GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the United Kingdom has officially recognised Palestine as a state. Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, announced this in a post on X, on Sunday. “Today, to revive the hope of peace for the Palestinians and Israelis, and a two state solution, the United Kingdom formally recognises the State of Palestine,” the…
A 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…
The President Bola Tinubu-led government has urged the UK government to send Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch back to Nigeria for proper education on citizenship, berating the Tory leader as a liar and a lost daughter of the country. Bayo Onanuga, spokesperson for the Tinubu-led government, made this statement in response to Mrs Badenoch’s claim…
Kemi Badenoch, leader of the United Kingdom’s Conservative Party, says immigrants from countries whose cultures that do not align with the UK values should not be welcome. Badenoch spoke on Sunday in an interview with CNN’s Fareed Zakaria. The UK opposition leader has been outspoken about her concerns over the countries immigrants come from and…
A small plane has crashed at a London regional airport, the police and Southend London airport announced Sunday. Video footage showed a 12-metre plane in flames with a plume of black smoke at Southend-on-Sea, an airport east of London. “We are working with all emergency services at the scene now and that work will…
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…