Nigerian ‘Cybercrime Kingpin’ James Junior Aliyu pleads guilty to $6m fraud scheme in U.S.
BALTIMORE (BN24) — James Junior Aliyu, a 30-year-old Nigerian national residing in South Africa at the time, has pleaded guilty in a U.S. federal...
Burkina Faso bans homosexuality, imposes up to 5-years in prison
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (BN24) — Burkina Faso’s transitional parliament has passed a law banning homosexuality, imposing prison sentences of up to five years on...
Sudan Landslide kills more than 1,000 in Darfur village
Indiana, PA (BN24) - A devastating landslide in Sudan’s Darfur region has killed more than 1,000 people after wiping out the village of Tarasin,...
Nigerian secessionist activist Simon Ekpa jailed for terrorism in Finland
HELSINKI, Finland (BN24) — A court in Finland has sentenced Simon Ekpa, a prominent Nigerian-Finnish secessionist activist, to six years in prison after convicting...
70 killed in Gambia as migrant boat capsizes
BANJUL, Gambia (BN24) — At least 70 people have died after a boat carrying migrants capsized off the coast of Mauritania, Gambia’s foreign affairs...
