A Nigerian man, Daniel Jesuloba, has urged his compatriots struggling in the United Kingdom to be optimistic things would get better. In a TikTok video, he revealed that he was kidnapped in 2020 while he was a banker in Nigeria, leaving him with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). He said the incident forced him to leave Nigeria for a master’s degree in the United Kingdom in 2021. Jesuloba said he had to accept the reality of transitioning from a banker to a carer in his new home but was determined to achieve greater heights. After building a YouTube channel with 42,000…
Author: Olowofela Adebanji
A report by migration consultancy firm Henley & Partners shows that Nigeria ranks third on the list of countries with the most visa denials by European countries. The list places Algeria, with 392,053 rejections, as the country with the highest denials. Africa is the region with the highest rejection rate, with nearly a third of applicants being denied entry into Europe’s Schengen area despite being the continent with the lowest number of applications per capita. “The rejection rates for African applicants for Schengen visas are generally 10% higher than the global average, three times higher than the highest rejection rate,”…
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…
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…