Plane passenger, 50, appears in court after being caught smuggling 83,000 cigarettes to Newcastle

Man, 50, busted trying to smuggle in 83,000 cigarettes worth £28,000 on a flight from Nigeria to Newcastle Samuel Onyemenam, 50, filled two suitcases with 83,600 smuggled cigarettes He was arrested and has since pleaded guilty to fraudulently evading duty  By Natasha Anderson Published: 21:36 GMT, 19 March 2023 | Updated: 07:21 GMT, 20 March … Read more

Equalities Minister braced for clash with UN who are releasing findings for evidence of racism in UK

Equalities Minister Kemi Badenoch braced for clash with UN who are releasing findings from trip in which they looked for evidence of racism in UK The UN Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent is visiting the UK Experts will study evidence of ‘racial bias and discrimination’  They will be meeting with Conservative … Read more

Head of Ucas want to see more students from Nigeria, Ghana and Vietnam in UK universities 

Head of Ucas want to see more students from Nigeria, Ghana and Vietnam in UK universities Clare Marchant working with chancellors to encourage international admissions International students pay £9,250 while international students pay £24,000 Critics questioned whether taking more international students was a good idea Applications to universities may rise from 700,000 to one million … Read more

Britain’s Zharnel Hughes makes it into men’s 100m Olympic final but Reece Prescod is DISQUALIFIED

Team GB’s Zharnel Hughes makes it into men’s 100m Olympic final by winning his semi in a season-best sub-10 run but Reece Prescod is DISQUALIFIED after false start, while Chijindu Ujah fails to make the cut too By Richard Martin For Mailonline Published: 07:35 EDT, 1 August 2021 | Updated: 07:39 EDT, 1 August 2021 … Read more

Tokyo Olympics: Nigerian’s Blessing Okagbare is provisionally suspended

Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare is provisionally suspended after testing positive for human growth hormone ahead of women’s 100m semi-final against Dina Asher-Smith  By Oli Gamp and Reuters Published: 20:35 EDT, 30 July 2021 | Updated: 20:35 EDT, 30 July 2021 Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare on Saturday was provisionally suspended after testing positive for human growth … Read more

Premier League new boys Watford announce deal to sign Nigeria international striker Emmanuel Dennis

Premier League new boys Watford announce deal to sign former Arsenal and Manchester United target Emmanuel Dennis from Belgian side Club Brugge Emmanuel Dennis scored 27 goals in just over 90 appearances for Club Brugge Watford are currently finalising personal terms with the Nigerian international Dennis can play anywhere along the front line mainly operating as a … Read more

Alex Iwobi eager to add more trophies to his CV while at Everton having tasted success with Arsenal

Alex Iwobi desperate to add ‘more trophies’ to his CV while at Everton having tasted success with Arsenal… while he also outlines his ambition to keep racking up the caps for Nigeria Alex Iwobi joined Everton in 2019 after bursting onto the scene with Arsenal During his time at Arsenal, he won an FA Cup … Read more

UFC 261: Dana White reveals plan for UFC to head to Africa for its debut in 2022

Dana White reveals plan for UFC to head to Africa for its debut in 2022 with continent producing three world champions in Kamaru Usman, Francis Ngannou and Israel Adesanya Plans to take the UFC to Africa appear on track for 2022, Dana White revealed Africa is yet to host a UFC event and White is … Read more

Everton boss Carlo Ancelotti willing to listen to Alex Iwobi about his preferred position

‘Tell me where you really want to play!’ Everton boss Carlo Ancelotti willing to listen to Alex Iwobi after his cryptic Instagram post about ‘hopefully playing in my preferred position’ in wake of Nigeria call-up Everton’s Alex Iwobi left the Instagram Stories post after Nigeria call-up He wrote: ‘Always an honour to get called up … Read more

England rising star Noni Madueke scores a stunner for PSV Eindhoven

England rising star Noni Madueke scores a stunner for PSV Eindhoven as teenager marks return from injury… but will ex-Tottenham winger be tempted by switch in international allegiance to Nigeria? England under-19 international Noni Madueke scored eye-catching goal for PSV Teenager produced top corner finish in his team’s 3-1 win at Fortuna Sittard Madueke had … Read more

Gunmen kidnap ‘hundreds’ of boys from school in Nigeria 

Gunmen kidnap ‘hundreds’ of boys from school in Nigeria  By Ross Ibbetson For Mailonline Published: 09:15 GMT, 17 February 2021 | Updated: 09:15 GMT, 17 February 2021 Gunmen have kidnapped hundreds of schoolboys in Nigeria, security sources said today. Armed men raided the Government Science College at around 3am local time in Kagara, Niger State, in … Read more

Nigerian prince, 63, turned-Thames Water engineer sets up charity to provide clean water back home

A Nigerian prince who has fixed leaks for Thames Water for 20 years has launched his own charity to provide clean water for his community back home.  Akeem Adenuga, 62, comes from Lagos, Nigeria, where his brother – King Asunmo Aderibigbe – is The Paramount Ruler of Odo-Ayandelu. The prince – who now lives in … Read more