•Peter Obi In a surprise move, Peter Obi, the former Nigerian presidential candidate, has thrown his weight behind the Labour Party in the upcoming UK election. This was contained in a tweet posted on his verified X handle today. The endorsement comes just days before the July 4 poll, and is seen as a significant […]
No fewer than 30 men and women of Nigerian origin will be on the ballot in the United Kingdom’s elections scheduled for Thursday, July 4. The outcome of the poll should be known by the next day, Friday. An analysis of the finalised list of candidates by a UK election data supplier, Democracy Club, showed […]
•Ajay Hinduja, his wife Namrata and their lawyer Robert Assael A Swiss court handed jail sentences to four members of Britain’s richest family today for exploiting Indian staff at their Geneva mansion. The Hindujas — who were not present in court — were acquitted of human trafficking, but convicted on other charges in a stunning […]...
•PM Sunak Britain exited a shallow recession with better-than-expected growth in the first quarter, official data showed today, in a boost to embattled Prime Minister Rishi Sunak ahead of this year’s election. Gross domestic product expanded 0.6 percent in the first three months of this year, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said, noti...
•Britain’s Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex Prince Harry arrived in the UK today for events marking the anniversary of his Invictus Games but will not meet his father King Charles III, who is undergoing cancer treatment, according to his spokesman. Harry, also known as the Duke of Sussex, was last in the UK in February […]
•Britain (UK) flag, The Union Jack The United kingdom (UK) says only international students coming in for their Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) studies were eligible to bring in dependants to the country. Dr. Richard Montgomery, the British High Commissioner to Nigeria made this known in an interview yesterday in Abuja, reports NAN He said the [&he...
•Britain’s main opposition Labour Party leader Keir Starmer (C), flanked by partymen Britain’s ruling Conservatives lost a parliamentary seat to the main Labour opposition today, as the country awaited local election results likely to pile more pressure on embattled leader Rishi Sunak. Labour seized the constituency of Blackpool South, ...
•Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame The UK expects to deport nearly 6,000 migrants to Rwanda this year, a senior minister said today, after the government published new details on the controversial scheme. The figures come days after the plan aimed at deterring migrant arrivals on small boats from northern Europe became law following months of par...
Iranians in several European cities including London and Brussels in the UK and Belgium respectively, held protest rallies yesterday in support for the 33-year-old Iranian rapper sentenced to death. Recall that Toomaj Salehi was handed a death sentence for publicly backing nationwide protests triggered after the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amin...
•Olubunmi Abodunde and his late wife, Taiwo A United Kingdom-based Nigerian man, Olubunmi Abodunde, has beaten his wife, Taiwo, to death with their son’s skateboard. The couple, who had three children, arrived in the UK from Nigeria in 2022 and always clashed over alleged affairs and arguments about bills, reports Daily Mail UK. According to [...

