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Wednesday, December 24, 2025

Diaspora

December 10, 2025

Canada unveils $1 billion plan to attract top researchers from Nigeria, others

“For decades, Canada has had a brain drain issue, and now we are in a brain gain mode,” said the Canadian industry ministry.

Canadian flag (credit: Konga)
December 10, 2025

Nnena Kalu wins Turner Prize, breaking barriers for autistic, learning-disabled artists

Born in the United Kingdom to Nigerian parents, Ms Kalu works with ActionSpace, a London-based organisation that supports artists with learning disabilities.

Nnena Kalu
December 9, 2025

Permanent Residence: Canada to make japa easy for Nigerian doctors, others

Invitations to apply will be issued in early 2026, with Canada reserving 5,000 spaces for provinces and territories to nominate licensed doctors with job offers.

NIGERIAN DOCTORS
December 8, 2025

Saudi Arabia opens up sales of alcohol to wealthy Nigerians, other foreigners

Saudi Arabia is quietly selling alcohol to wealthy foreign residents despite placing a ban on its sales for more than 70 years.

December 7, 2025

FBI nabs Nigerian national Leslie Chinedu Mba, pleads guilty to $4 million wire fraud

Mr Mba faces up to 20 years for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and five years for making false statements on immigration documents.

U.S. court room
December 5, 2025

U.S. court jails Nigerian fraudster Nosa Edokpaigbe for wire fraud

A U.S. court has sentenced a Nigerian, Nosa Edokpaigbe, to five years in prison for $1.4 million wire fraud.

DoJ officials
December 5, 2025

FBI accuses Forbes-celebrated Nigerian tech boss, Izunna Okonkwo, of $41 million bank fraud, money laundering

The Nigerian entrepreneur, 30, is the latest suspected fraudster to face criminal charges in the United States.

Izunna Okonkwo and FBI
December 5, 2025

No evidence Igbos are descendants of Jews; Hausas have affinity, says anthropologist Peter-Jazzy Ezeh

“Hebrew belongs to the Afro-Asiatic language, and when it comes to Nigeria, they have Hausa as their relations because Hausa is Afro-Asiatic,” noted the anthropologist.

Nnamdi Kanu, others dressed as Jews
December 4, 2025

Yahoo Boys Chinagorom Onwumere, Stephen Anagor jailed in U.S. wire fraud

Messrs Onwumere and Anagor will be on supervised release for five years and will repay the victims.