•UK prison Thousands of prisoners in British jails were due to be released early today, as part of government moves to ease overcrowding. Recently released figures showed that the prison population in England and Wales was at its highest-ever level, reports AFP. But with concern about released prisoners reoffending, the government insisted tha...
•Nigerian nurses protest over new certificate verification condition The sudden deactivation of the verification portal by the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria in February has plunged countless Nigerian nurses and midwives working abroad into turmoil. Currently, healthcare workers are encountering hurdles in renewing their licences and...
•British flag Five children, including three, aged 12, have been arrested in the United Kingdom on suspicion of killing an 80-year-old man, who died following a “serious” assault at a park. Leicestershire Police today said it had launched a murder investigation after the elderly man died in hospital from injuries sustained on Sunday evening. O...
•Boat mishap At least 12 migrants died off the northern French coast today trying to cross the Channel to England in the deadliest such disaster this year, the French government said, as a major rescue operation was underway. Announcing the death toll on X, French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin also said that two migrants were […]
•Britain Heathrow Airport Terminal No fewer than 1,425 international students who gained admission to universities in the United Kingdom were denied entry at the country’s airports between 2021 and 2023. A total of 161 Nigerians were affected, as they were removed on arrival at airports across the UK, reports Saturday PUNCH. According to data ...
•Ike Ekweremadu Former Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu, who was sentenced to 10 years in prison for human trafficking last year, is under investigation by the London Metropolitan Police in a new case linked to him. According to a documentary by Chude Jideonwo titled: “Daniel vs Ekweremadu,” the police are investigating a case involving ...
•The culprits A Woolwich Crown Court in London has convicted and sentenced four Nigerians for forging over 2,000 marriage certificates to illegally help people desperate to remain in the United Kingdom. UK Home Office Chief Immigration Officer Paul Moran described the development as an exploitation of people’s desperation following the court’s...
•UK Visa The United Kingdom has increased the number of organisations licensed to sponsor workers on the worker and temporary worker immigration routes. Checks by our correspondent, show that the list which was updated on Friday, August 23, has 119,195 approved companies, reports The Nation. Interested Nigerians are advised to visit the listed...
•Doctors Health Minister Ali Pate says doctors and nurses trained in Nigeria are sought-after globally, and that 67% of them work in the United Kingdom (UK). The minister, last night on Channels Television, said if health workers of Nigerian origin pull out of the National Health Service (NHS), the service will struggle. He spoke on […]...
•Protesters face off with police officers during ‘Enough is Enough’ demonstration in England The UK government today pledged to prioritise mental health as a report into a fatal stabbing rampage by a psychotic patient identified a litany of errors by medical authorities. Nineteen 19-year-old students Grace O’Malley-Kumar and Barnaby Webber and...
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