Shola Balogun, a Nigerian-British officer from Bromley Police Station, has been dismissed by the Metropolitan Police Service in the UK for allegedly biting a colleague at a birthday party in Bexleyheath, Kent. This was revealed during a hearing from October 21 to 23, 2024 chaired by high-ranking officer Christopher McKay, with panel members IPM Amanda…
The United Kingdom has donated non-lethal military equipment valued at approximately N1 billion (£450,000) to the Nigerian Armed Forces. The support is aimed at enhancing Nigeria’s fight against violent extremist organizations in the North East and signifies a strengthened partnership between the British Military and the Nigerian Armed Forces. At a formal handover ceremony in…
A record 44 Nigerians and Ghanaians were deported from the UK on a single flight on Friday, marking a major increase in immigration enforcement. The Home Office confirmed the deportations as part of a larger surge in immigration returns, with more than 3,600 individuals deported since the Labour government took power in July. These efforts…
Nigerians in the United Kingdom have been thrown into mourning following the death of a woman, Mrs Olubunmi Okeniyi, nearly a month after she relocated to the European country. The woman, who relocated with her two children to join her husband, Jacob Okeniyi, reportedly died on Sunday, October 13, 2024. A statement by the Nigerians…
The Yoruba Nation advocate, Sunday Adeyemo, more commonly known as Sunday Igboho has submitted a petition to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Keir Starmer to consider the secessionist movement in Nigeria. Although the movement described the content of the petition as confidential, SaharaReporters gathered that it revolved around the “Yoruba Nation agitation.” SaharaReporters…
President Bola Tinubu has departed the United Kingdom for Paris, France, for an “important engagement.” The President’s Senior Special Assistant on Political and Other Matters, Ibrahim Masari, confirmed this on his verified X handle, @KabirIbrah64, on Friday. Masari wrote, “Today, I had the honour of visiting President Asiwaju Bola Tinubu GCFR at his private residence…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is set to depart Abuja today for a two-week vacation in the United Kingdom, as part of his annual leave. This was contained in a statement issued on Wednesday, October 2, by the special adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onananuga. During his time abroad, the president will…
Ruth Auta, a Nigerian working as a nurse in the United Kingdom (UK), has been sentenced to three years in prison over the death of her 10-week-old son, Joshua Akerele. Auta was sentenced by a Bolton Crown court in the UK after she was found guilty of leaving the baby (without anyone watching over the…
Northampton Crown Court in the United Kingdom has found two Nigerians, Tosin Dada and Solomon Adebiyi, guilty of multiple rape charges. Northamptonshire Police disclosed this in a statement on its official Facebook page on Monday, obtained by PUNCH Online on Tuesday. This follows weeks after a Nigerian pilot, Olukayode Ojo, was convicted in a Texas…
Four Nigerians have been jailed after forging more than 2,000 marriage certificates to help people live in the United Kingdom illegally. Abraham Alade Olarotimi Onifade, 41, Abayomi Aderinsoye Shodipo, 38, Nosimot Mojisola Gbadamosi, 31, and Adekunle Kabir, 54, were all sentenced at Woolwich Crown Court in London on Tuesday. The Home Office said the four…