Nigerians don't have good reputation but all are treated alike
TNN, Jan 25, 2011, 06.14am IST
Q. You talk about the problem of identity in your books, The Purple Hibiscus and Half of a Yellow Sun, as dehumanised and meaning nothing more than a passport or visa.
A. Nigerians don't have a good reputation. We do email frauds and are drug dealers. Many Nigerians are guilty of this but what is problematic is that all Nigerians are treated alike. When you produce a Nigerian passport, the looks you get tags you as one of them'. It dehumanises and humiliates us. The moment they see you, you are already defending yourself for a crime you never committed. You are guilty of something because of the nationality.
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Nigerian Igboman hits cop in face, seven in jail
A Subburaj, TNN, Feb 26, 2011, 06.42am IST
COIMBATORE: A Nigerian national punched a police sub-inspector in Tirupur on Friday.
The 53-year-old special branch sub-inspector, S Chandran, is now undergoing treatment at a private hospital.
Ifanyichikelo, 37, and six others were picked up from the Kadar Pettai retail market on Friday as they did not have valid passports or visas with them. Inferior quality knitwear is sold at Kadar Pettai and many Nigerians buy and export it to African countries.
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Nigerian Igboman held with drugs worth Rs1.1 L
TNN, Feb 11, 2011, 03.09am IST
PANAJI: The Calangute police on Thursday arrested a 28-year-old Nigerian national on charges of possessing drugs worth Rs 1.10 lakh.
According to police, the Nigerian Ugochukwu R Nwokeka was arrested near the Saligao church by a team led by PSI Gaurish Parab. Police found 11 gm of cocaine worth Rs 1.10 lakh on his person. A case has been registered under Section 21 (b) of the NDPS Act.
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Two including Nigerian Igboman held for job fraud
TNN, Feb 16, 2011, 05.31am IST
GURGAON: A Nigerian national and a girl from the North-east were arrested by the cyber crime branch of Gurgaon police on Tuesday morning in the Maruti Suzuki job racket. Teddy Malone Ogboru and Pooja Rai were produced before the district court, which sent Teddy to a one-day police remand and Pooja to a 15-day judicial custody.
The 32-year-old Nigerian national, Teddy, is allegedly involved in the gang running the job racket. The police claimed that a few North-eastern girls are also members of the gang. The police said that at least 40 people have fallen prey to this fraud.
Drugs worth Rs 3.73L seized from Nigerian Igbo man
TNN, Mar 16, 2011, 07.40am IST
PANAJI: The anti narcotic cell (ANC) of the Goa police on Monday night arrested a Nigerian national with drugs worth Rs 3.73 lakh at Arambol in Pernem taluka.
The accused, Chukwuebuka Gibson Igbokwe, was staying at Candolim but went to Khalsavaddo in Arambol with the drugs and a digital weighing scale to sell the narcotics.
Now, Nigerian Igbomen email fraudsters ‘rope in’ supercop Kiran Bedi
Bella Jaisinghani, TNN, Mar 13, 2011, 12.38am IST
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MUMBAI: Identity of the country's most famous crime-buster has been stolen to perpetuate the Nigerian fraud. Supercop Kiran Bedi has been impersonated in an email doing rounds. In a novel method of extortion, the impostor warns she is fighting the scam on behalf of the United Nations. Anybody whose money is stuck with the conmen should pay none but her to secure a bounty of $ 5 million.
Nigerian Igboman caught with 5.3gm of charas
TNN, Mar 11, 2011, 02.19am IST
PANAJI: A 27-year-old Nigerian, Henry Akabike, was caught by the anti-narcotics cops with 5.3 grams of charas in Anjuna on Thursday.
Akabike, who resides in Candolim, was arrested with the drugs that cost 37,100 in the open market. As his passport could not be traced, the ANC has written to the Foreigner's Registration Office ( FRO) regarding details about the accused.
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