Kemi Badenoch, leader of the UK Conservative Party, has warned that sacking her or changing the party leader will not fix the Tories after their poor outing in the local elections held on May 1. Ms Badenoch made this statement after her party lost 674 council seats and control of 16 authorities, while the Nigel…
British police on Sunday said they had arrested five men, including four Iranians, on suspicion of “preparation of a terrorist act”. The arrests were carried out in London, Swindon and the Greater Manchester area, with all five arrested on suspicion of “terrorism offences”, London’s Metropolitan Police said in a statement. The men aged between 29…
A Nigerian nurse based in Leeds, United Kingdom, Nnena Miriam, has been found dead in her apartment, sparking grief and shock within the nursing community both in the UK and Nigeria. According to Fellow Nurses Africa, an organisation dedicated to advancing the nursing profession in Africa, Miriam’s body was discovered by the police after a…
The United Kingdom has deported 43 individuals to Nigeria and Ghana, citing immigration offences, including failed asylum applications and criminal convictions. In a joint statement released by the Home Office and the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) on Friday, UK authorities confirmed the removal but did not specify the exact date of the deportations….
The United Kingdom’s highest court ruled that the legal definition of “woman” excludes trans women, in a case with sweeping consequences for how equality laws are applied. Britain’s Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the definition of a woman in equality legislation refers to “a biological woman and biological sex.” The court was deciding on whether…
A UK-based Nigerian doctor, Dr Kelvin Alaneme, was secretly filmed by the British Broadcasting Corporation in an undercover investigation, allegedly selling fake job opportunities to foreign nationals. According to a BBC documentary, Dr Alaneme, a psychiatrist who had worked for the National Health Service, is the founder of CareerEdu, an agency based in Harlow, Essex….
A treasury solicitor’s list of unclaimed estates in the United Kingdom (UK) has shown that 60 properties belong to deceased Nigerians. In the list updated on Monday, the majority of the names that appeared to be male showed that most of the Nigerians were born in their home country, with Lagos cited in multiple instances…
Tory leader Kemi Badenoch was left humiliated as she delivered a speech praising Margaret Thatcher when two protesters disrupted the event. The demonstrators from Climate Resistance disrupted Mrs Badenoch’s keynote speech at the Margaret Thatcher Conference 2025: Remaking Conservatism, that was hosted by the Centre for Policy Studies at The Guildhall. As she spoke, two…
A London court, on Thursday, sentenced a teenage boy to life in prison for stabbing to death a 15-year-old schoolgirl in a row over a teddy bear. Hassan Sentamu, 18, was ordered to spend a minimum of 23 years in jail for knifing to death Elianne Andam in Croydon, south London, on her way to…
A Nigerian woman falsely declared dead has appeared in court via videolink from Nigeria to stop a convicted fraudster from seizing her £350,000 London home. June Ashimola, 55, was officially recorded as having died in February 2019, sparking a long-running legal battle over her estate. However, she stunned the High Court by appearing before Deputy…