The Presidency on Monday described the remarks about Nigeria made by the newly elected United Kingdom Conservative Party leader, Kemi Badenoch, as a “cock and bull story.” President Bola Tinubu’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Temitope Ajayi, insisted that Badenoch lied about her upbringing in Nigeria. Recall that in 2022, Badenoch accused Nigerian…
British music legend Sir Elton John has reignited debate over marijuana legalisation in America and Canada with his sharp criticism of the policy. “I maintain that it’s addictive,” John said in an interview with the magazine. It leads to other drugs. And when you’re stoned – and I’ve been stoned – you don’t think normally….
The leader of the United Kingdom (UK) Conservative Party, Kemi Badenoch, says she stands by her remarks about Nigeria, despite criticism from Vice President Kashim Shettima, who accused her of denigrating the country. Badenoch, born in the UK but largely raised in Nigeria, has frequently described her upbringing as being overshadowed by fear and insecurity…
The United Kingdom, UK, High Commissioner to Nigeria, Richard Montgomery, has said it granted 300,000 new visas to Nigerians in the “last couple of years”. Montgomery said this today Channels TV’s Sunrise Daily. He noted that Nigeria is a major beneficiary of the UK’s visa policies. Recall that the last month, the opened a new Visa Application Centre,…
A United Kingdom upper tribunal has reversed a previous ruling that stopped the deportation of 43-year-old Nigerian Olutobi Ogunbawo. The decision comes after his wife, Maria Adesanya, claimed that in vitro fertilisation treatment was unavailable in Nigeria, a key argument in their defence. Ogunbawo, convicted in 2019 for immigration offences related to conspiring with a…
Popular Nigerian Pastor, Tobi Adegboyega, is set to be deported to Nigeria after losing his case to the UK government at the Immigration Tribunal. Adeboyega’s church, SPAC Nation, had been shut down after investigations revealed misuse of church funds.The UK authorities decided to close the church, after the controversial pastor failed to properly account for…
British heavyweight Daniel Dubois will defend his IBF world title against Joseph Parker in Saudi Arabia on February 22. The 27-year-old returns to the ring in Riyadh after making a spectacular first defence of his IBF belt against Anthony Joshua. Dubois knocked out his British rival inside five rounds at Wembley Stadium in September. Parker…
Four Nigerian students in the United Kingdom have been sentenced to prison for their involvement in a violent knife fight in Leicester. The incident was said to have occurred on November 4, 2021, on New Park Street, leaving one victim with multiple stab wounds. An investigation by the Leicester City Police authorities identified the culprits…
A 43-year-old Nigerian man, Abimbola David, has been taken into custody by the UK police following allegations of inappropriate online chat with a 14-year-old girl.According to the organization Saving Our Children’s Futures, Abimbola, who is married with two children and residing in the UK on a student visa, allegedly engaged in online interactions with the…
Indigenous senator Lidia Thorpe shouted anti-colonial slogans at King Charles during his visit to the Australian parliament on Monday, shocking assembled lawmakers and other dignitaries. “Give us our land back! Give us what you stole from us!” Thorpe screamed in an almost minute-long diatribe after the 75-year-old king’s speech. “This is not your land, you…
