 Nigerians trafficked to Libya
The Federal Government has said another 166 Nigerians trafficked to Libya would be repatriated to the country. The evacuees departed Mitiga International Airport, Tripoli and were expected to arrive i...
2nd June 2022
Car stolen from Canada tracked to Nigeria
A 2017 Toyota Highlander stolen from Ontario street, Canada has been tracked to Nigeria. The vehicle belonging to one Ahmad Abdallah was said to have disappeared from his street last September, accord...
29th April 2022
Burna Boy visits UN building ahead of New York show
Grammy-winning Nigerian singer, Damini Ogulu, popularly known as Burna Boy, visited the United Nations Headquarters in New York, ahead of his sold-out show at Madison Square Garden, in the same city. ...
28th April 2022
It felt special walking my son down the aisle - Female Nigerian envoy
Nigerian Ambassador to Greece, Nimi Akinkugbe, has said that walking her son down the aisle on his wedding day was a special moment to her. In a Facebook post late Monday, the excited mum shared video...
26th April 2022
11 Nigerians arrested over Facebook scam in Bangladesh
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police in Bangladesh have arrested 11 Nigerians over their involvement in a Facebook scam, a Bangladeshi online newspaper, bdnews24, reports. The Nigerians were arrested alongsi...
21st April 2022
I plan to be a better daughter, sister this year -DJ Cuppy
London-based Nigerian Disk Jockey, Florence Otedola, popularly known as DJ Cuppy, has vowed to work on being a better sister and daughter this year. The daughter of Nigerian billionaire, Femi Otedola,...
19th April 2022
US agency appoints Nigeria's Yemi Oshinnaiye Chief Information Officer
The United States Transportation Security Administration has appointed a Nigerian, Yemi Oshinnaiye, as its new Chief Information Officer. Oshinnaiye, who was the deputy CIO at the U.S. Citizenship and...
19th April 2022
Nigerian choirs bag medals in African choral competition
The Christ Holy Church Female Ensemble bagged a gold medal in the female choir category during the recently concluded African Choral And Gospel Championship. The competition, which hosted about 600 pa...
18th April 2022
Rising isn’t easy for women of colour in international newsrooms – Turkish Radio/TV journalist, Ogunleye
Sharon Ogunleye, a 37-year-old former Chief Producer of Thomson Reuters in Nigeria, who currently works as a Deputy Programmes Editor at Turkish Radio and Television Corporation in Istanbul, tells KAY...
3rd April 2022
UK jails Nigerian four years for instigating violence against Igbo
A Nigerian based in West London, Adeyinka Shoyemi, 45, of Powis Terrace in Notting Hill, who incite racial hatred with inflammatory messages encouraging violence in Nigeria has been jailed for four-an...
2nd April 2022
American Senate honours Nigerian teenager, others for winning basketball championship
The Senate of the United States of America has honoured an 18-year-old Nigerian, Prince Raphael Akinyemi, for winning a basketball championship for the State of Maryland. Raphael is the son of a First...
29th March 2022
