•Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer The British Government today said it was toughening immigration rules to make it almost impossible for undocumented migrants who arrive on small boats to later receive citizenship. Under new guidance, migrants arriving by sea or hidden in the back of vehicles will normally be refused citizenship, reports ...
UK immigration enforcement teams made over 600 arrests in January, a 73 percent increase on the same period a year ago, as part of the new Labour government’s plan to tackle undocumented migration and people smuggling gangs, officials said today. The 609 arrests, compared to 352 in January 2024, were made during visits to over […]
•Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate The federal government today said that Nigeria is steadily being positioned as a growing hub for quality healthcare and now attracting patients not just from the West African subregion but also from countries as far as the United States and the United Kingdom. This Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, [&...
•Tuberculosis Tuberculosis cases in England surged by 13 per cent in 2024, marking a continued rise in recent years, according to new data published today by the UK Health Security Agency. The UKHSA shared this on the official government website in a release titled, “Tuberculosis cases in England continued to increase in 2024.” The latest [&he...
•Florence Eshalomi A British-Nigerian politician, Florence Eshalomi, has been appointed as the United Kingdom’s trade envoy to Nigeria. Eshalomi, 44, an MP representing the Vauxhall and Camberwell Green constituency, holds a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Political and International Studies with Law from Middlesex University. Her appointment makes...
•Late Temitope Iwute A 32-year-old Nigerian woman, Temitope Iwute, has died during childbirth in the United Kingdom. Iwute died shortly after receiving her Master’s degree at York St John University. Announcing her death yesterday, the official X account of the Community of Nigerians in the UK made a post seeking to raise money to support [&he...
•Late sctress Joan Plowright Oscar-nominated UK actress Joan Plowright, a legend of stage and screen and wife of the great actor Laurence Olivier, has died at the age of 95, her family said today. “It is with great sadness that the family of Dame Joan Plowright, the Lady Olivier, inform you that she passed away […]
•Apple logo A trial opening today in which plaintiffs want more than one billion pounds is set to answer that question. The complaint, filed in May 2021, accuses Apple of breaching European and UK competition laws by “its exclusion of any other app stores from iOS devices” like iPhones and iPads, reports AFP. It claims […]
The UK’s new visa-waiver entry system took effect today for passengers from dozens more countries, including millions of annual visitors from the United States, Canada and Australia. The Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) scheme — similar to the ESTA system in the United States — requires visitors who do not need a visa to enter Britain [&h...
•Late Ogbeinde The grieving family of Ross Ogbeinde, an international student in the United Kingdom, who reportedly collapsed and lost consciousness before passing away on December 29, 2024, is seeking financial support for his burial arrangements. It was learnt yesterday that Ogbeinde, originally from Benin City in Edo State, was an internati...
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