A Nigerian woman, Favour Ugwe, has been sentenced to eight years in prison for human trafficking. The 28-year-old, also known as Nnenna Igwe, was found guilty of transporting a 19-year-old Chadian to Ghana under false pretense. She was found guilty and sentenced by the Circuit Court in Achimota. ALSO READ: Nigerian Man Jailed In South Africa For Human Trafficking, Running Brothel The court found that Ugwe had promised the victim a job in a restaurant but was instead forced into prostitution. She was rescued by the Human Trafficking Unit of the Ghana Police Service and Our Rescue Ghana following a tip-off…
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India has trained no fewer than 27,500 Nigerian professionals in the last 45 years under the Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC), Shri Balasubramanian, the High Commissioner of India to Nigeria, has said. He said an average of 500 Nigerians get trained every year in India. ALSO READ: Nigerian Nurse Who Left Her Baby Alone To Die Jailed In UK Balasubramanian spoke during the 2024 ITEC Day reception at the High Commission of India in Abuja on Monday. ITEC is the institutionalised capacity-building platform of the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India. “With Nigeria, we started this cooperation in 1979…
The Swedish government has promised to give incentives of up to 350,000 Swedish kronor ($34,000 or N54 million) to immigrants willing to leave their country. ALSO READ: UAE Deports 400 Nigerians It said from 2026, immigrants who willingly return to their home countries will be eligible for the amount. The right-wing government, which the anti-immigrant Sweden Democrats support, made the announcement in a statement. “We are in the midst of a paradigm shift in our migration policy,” Migration Minister Johan Forssell said at a press conference. Currently, immigrants can receive up to 10,000 kronor per adult and 5,000 kronor per child,…
A Nigerian nurse, Ruth Auta, working in the United Kingdom’s National Health Service (NHS) has been sentenced to three years imprisonment for leaving her 10-week-old baby alone in her apartment. ALSO READ: UK Court Finds Two Nigerian Men Guilty Of Rape The 28-year-old had reportedly left the baby, Joshua Akerele, unattended and went to work an eight-hour shift at Royal Bolton Hospital on December 20, 2022. She found him unresponsive in his cot when she returned and called emergency services. Tests revealed he may have died due to excessive heat due to being wrapped in different layers of clothes. She initially…
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has deported 400 Nigerians. ALSO READ: UAE Lifts Visa Ban On Nigerians The deportees comprising 310 males and 90 females arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, and were received by the office of the National Security Adviser, the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) and other stakeholders. Another 103 Nigerians were deported from Turkey and arrived at the Abuja airport on Friday. They were received by government officials led by NEMA. ALSO READ: We’re Not…
Two Nigerians, Tosin Dada and Solomon Adebiyi, have been found guilty of multiple rape charges. The pair were arraigned at the Northampton Crown Court in the United Kingdom, according to a statement by Northamptonshire Police on Facebook. “Tosin Dada, 34, previously of Knox Road, Wellingborough, and Solomon Adebiyi, 39, previously of Stanley Street, Northampton, were both charged with three counts of rape each in connection with the offence on March 12, 2022. “Their nine-day trial at Northampton Crown Court ended last week with both men being found unanimously guilty by the jury on all charges after eight hours of deliberation.…
A Nigerian man has been fined over $50,000 after his attempt to defraud a United States citizen of cryptocurrency was foiled. The Kansas Attorney General’s Office said Bimbo Toyin Akinyemi, a Nigerian national, promised the victim a large return for investing in cryptocurrency. Court documents show that Akinyemi and his victim had an agreement on 15 July 2023, where the victim was to purchase Bitcoin and deposit it into Akinyemi’s ‘investment wallet address,’ with an expected return of $500 to $1,240. BitKE reported the news on Monday via its X handle. Akinyemi exploited the victim’s lack of understanding of cryptocurrencies, misleading…
Nigerian powerlifter Folashade Oluwafemiayo has become the first para-powerlifter to lift 167kg at the Paralympics. She won a gold medal in the women’s over 86kg contest at the ongoing 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris, France on Sunday. China’s Deng Xuemei lifted 155kg, winning the silver medal, while Egypt’s Nadia Ali, who lifted 145kg clinched the bronze medal. The Minister of Sports, John Enoh, hailed Oluwafemiayo’s heroic performance, saying the female para-powerlifter demonstrated “great skill, determination and an excellent spirit.” “Our very own Folashade Oluwafemiayo has delivered an outstanding performance at the Paralympics. She achieved something no other woman has done…
Two Nigerian brothers, Samuel and Samson Ogoshi, have been sentenced to jail after their sextortion victim, Jordan DeMay, committed suicide. ALSO READ: Two Nigerian Men Arrested Over Extortion Of Teenage Australian Boy Who Committed Suicide The brothers were said to have orchestrated an elaborate scheme targeting over 100 victims, including at least 11 minors. Using fake social media profiles, they tricked their victims into sharing sexually explicit images, which they then used to blackmail them. They threatened to leak the private photos if they refused to send them money through online applications. Despite his desperate pleas for them to stop, including…
Two Nigerians, Franklin Ifeanyichukwu Okwonna and Ebuka Raphael Umeti, have been jailed in the United States for their involvement in a $5 million fraud. ALSO READ: Nigerian Pilot Faces Five-year Jail In US Over False Statement ]The 34-year-old Okwonna was on Tuesday handed a five-year and three-month prison term by a federal judge in the Eastern District of Virginia. The judge also ordered him to pay nearly $5 million in restitution to his victims. This comes after he pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and aggravated identity theft on May 20, 2024. His co-defendant, Umeti, 35, received 10 years…