The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has expanded its enforcement actions, adding 18 Nigerians to a register of criminal aliens slated for removal.
This brings the total number of Nigerians on this particular deportation list to 97.
According to the DHS website, which was updated on Monday, the newly listed individuals were commonly charged with offences such as wire fraud, mail fraud, and identity theft.
A statement on the site characterized the arrests as part of a nationwide crackdown, declaring that immigration authorities are “carrying out mass deportations, starting with the worst of the worst.”
Notable names among those recently added include Obinwanne Okeke, Oluwaseyanu Akinola Afolabi, Benjamin Ifebajo, and Franklin Ibeabuchi.
This move highlights the Trump administration’s ongoing stringent approach to illegal immigration and the deportation of foreign nationals convicted of crimes in the United States.
Dele Fashomi, seasoned journalist and communication teacher, is a holder of Master of Arts degree in Communication and Language Arts from the University of Ibadan in 1992/93.
Earlier, he had bagged a Bachelor degree from the same university in 1984, after which he proceeded to the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Lagos, in 1990, for a postgraduate diploma in Journalism.
He had done many courses in communication, including the EU-BBC Editing Course in 2002.
Mr. Fashomi combines effectively the practice, research and teaching of communication. And to date, he has published two academic works in communication: Issues in Communication Technology and Policy (2010) and Economic and Social Issues in Advertising and PR (2013).
He had his first break in the Nigerian media in Concord Newspapers in 1990 and today, he has over two and half decades experience earned in several newspapers.
He has been part of many start-ups, such as The Republic (1987), The Comet (1999), The Anchor 2001 – 2002; Sun Newspapers (2003); Westerner newsmagazine (2005 – 2010) as Editor; National Life (2011) as Sunday Editor, and Newswatch Newspapers (2012- 2016) as Daily Editor.
Dele Fashomi is now the Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of Newstide247.com newspaper online, which he started in July 2015. He is also into biography writing, with many books in his trail, some of which he wrote alone and one he co- authored with his mentor, Mr Dare Babarinsa, entitled: Olabiyi Durojaiye – DARE TO BE DiFFERENT. He also guided and collaborated with Pa Olatunji Odusanya in writing his autobiography – AGAINST ALL ODDS. There are many other books in the works under his pen.
