Anabela Rungo, mother of Miss Universe Africa and Oceania 2024, Chidimma Adetshina, has been detained by South Africa’s Department of Home Affairs over allegations of identity fraud. Rungo was arrested on Saturday at a residence in Cape Town after authorities discovered she was still living in the country despite her South African documents being revoked ...

  The Federal Government has expressed readiness to receive Nigerians deported from the United States, according to the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM). Speaking in an interview on Tuesday, Abdur-Rahman Balogun, NiDCOM’s Director of Media and Corporate Affairs, stated that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is leading efforts to handle the situation. Balogun revealed that ...

    A United Kingdom upper tribunal has overturned a prior ruling that halted the deportation of 43-year-old Nigerian, Olutobi Ogunbanwo, and ordered a rehearing of his case. Ogunbanwo, convicted in 2019 for immigration offenses related to conspiring with a British citizen to falsely claim paternity, served a three-year prison sentence and subsequently faced deportation ...

  A 13-year-old boy has taken legal action against his parents in the UK, accusing them of forcibly sending him to Africa and abandoning him in a boarding school due to alleged involvement in gang activities—a claim the boy vehemently denies. His lawyers are seeking a court order to bring him back to the UK, ...

  Libya has deported 13 migrants, including seven Nigerians, for violating national laws, according to an announcement by Migrant Rescue Watch (MRW) on the social platform X on November 12. The deportation was conducted by the Department for Combating Illegal Migration (DCIM) at the Qanfoudah Immigration Detention Center in Benghazi. The group included seven Nigerians, ...

The UK government’s plan to deport some asylum-seekers to Rwanda is unlawful, the Court of Appeal ruled on Thursday, in a major blow to ministers’ controversial immigration policies that have been roundly condemned by humanitarian bodies. In a three-judge decision, the court overturned a high court decision that previously ruled that Rwanda could be considered ...