•Deportees The UK government has deported 43 individuals, including failed asylum seekers and convicted foreign offenders, to Nigeria and Ghana. Among those removed were 15 failed asylum seekers and 11 foreign national offenders who had completed their prison sentences. Seven individuals also chose to leave the country voluntarily. This flight...
•MC Oluomo Musiliu Akinsanya, popularly known as MC Oluomo, has responded to widespread online ridicule over his spoken English with a fiery comeback, emphasising legacy over language. In a now-viral video clip from a recent public gathering, the Lagos transport union boss addressed critics who mocked a slip he made while speaking English, par...
Archaeologists made a stunning discovery beneath a British university’s property, uncovering hundreds of skeletons and the remains of a medieval church, an unexpected find during a routine excavation. The University of Gloucestershire revealed in a press release yesterday that the findings were made on its City Campus, a site it acquired in 20...
•Japa The United Kingdom Home Office received 22,619 asylum applications from Nigerian nationals from 2010 to 2024, according to findings by our correspondent. This is as Nigerians accounted for one in 30 UK asylum claims over the period, ranking 11th on the Home Office’s newly released year-end Asylum and Resettlement statistics, reports The ...
•Tinubu (R) being received on arrival at the airport late last night President Bola Tinubu has arrived in Nigeria following his working visit to France and the UK. Tinubu was received by senior officials of his administration when he arrived at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, late yesterday, reports Ch...
The UK Home Office has updated its list of Secure English Language Tests (SELT) accepted for visa and citizenship applications. The changes include new test formats and clearer global requirements, aiming to streamline the process for applicants, reports Vanguard. The current LANGUAGECERT ESOL SELT 4-skills test will be replaced by two new ver...
•Activists celebrate after hearing the outcome of the Supreme Court’s ruling on how to define a ‘woman’, in London today Britain’s Supreme Court said the legal definition of a “woman” is based on a person’s sex at birth, a landmark ruling with far-reaching implications to the bitter debate over trans rights. In a win for […]...
•Palestinians and Hamas fighters UK-based lawyers said they have asked the British government to lift a ban on the Palestinian militant group Hamas, a petition that has drawn sharp criticism from opposition politicians. The legal submission argues the ban contravenes Britain’s human rights commitments, with the militants insisting on “the legi...
•Grace with baby Amy and husband Angus and her sister Amy (right), who donated her womb A British woman has given birth to a healthy baby girl after having her sister’s womb transplanted into her, becoming UK’s first that could benefit thousands more women. Grace Davidson, 36, who was reportedly born without a womb, and […]
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, hosted suspended Rivers assembly lawmakers in the United Kingdom yesterday. The minister’s Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media, Lere Olayinka, in a post on X.com today said the lawmakers, who are in the UK for “legislative capacity building”, were hosted...

