The New South Wales Government in Australia has appointed Nigerian-born Bola Oyetunji as its next Auditor-General. The appointment of Oyetunji as the next Auditor-General was announced by Premier Chris Minns last Wednesday. He will be sworn into office in April when the current Auditor-General Margaret Crawford concludes her eight-year term. According to a statement on the government website, Oyetunji was appointed following a merit-based recruitment process. His extensive executive leadership experience includes strategy development, governance, data analytics, finance, accounting and auditing spanning Commonwealth, state and local government. His former roles include Group Executive Director – Financial Statements Audit Service Group…
Author: Olowofela Adebanji
A Nigerian lawyer, Chidinma Susan Ezenyili, has died six months after relocating to the United Kingdom. She was said to have collapsed at work on Thursday, February 22, 2024, before she died two days later. The 37-year-old had struggled to work because she resolved not to abandon her elderly client, Ian Hale in Scott Road, 86, who she has been working for, for five months. She was taken to Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge, where doctors at the neurosciences critical care unit discovered she had suffered a severe brain hemorrhage. She and her husband, Friday, were said to have left Nigeria…
Popular Nollywood actor Femi Brainard has warned that the United States is no respecter of celebrity status. The thespian, who has been absent from the screen for years, said this in a chat with Teju Babyface on his Deep Dive podcast. He said he had turned to driving for Uber, a ride hailing company, to make ends meet, adding that some Nigerians who could recognise him always approached him to ask if he was the same celebrity actor. Reflecting on the advantages and challenges of relocating abroad, he noted that; “As a celebrity, it’s preferable to be a prominent figure…
A Nigerian minister at Pentecost Baptist Church in Liverpool, United Kingdom, Dr Rev Philip Oyewale, has been caught demanding N17.4 million (£9,000) to find an undercover reporter a job in three days with ‘100 per cent’ success guaranteed. A report by United Kingdom-based paper, Mail Online, revealed that Oyewale, in a meeting in his vestry, said he could get her Home Office sponsorship for a job in a care home in three days. His company, Charis Recruits, had been suspended from the Home Office migrant sponsorship scheme in February last year because it was suspected of ‘supplying sponsored workers as…
The British Council in Nigeria has increased the price of the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) exams to N285,000 per sitting. The latest increase represents a 173 per cent increase in the last one month. The increment is expected to take effect March 1, 2024 and will be “subject to review based on the prevailing market dynamics,” the Council says. It had hiked the IELTS fees by 29 per cent to N139,000. “The change in fees is due to the evolving market dynamics and increased costs in the delivery of our exams. This will enable us to continue to…
Nigerians residing in the United Kingdom have expressed worry after news of the government cancelling sponsorship licenses and deregistering students emerged. According to a tweet by Oluomo of Derby, President of the Nigerians In UK Community, sponsorship licenses are being revoked and students being deregistered and asked to return to their countries. Home office revoking sponsorship licenses left & right. Universities have deregistered so many students and advised them to leave the country. So many people are in a state of uncertainty and distress. I pray that the Almighty Lord will change everyone’s STORY to GLORY. — 🎙OLUOMO OF DERBY…
Nigerian-American Olamide Ayomikun Olowe got in the spotlight after she became the youngest black woman to raise a whopping $10 million funding for her business, Topicals, which she co-founded with Claudia Teng, before its launching. Led by CAVU Consumer Partners, the Series A round also included investments from Jay-Z’s Marcy Venture Partners, Kelly Rowland, Gabrielle Union, Yvonne Orji, Bozoma Saint John, and Hannah Bronfman, per a press release. She raised total of $14.8 million for her business by age 26. Born on October 27, 1997, Olamide Olowe is a dynamic and accomplished lady known for her contributions in the beauty world. Her journey to…
Nigerian 90 Day Fiancé star Michael Ilesanmi has been found seven hours after his 58-year-old wife Angela Deem declared him missing. The duo had been married for three years before the 36-year-old Michael was allowed into the United States in December 2023. Angela had told Youtuber John Yates that her husband went missing last Friday. The embattled couple first met in 2018 on season two of 90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days, and they later got married and paid visits to each other’s native countries. Angela found out while on the video with Yates that Michael had been found…
Nigerian students at the Nottingham Trent University in the United Kingdom have protested the institution’s threat to withdraw them over unpaid tuition. They urged the school management to give them more time to pay their fees as the depreciating value of the naira has forced an over 300 per cent increment on them. Their action is due to a threat by the university to withdraw defaulting students. BREAKING: Students protest at Nottingham Trent University following a threat on withdrawal for non-payment of tuition. Mostly Nigerian students who have been affected by the 300% increase in Naira exchange value. Students are…
A 16-year-old boy in the United Kingdom has committed suicide after he was blackmailed with his nude photos by a suspected blackmailer reportedly operating from Nigeria. Dinal De Alwis, originally from Sri Lanka, was said to have been asked to pay £100 (230,000) or risk his nude photos sent to his followers on Snapchat, a social media medium. ALSO READ: Nigerian Woman Lands In Police Net For ‘Sexually Assaulting’ Colleague In UK Distraught by the request, De Alwis, a resident of Sutton, South London, was said to have plunged to his death after recording a video of himself saying he was…