A Lagos State-based education consultant, Shitta Waliu Aderibigbe, and his firm, Fanzine Educational Consult, have been taken to court for allegedly conspiring to provide false information to the British Embassy in an attempt to get a Nigerian man deported from the UK Peculiar Adirika
Read More »Nigerian nurse Nnena Miriam found dead in UK apartment
Nnena Miriam, a Nigerian nurse based in Leeds, UK, has tragically been found dead in her apartment, prompting grief within the nursing community Quadri Olaitan
Read More »UK bans health and care workers’ dependant from Nigeria, other countries
The United Kingdom (UK) has announced a ban on health and care workers from Nigeria and other foreign countries from bringing their dependents to the country, as stated in a release by the UK Home Office on Monday, March 11. This measure is part of the UK government’s plan to …
Read More »Apostle Johnson Suleman to lead historic evangelism conference in UK
Man of God and General Overseer of the Omega Fire Ministries (OFM) worldwide, Apostle Johnson Suleman, is yet again on the move for another historic two-day evangelism conference which kicks off on Tuesday 29th of August and ends on Wednesday 30th of August 2023 in the United Kingdom. Hundreds of …
Read More »UK sets a new rule, bars international students from bringing family by January
The United Kingdom UK has put in place a law that will see Nigerian students, and others studying in the UK from bringing family as dependents except under specific circumstances. This is as the UK government aims to bring immigration into the country which stands at about 1 million down. …
Read More »UK Nursing Council to investigate 512 Nigerians over ‘fraudulent’ test results
The registration of a total of 512 nurses and midwives, around five per cent on the register of the Nursing and Midwifery Council in the United Kingdom who passed at a Computer-Based Test centre, could be fraudulent or incorrect. This is according to a press statement posted on the website …
Read More »Foreign investors shun Kano, Rivers, Ogun, 24 other states
Foreign investors shunned Kano, Rivers, Ogun, and 24 other Nigerian states as foreign investments fell by 20.47 per cent ($1.37bn) from $6.7bn in 2021 to $5.33bn in 2022. This is as foreign investments in the country’s commercial capital fell by 37.94 per cent from $5.82bn to $3.61bn year-on-year. Despite this …
Read More »Organ harvesting: Ekweremadu, wife, doctor to be sentenced May 5
Former Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, is at risk of being sentenced to 10 years imprisonment in line with the Modern Slavery Act 2015 of the United Kingdom after a London court found him and his wife, Beatrice, guilty of organ trafficking. Following the guilty verdicts by Mr …
Read More »DJ Cuppy graduates from Oxford
Nigerian Disc jockey, Florence Ifeoluwa Otedola, better known as DJ Cuppy, has bagged a Master’s degree from the University of Oxford, England, in the United Kingdom. Freelanews reports that the disc jockey shared pictures she took with her parents, Femi and Nana Otedola; and fiancé, Ryan Taylor, at the graduation ceremony …
Read More »Nigerian-born music manager stabbed to death in UK over £300k watch
A Nigerian-born music manager, identified as Emmanuel Odunlami, has been stabbed to death in the United Kingdom over a fake designer watch worth up to £300,000. According to Daily Mail, the Old Bailey, which is the central criminal court of England and Wales, recently heard that Odunlami was ambushed by …
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