NIGERIANS

Corruption in government plunging millions of Nigerians further into throes of poverty — SERAP

  By Ajuma Edwina Ameh Latest report by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has revealed that the widespread and systemic corruption...

Verdict on Buhari’s insecurity war: Nigerians are ungrateful, unthankful and ungracious, says media aide, Adesina

  Nigerians have been branded as “ungrateful” for berating President Muhammadu Buhari over the parlous and life-claiming security situation in the country. To...

FG vows to fight for release of over 300 Nigerians illegally detained in Italian prisons

  Reprieve may have come for the over 300 Nigerians languishing in Italian prisons as the Federal Government has promised to take up...

Reverse steady decline in active internet subscribers in Nigeria, MRA tells FG

  By Ajuma Edwina Ameh   The Media Rights Agenda (MRA) on Monday called on the Federal Government and the relevant agencies to...

Cancelled London trip: PDP to Buhari: Use opportunity to think of millions of Nigerians who cannot feed

“Our party urges him to use this period to have some introspection on the sorry situation in which his incompetent, divisive, vindictive and...

New variant of COVID-19 in South Africa: Nigerians urged to observe nation’s lockdown rules

Amid threat of spread of the new variant of COVID-19 and new lockdown rules in South Africa, Nigerians living in the country have...

June 12: Nigerians in South Africa felicitate Buhari, others on 22 years of unbroken democracy

As Nigeria marked 22 years of uninterrupted democracy on June 12, the Nigerian Community in South Africa has urged the Federal Government to...

Hard-hitting Adesanya overpowers Vettori to retain UFC middleweight title, to battle Whittaker in next title defence

Champion stylebender Israel Adesanya has successfully retained his UFC middleweight title after he defeated Italy’s Marvin Vettori by a unanimous decision at UFC...

Nigerians should be fair to this administration, says President Buhari

In a self-assessment, President Muhammadu Buhari has Nigerians to be fair to his administration, saying it is not doing badly in terms of...

Twitter calls Buhari govt. bluff, promises to restore Nigerians’ access to its new platform

  Twitter, the American micro-blogging and social networking service, has reacted to Buhari administration’s ban on its operations in Nigeria, promising to restore...

Charles Williams Onus, Ajibola, three other Nigerians face $4.5m (N3.7bn) wire fraud charges in U.S.

  Another humongous internet scam in the United States of America amounting to $4.5 million, involving five Nigerian have been blown open and...

Nigerian community in South Africa donates furnished five-room building to poor family.

A South African family living in squalid conditions has got a life-transforming intervention from the Nigerian community in the country as it built...

Philanthropy: Nigeria’s top 10 most generous people

Pioneering American philanthropist Andrew Carnegie once set the standard for giving back: “No man can become rich without himself enriching others,” he said....

$3.5m U.S. bank fraud: 3 Nigerians face 42 years in jail 

….case adjourned until Nov. 13, 18 Three foreign nationals charged with $3.5 million bank fraud in the U.S., may be jailed 42 years cumulatively if convicted....

Over 375 Nigerians deported from the U.S. in 2020

  At least 375 Nigerian immigrants were deported from the U.S. in 2019 through September 2020 according to data gathered by Per Second...

Governance: Buhari to Nigerians: We are your servants, not masters

  “Elected officials are servants, not masters. They govern at your discretion. The authority is yours to grant – and it is yours...