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Khaleed Oladipo, a second-year university student has died after he was stabbed during a violent incident near a campus in Leicester, UK, prompting an outpouring of grief from his family, Nigerians, and the wider community. He died in hospital after emergency services were called to what police described as a “very serious incident” close to […]
Continue ReadingBritish Government has rejected a request by Nigeria to deport the former three consecutive term Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, who is serving a prison term in the United Kingdom for organ trafficking, The Guardian UK reports on Monday. The lawyer cum politician was sentenced to nine years and eight months in 2023 after a […]
Continue ReadingUnited Kingdom (UK), on Tuesday cut the post-study work period from two years to 18 months for foreign students, including Nigerians, from January 2027. UK’s Home Secretary, Shabana Mahmood, disclosed this on October 14 while explaining the reasons for the need for immigrants to pass an A-level standard of English Language. In a statement posted […]
Continue ReadingNigerian drill rapper, Lekan Akinsoji, a resident of Forest Gate, East London, has been found guilty of the 2017 murder of a 21-year-old rival, Ahmed Deen-Jah. According to Impartial Reporter, Akinsoji and his accomplice, Sundjata Keita, were convicted at the Old Bailey on Thursday. Two of them, aged 27, are facing life imprisonment for fatally stabbing Deen-Jah […]
Continue ReadingA digital forensics investigator from Teesside University in the United Kingdom (UK), Henry Omorere, has formally petitioned the Florida Attorney General asking for information and updates on alleged money laundering, public corruption, and other violations against a Nigerian Minister. The petition is about Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike; his wife, Justice […]
Continue ReadingBritain, Australia and Canada on Sunday recognised a Palestinian state in a seismic shift in decades of western foreign policy, triggering swift Israeli anger. Portugal was also to recognise Palestinian statehood later Sunday, as Israel came under huge international pressure over the war in Gaza triggered almost two years ago by the October 7, 2023 […]
Continue ReadingA doctor in the United Kingdom abandoned a patient on an operating table under anaesthetic to have sex with a nurse in another room, a medical tribunal has heard. Dr Suhail Anjum, 44, and the unnamed nurse were caught in a “compromising position” by a “shocked” colleague at Tameside Hospital in Greater Manchester. According to […]
Continue ReadingNigerian bodybuilder who was jailed for harassing 15 men has been found dead at his home in Liverpool, United Kingdom (UK). Akinwale Arobieke, also known as ‘Purple Aki’, 64, was well known in his local community. He was found at his home on Devonshire Road in Toxteth in what police believe were non-suspicious circumstances. Merseyside Police said officers were […]
Continue ReadingAfter spending more than two weeks in France and London, President Bola Tinubu has returned to Abuja, Nigeria. The aircraft 001 conveying the President landed at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja at 9:50 pm on Monday, the State House media office disclosed. Tinubu departed Nigeria on Wednesday, April 2, spending some time in […]
Continue ReadingThe United Kingdom’s highest court ruled on Wednesday that the definition of a woman under equality legislation referred to “biological sex”, but it said trans people would not be disadvantaged by its landmark decision. The Supreme Court’s judgment related to whether a trans woman with a gender recognition certificate, a formal document that gives legal […]
Continue ReadingNigerian doctor based in United Kingdom (UK), Dr Kelvin Alaneme, was secretly filmed by the British Broadcasting Corporation in an undercover investigation, allegedly selling fake job opportunities to foreign nationals. BBC documentary described Dr Alaneme as a psychiatrist who had worked for the National Health Service, is the founder of CareerEdu, an agency based in […]
Continue ReadingUnited Kingdom (UK) government has published a list of unclaimed estates and properties belonging to 5,806 individuals who resided and died in the UK. Among them are 58 Nigerians. Released on Monday, the list details the names, dates of death, places of death, marital status, and Bona Vacantia (BV) reference numbers of the deceased. Some […]
Continue ReadingHundreds of unclaimed estates reveal untold stories of African migration, wealth, and family ties left behind. Thousands of people die every year in the United Kingdom without leaving a will or identifying next of kin, and among them are many Nigerians and other Africans whose estates—ranging from property to savings—remain unclaimed. The UK government’s latest […]
Continue ReadingThe United States, on Monday, released the list of eligible countries for its 2025 Visa Waiver Programme. The United Kingdom was excluded from the programme but remains eligible under specific conditions. The list also does not include any African countries, such as Nigeria, Ghana, or South Africa. While most of the VWP list remains unchanged, […]
Continue ReadingBritish-Nigerian and leader of the United Kingdom’s Conservative Party, Olukemi Olufunto Adegoke Badenoch, simply called Kemi Badenoch, has expressed concerns about the potential consequences of poor governance in Britain, likening them to the challenges faced in Nigeria. Badenoch made the remarks during her first speech of the year at an event hosted by Onward, a […]
Continue ReadingAn Upper Tribunal in United Kingdom has set aside a previous ruling that stopped the deportation of a 43-year-old Nigerian man, Olutobi Ogunbawo. The ruling is coming after Ogunbawo’s wife, Maria Adesanya, claimed that vitro fertilisation treatment was unavailable in Nigeria, a key argument in their defence. Ogunbawo, convicted in 2019 for immigration offences related […]
Continue ReadingBritish Government is set to deport popular Nigerian pastor, Tobi Adegboyega, to Nigeria after losing his case against deportation at the immigration tribunal. Reports say that the UK government had shut down his church, Salvation Proclaimers Anointed Church (SPAC Nations) in the United Kingdom, after investigations revealed a misuse of funds by the church leadership. […]
Continue ReadingBritish government generated more than ₦40 billion from processing visas for Nigerian nationals between June 2023 and June 2024, according to Marc Owen, director of visa, status, and information services at UK Visas and Immigration. Owen disclosed this during the launch of Africa’s largest UK Visa Application Centre (VAC) in Lagos. He revealed that over […]
Continue ReadingVideo of a young Nigerian lady, weeping over the coldness of a warehouse where she works in the United Kingdom (UK), has made the rounds on social media. The video showed the lady in the warehouse with a lot of boxes around her. According to the lady, she is not allowed to wear a hoodie […]
Continue Reading34-year-old Nigerian man, Ifeanyi Obi, has been found dead in his apartment in the United Kingdom. Founder of the Nigerians in the UK Community, Oluomo of Derby confirmed the incident in a statement on Thursday, November 21, 2024. A message on the GoFundMe account set up by friends said he suddenly passed away in Birmingham […]
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