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  The South African Government has slammed a five-year travel ban on the 268 Nigerians cleared for repatriation after declaring them illegal residents. The Department of Home Affairs said shortly before their departure from OR Tambo International Airport on Wednesday that all 268 would be declared “undesirable” and barred from re-entering the country for five years under the Immigration Act. Head of Immigration Enforcement, Stephen van Neel, confirmed the development as buses conveyed the group to the airport for a chartered flight scheduled to depart after midnight. Speaking to a local channel -Newzroom Afrika – at the airport, he said that another batch of cleared evacuees would leave the country on Monday, June 15. According to Van Neel, about 1,000 Nigerians registered for repatriation, and 500 had been cleared. The 268 departing first were all undocumented. “None of the 268 Nigerian nationals who arrived at OR Tambo International Airport for repatriation on Wednesday...

  The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Sola Enikanolaiye, will this morning receive 268 Nigerians evacuated from South Africa, following recent xenophobic attacks in the country. In a statement signed by spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kimiebi Imomotimi Ebienfa, yesterday, the minister will represent the federal government in receiving the returnees at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. The statement said the Acting High Commissioner of Nigeria in Pretoria, Ambassador Alexander Ajayi, will escort the first batch of 268 passengers to Nigeria and formally hand them over to the minister. According to the ministry, the Air Peace evacuation flight is expected to arrive in Lagos at about 5:00 AM today. The ministry also disclosed that the ongoing screening for Nigerians willing to voluntarily return home due to the xenophobic attacks had been extended to Sunday, June 14, 2026, to accommodate more affected persons. It stated...

C ontroversial Nigerian social media influencer and self-acclaimed relationship therapist, Blessing Nkiruka Okoro, popularly known as Blessing CEO has reacted after she was remanded in Kirikiri prison. It was gathered that Blessing CEO was  re-arraigned on Wednesday, June 10, 2026, for defrauding the public to the tune of ₦13 million a few hours after being granted ₦10 million bail over tenancy fraud of ₦69.1 million on Tuesday, June 9, 2026. Blessing CEO, in a trending post on Instagram on Wednesday afternoon, revealed that she has now been remanded in Kirikiri prison despite spending 26 days in Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), custody. Blessing CEO, who stated that she pleaded not guilty to all the charges filed against her by the EFCC, noted that the development made it her second time in the prison. “I’m in high spirit. Cancer drama, 13 million donated and the girl wey say I doctored her result. Pleaded not guilty to all of the charges after spending 26 days in ...

  The  Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has again arraigned the controversial Nigerian social media influencer and self-acclaimed relationship therapist, Blessing Nkiruka Okoro, popularly known as Blessing CEO. Blessing CEO was arraigned before the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos State on Wednesday, June 10, 2026, over a ₦13 million cancer fraud and falsification of cancer result. The arraignment followed several petitions from individuals and groups, including the Nigeria Cancer Society (NCS). The  EFCC in a statement shared on Instagram said it filed “a fresh six count charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretence and retaining the proceeds.” “The petitioners allegedly made donations to the defendant after her posts claiming that she was battling Stage 4 breast cancer. “She  was, however, later discovered to have allegedly falsified the document she presented to members of the public,” the commission added. The development came le...

The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), House of Representatives aspirant for Nnewi North, Nnewi South and Ekwusigo Federal Constituency, Obunike Ohaegbu, also known as Nwa Miss, has denied claims that connect him to assertions regarding Peter Obi defrauding aspirants during the party’s primary elections. Nollywood actor-turned-politician and lawyer,  Kenneth Okonkwo, had during an interview on Channels Television accused the presidential candidate of the NDC and other party leaders in the South-East of having accepted bribes during the recent primary elections. Okonkwo, who is a prominent member of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), asserted that Ohaegbu sent him an “SOS message” revealing the purported fraud that surrounded the primaries’ results. Okonkwo stated that anyone voting for Peter Obi and the NDC in 2027 is “voting for criminality”, saying, “Ohaegbu sent an SOS to me and said that Peter Obi is now the head of the criminality. That they were scammed in NDC.” Reacting ...

  The Founder and  General Superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry, Pastor William Folorunso Kumuyi, has dismissed speculations that he planned to hand over the leadership of the church to any of his biological children, insisting that the ministry belongs to Jesus Christ and not to any individual or family. Kumuyi made the clarification during a church service while responding to discussions and speculations circulating about the future leadership of the church. According to him, some people had questioned whether he would eventually appoint one of his sons as his successor when the time comes for a leadership transition. Addressing the issue, the revered cleric said the church was not a personal enterprise that could be inherited by family members. “Many people were speculating, is he going to hand over the church unto his son? Won’t he search for his first son, second son, where are they? Where do they live? Is he not going to hand over the church?” he said. Ku...