A U.S. based Nigerian, Chinomso Uma Ochie has been arrested by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for sexual offence. The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in San Antonio disclosed the arrest of Mr Ochie in a post on X on Tuesday. Posting a photo of Mr Ochie, ICE said “sex offender Chinomso Uma Ochie,…
Nigeria’s Dangote Refinery’s premium motor spirit, PMS, has arrived in New York, United States, for the first time. According to Reuters, Sunoco and Vitol organised the shipment on Monday. The delivery on the tanker, Gemini Pearl, marks a major milestone for the 650,000-barrel-per-day Dangote refinery. Reuters reported that an additional shipment of Dangote petrol, which…
A Nigerian national, Ehis Lawrence Akhimie, has been sentenced to 97 months (over 8 years) in prison for his role in a transnational inheritance fraud scheme that swindled more than 400 elderly Americans out of $6 million. The U.S. Department of Justice announced the sentence on Monday. Akhimie, 41, who was extradited from the United…
Three Nigerians who were recently deported from the United States and left in Ghana have filed a suit before a court in Washington DC, challenging the legality of their deportation. Two Gambians were also part of the plaintiffs who alleged inhuman treatment during the 16-hour flight from the US to Ghana. The suit, filed on…
Ghana has agreed to accept several Nigerians and other West Africans deported from the United States, becoming the latest country to cooperate with Washington’s campaign against undocumented migrants. President John Mahama confirmed that nationals from different West African countries would now be received in Ghana following a bilateral agreement with the US, noting that 14…
Charlie Kirk, a conservative political activist and co-founder of Turning Point USA, was killed Wednesday after being shot at an event at Utah Valley University, President Donald Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform. He was 31. As Trump remade the Republican Party, Kirk embodied the party’s newfound populist conservatism in the social media age….
Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has rejected an invitation by the United States Consulate in Nigeria to attend a visa reinterview, warning that under President Donald Trump, whom he described as a “White Idi Amin,” such processes appear suspect and unsafe. In an exclusive interview with TheNEWS/PMNEWS on Tuesday, 9 September, Soyinka confirmed he had…
A United States court has found Paulinus Okoronkwo, a Nigerian-American, guilty of receiving a $2.1 million bribe. Okoronkwo, former general manager of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), now NNPC Limited, was found guilty of transactional money laundering, tax evasion, and obstruction of justice. Prosecutors said while serving as NNPC’s upstream division general manager, Okoronkwo…
A US woman charged with registering her dog to vote appeared in court Tuesday facing charges that could see her jailed for six years. Laura Yourex, 62, posted a photograph on social media showing her dog Maya Jean wearing an “I voted” sticker after California’s 2021 gubernatorial election. Another post from October 2024 showed a…
The U.S. government has fired some Federal Emergency Management Agency employees for watching pornography on office devices during work hours. U.S. Department of Homeland Security secretary Kristi Noem announced the sacking of the employees who she described as “disgusting”. “Today, I am announcing that multiple disgraced FEMA employees were fired for using their government devices…