•Mpox An infection with the latest mpox variant, clade 1b, has been detected in the United Kingdom for the first time, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) announced today. The agency said that the single case was detected in London after the person returned from Africa, adding that the risk to the wider population “remains […]
•The British flag Britain’s economy will grow faster than forecast this year and next, the country’s finance minister Rachel Reeves announced today as she delivered her maiden budget. The nation’s gross domestic product will expand 1.1 percent in 2024 and by 2.0 percent next year — above estimates given in March by the Office for […]...
Three people were found dead and four others were taken to hospital after an incident at a care home for the elderly in southwest England, emergency services said today. Other residents at the Gainsborough Care Home in Swanage were evacuated from the premises to a nearby church hall as an investigation was launched, including with […]
•UK flag The UK is today due to release early a second batch of 1,000 prisoners as the government launched a review of sentencing to ease chronic overcrowding in jails. The controversial policy previously saw 1,700 prisoners freed early last month, reports AFP. Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood pledged that earlier mistakes that led to 37 [&he...
The United Kingdom aviation authorities have expressed readiness to discuss the issue of slot allocation to Air Peace, the Nigerian carrier, in its tier-A airport in Heathrow, London. In early September the Nigeria minister for Aviation and Aerospace development, Festus Keyamo, wrote a diplomatic letter to the United Kingdom aviation handlers ...
In a record-breaking deportation flight, 44 Nigerians and Ghanaians were forcibly removed from the UK on Friday, marking a significant surge in immigration enforcement. According to The Guardian.com/uk The Home Office confirmed the action as part of a broader crackdown on immigration, which has seen the deportation of over 3,600 people since t...
•UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer The British High Commissioner in Nigeria, Richard Montgomery, has said that the sovereign affairs of another country are not the United Kingdom’s matter. Montgomery made this disclosure while reacting to the petition submitted by Sunday Adeyemo popularly called ‘Sunday Igboho’ to the UK for the sovereignty of th...
•Tinubu and some top government officials before his departure to the UK Presidential spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga has been criticised by Nigerians over his post on President Tinubu’s annual vacation. This was after the senior special assistant to the president on political and other matters, Ibrahim Masari today said Tinubu had left the United ...
•Tinubu jets out President Bola Tinubu has departed the United Kingdom for Paris, France according to his Senior Special Assistant on Political Matters, Kabir Masari. The presidential aide posted the information on his verified X handle, @KabirIbrah64, yesterday evening. “Today, I had the honour of visiting President Asiwaju Bola Tinubu GCFR a...
•Russian President, Vladimir Putin The Russian government has distanced itself from the October 1st hunger protest in Nigeria, claiming that western countries are trying to destroy its relationship with Nigeria by linking the country with the unrest. This is contained in a letter from the Russian government to the Nigerian Ministry of Foreign ...
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