419 scam: Nigerian jailed 12 years in the United States

A Nigerian man has been sentenced to more than 12 years in US prison for orchestrating an advance payment scam that bilked victims out of more than $1.3m.
Okpako Mike Diamreyan, 31, was ordered to serve 151 months in federal prison and pay a little more than $1m in restitution to the 67 victims he was [...]

Fake marriage scandal: Three Nigerians arrested in Tilbury church

Three Nigerians have been arrested over allegations of fake marriage in Tilbury near London. The arrests followed a tip to the UK Border Agency operation that the alleged wedding was due to hold at a church in the city.

Historic World EXPO opens in China costing more than Beijing 2008 Olympics

Historic world EXPO opens in China costing more than Beijing 2008 Olympics

“I saw death face to face”, says Cuban leader Fidel Castro.

Former Cuban leader, Fidel Castro claimed he resurrected after smelling death as he took ill four years ago and was forced to relinquish his position as Cuban president.

It’s dancing time as Notting Hill Carnival brings the best of colours from Afro- Caribbeans

London from Sunday goes agog as the world celebrates the popular Notting Hill Carnival in Central London. The annual festivities will attract about one million people from across the world in it’s two days of wild celebration.

Lagos city hosts Africa Music Awards in December 11, 2010

Lagos, Africa’s most vibrant, fast growing and most enterprising city has been selected as the host city of this year’s MTV Africa Music Awards (MAMAs).

Benefit fraud: Mother of three pocketed £75,000 in benefits by pretending she is single parent

A mother-of-three who lived with the father of her children pocketed £75,000 in benefits by pretending to be a hard-up single parent for 12 years.

Dead couple were both humanity workers loved by the community

The Professor who murdered himself and his wife last Sunday were both dedicated community workers who would be remembered for their charity works in their community according to neighbours in the locality where they both resided before their untimely death.

The Kutztown University associate professor and his wife died Sunday in what police say was a suicide-murder as the professor shot his wife on the head before turning the gun on himself.

The tragedy of a nation called Nigeria as our leaders watch citizens destroyed

There it was on Lagos-Ibadan expressway, just before the area known as Ojodu-Berger, the often talked about and much dreaded accident pile-up that I have read about and seen on television. This was now on my doorstep, I saw it all, not everything but enough to dampen a Sunday afternoon, enough to make you wonder why?

Two 11-year old sentence for rape by London court

Two 11-year-old boys have been given a three year supervision order for the attempted rape of an eight-year-old girl in a west London park. The girl was taken to hospital with stomach pains in October after telling her mother she was raped near her home.