News, views and guides for Africans in Germany and Europe
News, views and guides for Africans in Germany and Europe
Read the latest news, info and events for Nigerians and the Nigerian community in Germany. Info on Yoruba, Igbo, Edo, Hausa and other Nigerian communities, people and events in Germany. >> Afronews > News, views and guides for the African diaspora in Germany and Europe. Nachrichten für und über Afrikaner in Deutschland
The Federal Republic of Germany has been sending hundreds of Nigerian asylum seekers back to their country since 2015. Just last year deported Nigerians were the largest national group from sub-Saharan Africa, this was based on deportations orders from the EU. The order scaled to a total of 12,175 of a total of 513,000 people […] More
Police headquarters in Upper Bavaria North announced a knife fight took place at the Geltendorf train station involving two Nigerians. One was attacked and badly injured. The police failed to report the case until days later. Police reported that the two men, a 29 year-old and 34-year old, met at around 12:20 AM at the train […] More
Update: Itoro S. (35) and Blessing DB(32) stormed the Detmold regional court on August 20th and spilled gasoline because their children were taken away from them. We wrote about it HERE. Here’s the full backstory to what happened: Itogo S. (man) is being accused of distributing gasoline in the stairwell of the agency but he […] More
Nigerians in Germany: A 43 year old Nigerian man has been caught smuggling two other Nigerian nationals across the German-Austria border in his car by federal police officers. The man was brought into custody of the police after he was stopped at border controls near Mittenwald. He presented his Nigerian passport and an expired Italian […] More
Nigerians in Germany launched a protest over the unlawful deportation of a Nigerian man and even blocked a police vehicle during the solidarity protest. The action did not go unpunished as fines were issued by penal order and nine people put on trial reported Luzernerzeitung. A 41-year old Nigerian was deported because he had been […] More
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Germany ranks first in the world in terms of the strength of its passport, as a person holding a German passport can travel to 99 countries, without the need to obtain a visa. But how can you attain German Citizenship for African refugees and immigrants? The method of obtaining German citizenship for African refugees and immigrants in […] More
A Nigerian couple, Itoro S. (35) and Blessing DB(32) stormed the Detmold regional court on August 20th and spilled gasoline because their children were taken away from them. The couple stormed into the youth welfare office in Lemgo. They smashed offices, beat employees, threatened murder and spilled gasoline. They were arrested at the scene and […] More
Ex chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Organisation Europe (NIDOE), Hon. Kenneth Gbandi, has called on the body to withdraw the award it once bestowed on the current governor of Bauchi State, Alhaji Bala Mohammed. (pictured below) This was supposed to happen if he does not deny a recent statement credited to him in regard […] More
Nigerian man, Kolade Igbasan (41), is to be expelled from Germany. The man is a PhD candidate and a firefighter. According to the Bayreuth immigration authorities, the Nigerian should be expelled and is being forced to travel home to be able to gain entry into Germany again. The Nigerian came to Germany, Bayreuth, as a student in […] More
The Bavarian authorities deported 24 people from Nigeria to the African country on Tuesday. The Bavarian State Office for Asylum and Repatriations reported that, 20 asylum seekers from the Free State and 4 from North Rhine-Westphalia were flown from Munich to Lagos on a charter plane reported Zeit.de. Why were the 24 rejected asylum seekers deported? The asylum applications of […] More
Two Nigerian men, Stanley and Samuel, were deported from the Rosenheim area involuntarily, although they had planned to return voluntarily. The men chose to be deported voluntarily because of fear of the police. The police officials rang their doors in the late hours of the night saying they had a notification from the district office […] More