The United Kingdom Government has announced that it will introduce digital eVisas for most Nigerian nationals applying for study or work visas, starting July 15, 2025. This was made known in a statement issued by the British High Commission in Abuja, signed by Onyinye Madu, and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)…
A 92-year-old man has been found guilty of the rape and murder of a Bristol woman in a case that remained unsolved for nearly six decades. DNA helped crack the rape case. Louisa Dunne, 75, was found strangled on her living room floor by a neighbour on Britannia Road in Easton, Bristol, on 28 June…
A UK-based Nigerian carer, Bilikesu Olagunju, has been caught on camera violently abusing an 88-year-old dementia patient, John Attard, just days before his death. According to Mail Online on Monday, the incident took place on Christmas Eve 2022 at the victim’s house in Bexley, Kent. Olagunju, who had only been working as a care worker…
The United Kingdom aviation authorities have finally granted Air Peace the approval to fly directly to Heathrow Airport. Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo confirmed the development on Saturday evening. There had been controversy over the refusal of the aviation authorities in the UK to grant Air Peace permit to fly to Heathrow….
A court in the United Kingdom has sentenced one Adewale Kudabo, a York hospital worker who sexually assaulted a patient, to one year in jail. Alex Menary, the judge, said Kudabo had “abused the trust” placed in him as a medical professional. Kudabo had pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual assault on the first…
The leader of the UK Conservative Party, Kemi Badenoch, has called on Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour government to adopt the Conservatives’ proposed deportation bill as a measure to reduce immigration. In a video shared on her official X account on Saturday, Kemi Badenoch issued a stark warning about rising immigration levels, claiming that without…
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….