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United Kingdom tops the list of registered Nigerians in Diaspora, according to the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM). On June 29, 2021, NiDCOM launched its Data Mapping and Registry Portal in Abuja, in a bid to galvanise holistic and realistic data of Nigerians in the Diaspora. Considering the data made available to Punch on Wednesday, […]
Continue ReadingA Nigerian lady moved to the United Kingdom a year ago but has voluntarily returned to Nigeria. Social media user, DHK Rullah, who posted the story on Twitter said the lady went to the UK with her family, but applied to the UK Home Office and cancelled her visa, and then returned to Nigeria. After a […]
Continue ReadingDetectives have arrested two people after a 76-year-old Nigerian woman, Mrs. Nelly Akomah, was found dead at her south London home following a suspected burglary. The pensioner was discovered at her house in Ladbrook Road, Croydon, with fatal injuries around 10.40am on Wednesday, June 21, 2023, after police were scrambled by neighbours Residents in Ladbrook Road, Croydon […]
Continue ReadingBritain’s financial regulator on Thursday tightened rules over the promotion and selling of cryptocurrency as it seeks to protect consumers. The Financial Conduct Authority unveiled a package of measures for the industry, which has long faced criticism over the lack of oversight — and promises of high returns in a volatile marketplace. Under the new […]
Continue ReadingNigerian man living in the United Kingdom (UK) has been reportedly detained after he allegedly impregnated not one but three women: his wife, his wife’s mother, and his wife’s sister. The arrest has stunned the neighbourhood and ignited heated discussion. The Nigerian man, whose name is withheld for legal reasons, was arrested after an investigation […]
Continue ReadingNigerian rapper, songwriter, actor and activist, Folarin Falana, known by his stage name Falz, recently underwent knee surgery in the United Kingdom (UK). Falz disclosed this in a video he posted on his Instagram page on Wednesday evening May 10. According to him, he sustained an injury on his knee while playing football in November […]
Continue ReadingBritain’s first coronation in 70 years takes place on Saturday, with Charles III crowned king in an elaborate Christian ceremony steeped in solemn ritual and more than a millennium of history. The coronation, the first of a British king since 1937, is the religious confirmation of his accession after the death of his mother, Queen […]
Continue ReadingNigerian government has denied news making the rounds that it bailed out the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi of detention ordeal in London, United Kingdom last week. Reports have it that Obi was briefly detained at Hearthrow Airport in London over a mistaken identity during his trip to celebrate Easter in […]
Continue ReadingSpokesperson of the Atiku Abubakar and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential campaign council (PCC), Daniel Bwala has charged the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi to sue President Muhammadu Buhari-led government over his detention in the United Kingdom (UK). The UK Immigration, had a few days ago, detained Obi at Heathrow Airport in London over a case of duplicated identity. Mr. […]
Continue ReadingApostle Tomi Arayomi, the founder of Restoring Isaachers Generation (RIG), his wife Tahmer, and their personal assistant, Emmanuel, were arrested Friday, April 7, by the DSS at the Lagos airport. Tobi Arayomi, the twin brother to Tomi Arayomi, made the announcement on Instagram and Twitter earlier on Friday. Speaking on the arrest, Tobi said, “Hello […]
Continue ReadingBritish High Commission has said the UK Minister of State for Development and Africa, Andrew Mitchell MP, is prepared to take action against those who engaged in or incited electoral violence during the just-concluded general elections in Nigeria. The high commission, which said it deployed observers in six states, said the UK was already collating […]
Continue ReadingFormer Nigerian Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, his wife, Beatrice, have been found guilty of organ trafficking in the United Kingdom. After a six-week trial at the Old Bailey, the duo alongside their daughter, Sonia, and a medical doctor, Dr. Obinna Obeta, were found guilty of facilitating the travel of a young man to Britain […]
Continue ReadingNigerian-born music manager was stabbed to death after celebrating his birthday with a “designer watch” worth up to £300,000, a London court heard. The Old Bailey heard that Emmanuel Odunlami, 32, was attacked by three robbers after leaving the Haz restaurant near St Paul’s Cathedral in the City of London, where he held a party […]
Continue ReadingIn a statement by the United Kingdom (UK) government on Tuesday, Richard Hugh Montgomery has been appointed as the new British High Commissioner to Nigeria. Montgomery is expected to begin his new role in Nigeria in April 2023. He will be taking over from Catriona Laing who has been the UK’s representative in Nigeria since […]
Continue ReadingA woman stormed a hospital in the UK to confront her husband and the side chic he got pregnant. The husband, she called Desmond, was taking his pregnant girlfriend to the antenatal unit of the hospital when his wife confronted them. The wife explained that she used her papers to bring the man to the […]
Continue ReadingAssistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) Garba Baba Umar, the Head of Interpol’s National Central Bureau (NCB), Abuja, Nigeria, has disclosed that the United Kingdom government rejected its request to extradite former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke. Speaking on the sidelines of an investigative hearing by a House of Representative Adhoc committee investigating […]
Continue ReadingUnited Kingdom and Australia have asked their citizens to avoid travel to Nigeria in the latest security advisories issued on Thursday. Equally, the European Union warned that insecurity might prevent elections from holding in parts of the country, adding that “security climate” was very hostile. A few months ago, the United States, UK, Canada, Germany, […]
Continue ReadingNigerian woman, Abiola Akinremi, 41 years old, who is a care home worker has been sentenced to seven months imprisonment in the United Kingdom for stealing almost £20,000 from the savings of vulnerable residents. The convict was said to have abused her position as an administrator at the facility in Bostall House in Abbey Wood, […]
Continue ReadingOn the eve of the Presidential Town Hall meeting organised by Arise News for candidates of the major four political parties, the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, on Saturday morning, left the country for United Kingdom. A statement issued on Saturday by Director of Media and Publicity for APC Presidential Campaign Council, […]
Continue ReadingGhanaian female socialite and singer, Mona Fiaz Montrage, better known as Hajia4Real, has reportedly been arrested in the United Kingdom (UK) for alleged fraud. Hajia4Real visited the UK on October, 31, for the Ghana Music Awards UK. She remained in the UK and continued updating on Instagram, with her captions stating that she was having […]
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