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Friday, February 6, 2026

Diaspora

January 28, 2026

Sarah Mullally inaugurated as first female archbishop of Canterbury

Ms Mullally served as Bishop of London for almost a decade and is also a former chief nursing officer for England.

Sarah Mullally
January 28, 2026

Flutterwave CEO at Davos: New financial rails will power MEA’s next economic leap

Mr Agboola said, “Stablecoins and open banking are not abstract ideas; they are practical tools acting as the operating system for productivity at scale.”

Olugbenga Agboola
January 28, 2026

Residence Permit: Spain to grant legal status to undocumented Nigerian migrants, others

Spanish authorities have announced a plan to grant legal status to immigrants, a development that would allow them to obtain a temporary one-year residence permit.

African migrants crossing morocco - spain
January 27, 2026

UK-based Daniel Odubanjo bags six years in prison for sexual assault 

On 29 November 2024, on board a service from Shenfield to Chelmsford, Mr Odubanjo repeatedly banged on the toilet door while it was engaged.

Daniel Odubanjo,
January 26, 2026

Afro-Arab youths, NAMYO host diaspora forum in London

The platform aims to deepen diaspora engagement, strengthen youth networks, and enhance youth roles in regional and international development processes.

Afro-Arab Youths Council
January 24, 2026

UN rights chief decries rising migrants’ deaths in U.S. ICE custody

The UN rights chief said he was “astounded by the now-routine abuse and denigration of migrants and refugees.”

ICE
January 23, 2026

Canada denies asylum to businesswoman who fears Nigeria over 40% interest to loan sharks

The Nigerian woman claimed she refunded the actual money but was unable to cough up the 40 per cent interest.

Courtroom in Canada
January 23, 2026

Governor Namadi spends ₦172 million to send one Jigawa indigene to Russia for capacity building

The sum of ₦172 million is “only for the sponsorship of an indigenous Jigawa State candidate under the Jigawa–Russia Agricultural Capacity Cooperation Programme”.

January 23, 2026

U.S. Immigration: ICE agents detain five-year-old boy in Minneapolis

The Columbia Heights Public Schools superintendent said officers told the boy to knock on the door to his home, “essentially using a five-year-old as bait”.

ICE