2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (343+ words) A 27-year-old Nigerian X influencer has been arrested by the Nigeria Police Force National Cybercrime Centre (NPF-NCCC) after allegedly creating and spreading a forged document falsely claiming that fintech company OPay was shutting down its operations. Hafsat Abubakar, a Library…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (391+ words) Ibrahim Khalil, the Nigerian social media political commentator widely known as Dan Shagamu, has been killed at his home in the Gaida area of Kano, with his body discovered on Wednesday, 9 September 2026. Dan Shagamu was found in a pool of…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (337+ words) A Nigerian man has become the only African national named on the United States Secret Service's official most wanted list, drawing fresh attention to Washington's ongoing crackdown on transnational financial crime. Egbe Tony Iyamu, born on 20 April 1986, appears on the…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (473+ words) American rapper and singer T-Pain has dragged Akon's record label, Konvict Entertainment, back to court, this time demanding nearly half a million dollars he says the company has failed to pay him. Court filings show the Grammy-winning artist, born Faheem…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (321+ words) Ghanaian winners of the 2026 US Diversity Visa (DV) Lottery preparing for their immigrant visa interviews have been advised to organise their documents carefully. Those selected under the DV-2026 programme must complete several steps before their cases can be processed for an immigrant…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (409+ words) The US Department of State has released its first-round Diversity Visa lottery results for the upcoming fiscal year, provisionally selecting 1,642 Ghanaian applicants and placing the country among the leading West African beneficiaries of the programme. Across West Africa, 10,999 applicants were…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (387+ words) A former senior officer with US Citizenship and Immigration Services has been arrested alongside an associate on federal charges alleging they ran a years-long scheme to sell immigration approvals for cash. Lukman Owolabi Ganiyu, a former Senior Immigration Services Officer,…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (387+ words) The United States Department of State has clarified its policy on visa application fees, warning foreign nationals that payments made for visa processing are non-refundable even when an application is refused. According to official information published by the US Department…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (360+ words) A travel and tour agent has been remanded in custody after allegedly collecting GH¢107,000 from a civil servant and members of his family, with promises of securing their recruitment into multiple Ghanaian security agencies. Clement Osei-Wusu, a resident of Weija…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (322+ words) The Ghana Police Service has arrested Abraham Awundok, a suspect linked to the murders of Dr Jesse Amuah and his wife, Elizabeth Esi Amuah, following an international operation that brought him back from Dubai. Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Christian Tetteh…...