LONDON—A wealthy Nigerian politician and his wife offered an itinerant hawker in Lagos up to £7,000 to give his kidney to their ill daughter and lied about him being a distant cousin in order to get a UK visa, a jury at the Old Bailey in London has been told. Ike Ekweremadu, 60, his wife…
Nigerian Senator Recruited Kidney Donor and Trafficked Him to UK for Transplant, Court Told
Trucks Crash Into Commuters in Nigeria’s South; 20 Dead
ABUJA, Nigeria—Two separate road crashes involving trucks in southern Nigeria left 20 people dead including children, authorities said Sunday, with many of the victims burned beyond recognition. In Nigeria’s commercial hub of Lagos, a truck carrying a heavy container landed on a commercial bus on a busy bridge in the Ojuelegba area of the city,…
Nanjing Sees 6-Fold Increase in Deaths: Report
Did Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s gamble pay off? Some Chinese officials are saying the COVID-19 peak is coming down. But is that true? China just saw a massive spike in virus cases across the nation. And investigative reporting by NTD’s sister media found some regions have seen numbers around six times higher than in last month….
More Severe COVID-19 Wave to Hit China: Study
A breakneck pace and a lack of transparency are marking COVID-19’s spread to hundreds of millions of people in the world’s most populous nation. But how deadly will China’s virus surge get? Beijing said the virus wave has already passed its peak, and that the daily death rate has dropped over 70 percent. But a…
Catholic Priest Burned Alive in Nigeria’s Hard-Hit North
ABUJA, Nigeria—A Nigerian priest was burned alive in his home in the country’s north on Sunday, police said. Rev. Isaac Achi was killed in the Paikoro area of Niger state after gunmen failed to break into his house and instead set it on fire, said Wasiu Abiodun, the police spokesman. A second priest living in…
Digital Currency Launch in Nigeria Matters for Rest of the World: Investigative Journalist
Major central banks have been watching how Nigeria’s new central bank digital currency has fared since its launch a year ago as they prepare to introduce digital currencies in their own countries, said Nick Corbishley, investigative journalist and author. The current push for centralized digital currencies was made feasible through digital identity technology that enabled…
FBI Issues ‘National Public Safety Alert’ on Widespread Child Extortion Schemes
The FBI on Monday issued a “national public safety alert” due to an increase in extortion scams aimed at thousands of children and teenagers, warning about the possibility that more Americans could be targeted over the Christmas holiday season. In a news release, the bureau said that more than 3,000 minor victims were targeted in…
4 Critically Injured After Hundreds of Gatecrashers Try to Get in to Afrobeats Gig in London
Four people are critically ill in hospital after being crushed when thousands of ticketless fans tried to force their way into a concert by a Nigerian singer at the O2 Academy in Brixton in south London on Thursday night. Afrobeats singer Asake had been on stage for 10 minutes when he was informed of the…
Nigeria Limits Weekly, Daily ATM Cash Withdrawals to Push Digital Currency Use
Nigeria is set to begin limiting cash withdrawals from ATMs to just $45 a day as the country moves toward its goal of becoming a cashless economy and embraces digital currency, including its own “eNaira” cash. In a letter (pdf) to all banks and other financial institutions sent on Dec. 6, Nigeria’s Central Bank said they must…
Persecuted Christians In Nigeria Hoping for Trump Resurgence
Donald Trump may be facing headwinds within the Republican Party after the disappointing midterm elections, but in the killing fields of Nigeria embattled Christians long for his return. “Since [Trump] left office, there is no one speaking for us anymore,” said a member of the Nigerian House of Representatives, Solomon Maren, to The Epoch Times….
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