A Nigerian man, Olubunmi Abodunde, has beaten his wife to death with their son’s skateboard in the United Kingdom. They couple arrived the UK in 2022 and reportedly clashed regularly over alleged affairs and bills. Daily Mail reported that 48-year-old Abodunde had been investigated by the Suffolk Police over domestic violence and was due to be arraigned for murder but he changed his plea to guilty on Wednesday after a jury was constituted. He was first arrested on April 27, 2023, when police arrived at the couple’s home in Newmarket, Suffolk, and found Mrs Abodunde with a split lip. Later…
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German police arrested 11 suspected members of a Nigerian mafia group behind a large-scale dating scam on Wednesday. Bavarian police said in a statement that the Black Axe gang was involved in “multiple areas of criminal activity”, with a focus in Germany on dating scams and money laundering. The police said the dating trick was a modern form of marriage fraud. “Using false identities, the fraudsters for example signalled their intention to marry and in the course of further contact repeatedly demand money under various pretexts,” police said. Using false identities, the fraudsters for example signalled their intention to marry…
A 57-year-old Nigerian, Oluseun Martins Omole, has pleaded guilty to fraud in a United States court. Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that the suspected made the plea on Monday to conspiracy to commit wire fraud for his participation in a widespread scheme to defraud thousands of victims in the United States and elsewhere of thousands of consumer electronics and other goods totalling more than $12 million. He pleaded guilty before Judge Katharine H. Parker. According to the allegations contained in the indictment and complaint, the plea agreement, and other public filings…
The year 2020 was one to forget for everybody. For Anthony Madu, it was the total opposite as it was the year in which he became a viral sensation after a video of him dancing ballet hit the internet. Dubbed “Nigeria’s ballet boy”, Madu’s story is an inspiring one. Born in Lagos, Madu grew up in a neighbourhood where there was no dance school, let alone ballet. Today, he is studying at the renowned Elmhurst Ballet School in England. So, how did the 14-year-old make the journey from Nigeria to England? Read this article for more interesting details. Who is…
Nigerian chess master Tunde Onakoya has set a new Guinness World Record for the longest marathon chess with 60 hours. He announced the feat on Saturday after he clocked 58 hours. He broke the record of Norwegian players Hallvard Haug Flatebø and Sjur Ferkingstad, who played for 56-hour, 9-minute in 2018 and aimed at reaching 58 hours target. The challenge was held at New York City’s iconic Times Square. In a statement by his foundation, Chess in Slums Africa, Onakoya said he will be joined by his US counterpart, Shawn Martinez. “This record attempt requires a team of two players.…
Eight Nigerians have been arrested in the Northern Cape province of South Africa for attacking policemen during a drug raid. In a statement on Friday, the police said the suspects damaged property and vehicles in the attack. “At the time of the arrest, police were tracing information of one of the Nigerian nationals being in possession of drugs,” the statement reads. “While conducting this search, a large group of Nigerians attacked police. Police fired rubber bullets to disperse the crowd. “One suspect was arrested for illegal possession of drugs, and three suspects were arrested for public violence and detained at…
The University of Sunderland, United Kingdom, has announced a reduction of school fee deposits for prospective students applying from Nigeria and Ghana. Sir David Bell, the Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive of the institution, said students can now deposit £3,500, adding that a new payment by installment plan has been initiated to help students pay their fees more easily. He also announced a £2,000 scholarship offer to selected students interested in studying BSc Nursing, MSc Nursing and Public Health programmes. He acknowledged the difficulty expected to hit United Kingdom universities in the current calendar and the next as many students now…
The video of an air marshal stepping in to stop some angry Nigerian passengers from storming the cockpit of a Jordanian plane mid-air. A Reddit video showed the passengers trying to gain access to the cockpit to argue with the pilots. The air marshal was seen warning the passengers, who were heard peaking Hausa, to return to their seats with his gun pointed at them. Royal Jordanian Airline said the men were angry after their Saudi Arabia-bound flight from Nigeria was diverted to Kano. The incident happened in 2022. The recently posted video sparkled reactions, with many condemning the men…
A United States-based Nigerian bodybuilder, Michael Chidozie, has died after he was shot multiple times by his wife during an argument. Keaiirra Shavoivae, 28, shot him on March 21 at their Houston apartment in front of their children, leaving him with a spinal injury and having to depend on life support before his death on April 8. He was rushed to Ben Taub Hospital after police found him with gunshot wounds and his wife in a panic holding their two kids, aged three and two. A Houston media outlet, ABC13, reports that court documents show that he was shot twice…
Dr Philip Ozuah, Chief Executive Officer of Montefiore Medicine, the umbrella organization for the 10-hospital Montefiore Health System and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, has orchestrated a $1 billion donation to make the college tuition free. The money was donated by Dr Ruth Gottesman, inspired by her late husband, David Gottesman, who was a prominent Wall Street financier. Gottesman and Ozuah had met on a plane in the United States and chatted, finding out they had similar interests. Their friendship blossomed and Ozuah paid daily house calls to check on Ruth and her husband during his illness. The $1 billion…