3+ hour, 17+ min ago  (1279+ words) Tribune Online VULNERABLE. Sometimes subconsciously ignored. Dependent. Negative terms such as these tend to describe elderly people in Nigeria. Nigeria is currently home to at least 9. 7 million elderly citizens aged 60 and older, representing approximately 3 to 4 percent of the total population....

9+ mon, 1+ week ago  (263+ words) Nigerian national Ehis Lawrence Akhimie has been sentenced to 97 months in prison for participating in an international inheritance scam that swindled more than 400 elderly Americans of $6 million. The U. S. Department of Justice announced the sentence on Monday. Akhimie, 41, was extradited from…...