•AI generated image used for illustration only A Nigerian prison officer based in the United Kingdom has shared his personal decision to stop paying monthly tithes to his home church after relocating abroad. In a candid post that has gone viral, the officer—who identifies on X as @Prestigious_Gt explained that while he faithfully paid tithes [...
•Late Douglas Izevbigie The death of a Nigerian student, Douglas Izevbigie, in the United Kingdom has sparked fresh concerns over chronic illnesses among Nigerians living abroad, as members of the community launch a fundraising appeal to support his burial. It was learnt yesterday that a GoFundMe appeal was created following his death on Janua...
•Jim Ratcliffe British billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe, founder of INEOS and minority owner of Manchester United, has issued a stark warning about the state of the United Kingdom, claiming the country has been “colonised” by immigration and is facing profound political, social and economic challenges. Speaking on the sidelines of the European In...
•Late Stephanie Irons and Adedapo Adegbola A UK-based Nigerian man, Adedapo Adegbola has been sentenced to life in prison for murdering a woman he worked with after she ended their brief ‘controlling relationship’. Adegbola fatally stabbed 23-year-old Stephanie Irons in the neck at her home in Mapperley, Nottinghamshire, on 21 October. Notting...
Some of the winter’s coldest weather so far hit travel in Britain, France, and the Netherlands yesterday, closing roads, grounding flights, and forcing train cancellations, including on Eurostar, just days after a power outage caused major disruption. Eurostar, which links the UK to the European mainland, told passengers travelling between Lon...
•Anthony Joshua and the coffins of his two dead friends at the airport enroute London, today Former world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua has returned to the United Kingdom following a fatal car crash in Nigeria that claimed the lives of two of his close friends and team members. Joshua sustained minor injuries in the incident […]...
•Nurses No fewer than 16,156 Nigerian-trained nurses and midwives have been licensed to practise in the United Kingdom between 2017 and September 30, 2025. This figure is based on the latest data from the UK’s Nursing and Midwifery Council register, obtained exclusively by our correspondent yesterday, reports The PUNCH. The figure highlights a...
Survivors of a deadly 2021 typhoon in the Philippines have filed a UK lawsuit against British oil giant Shell, seeking financial compensation for climate-related devastation, three NGOs supporting claimants announced today. Typhoon Rai struck the southern and central regions of the Philippines in mid-December 2021, toppling power lines and tre...
•Convicted IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu Several Igbo Diaspora organisations have criticised the United Kingdom government over what they described as “silence and complicity” in the recent life imprisonment of British citizen Nnamdi Kanu by Nigeria’s Federal High Court. The joint statement, issued by the American Veterans of Igbo Descent (AVID), A...
•Keir Starmer Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer will today announce a fresh bid to reform the country’s social security system after rebel MPs in his own party blocked reforms proposed last summer. His speech, extracts of which have been released by his office, comes after last week’s budget proposed higher taxes to fund measures to [&hell...

