UK authorities have warned British citizens travelling to Nigeria and other seven countries of risk of methanol poisoning from counterfeit or tainted alcoholic drinks. UK Foreign Office updated travel guidance listed Nigeria, Ecuador, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, Peru, Russia and Uganda among countries with high risk of methanol poisoning following incidents involving its citizens in the…
A former Nigerian solicitor, Margaret Obi, has been appointed as a High Court judge in England and Wales. Her appointment, which took effect on October 3, 2025, was confirmed by several British outlets, including Global Legal Post. Obi is reported to be “one of only eight current High Court judges who previously practised as solicitors.”…
An exclusive poll for Sky News has revealed deep divisions within the Conservative Party over Kemi Badenoch’s leadership, with half of all Tory members (50%) saying she should not lead the party into the next general election. The survey found that only 46% of members want Badenoch to remain in place, while 49% believe she…
A Turkish-born 51-year-old man, Hamit Coskun, who was fined for burning a copy of the Quran outside the Turkish consulate in London, has won his appeal against conviction, in a case hailed as a landmark victory for free speech in the United Kingdom. Coskun was originally found guilty in June at Westminster Magistrates’ Court of…
Twenty councillors dumped the Kemi Badenoch-led Conservative Party to join Nigel Farage’s Reform Party on Tuesday, following a YouGov poll showing that half of Tory members do not want Mrs Badenoch to lead the party into the next election. Tuesday’s 20 defections added to the eight Tory councillors who had earlier dumped the party for…
Leader of the UK Conservative Party, Kemi Badenoch, has launched a sweeping new immigration plan, describing it as the “toughest reforms Britain has ever seen” to secure the country’s borders. In a video message posted on her X account on Sunday, Badenoch announced the launch of a new Removals Force, modelled on the United States…
Veteran Nigerian singer, Innocent Ujah Idibia, popularly known as 2Face Idibia, has reportedly been arrested in London. 2Face was said to have been arrested after a heated altercation with his new wife, Natasha Osawaru. Popular Nigerian social critic, Tosin Silverdam made this known in a video on his Instagram page on Friday morning. According to…
A Sidcup man who launched a savage and unprovoked attack on two female Metropolitan Police officers has been jailed for eight years. Mark Weatherley, 43, of Hatherley Road, Sidcup, was sentenced at Woolwich Crown Court on Friday, 26 September, after admitting two counts of grievous bodily harm with intent. He will serve a further four…
Britain, Australia and Canada on Sunday recognised a Palestinian state after nearly two years of war in the Gaza Strip, with France, Belgium and other countries poised to follow suit at the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Here is an overview of diplomatic recognition of the state, which was unilaterally proclaimed by the…
Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch condemned the Prime Minister Keir Starmer-led United Kingdom’s decision to formally recognise the State of Palestine. GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that Britain, alongside Australia and Canada, on Sunday recognised a Palestinian state in a seismic shift in decades of Western foreign policy. Britain and Canada became the first G7 countries to…