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UK stops Nigerian students from bringing dependents

The Home Office of the United Kingdom on Monday, Jan. 1, announced that it had started implementing its policy banning Nigerian students and other overseas students from bringing their dependents via the study visa route. This was disclosed in a post on X,

Japa: UK bans foreign doctors, nurses, others from bringing dependants

The United Kingdom has banned Health and Care Workers from bringing dependants to the country as part of a move to checkmate migration. The ban was announced by the UK Home Office via its verified X handle (formerly Twitter) on Monday. The Home Office wrote

UK unemployment rises amid ban on foreign health workers from bringing dependants

Unemployment in recession-hit Britain has nudged higher as growth in wages falls further, according to official data Tuesday that supports analyst expectations of an upcoming cut to the United Kingdom (UK) interest rates. The unemployment rate rose to 3.9

Alaafin of Oyo declares Itsekiri as true Yoruba descendants

In a landmark reaffirmation of cultural kinship, the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Abimbola Akeem Owoade I, has declared that the Itsekiri people are direct descendants of Oduduwa and an integral part of the Yoruba nation. The monarch made this declaration over the

UK bans health workers from bringing dependents

On Monday, the UK announced the ban on Health and Care Workers from bringing their dependents to the country. The United Kingdom Home Office announced this decision on its verified X handle (formerly Twitter), stirring mixed feelings from applicants. "From

Fraud: Trial of Abba Kyari's co-defendants to last six days in U.S

The international fraud case allegedly involving embattled police officer,  Abba Kyari will reportedly last 6 days in court. Recall that six persons were indicted for various roles in a $1.1 million fraud case reportedly cordinated by Instagram celebrity,

Watch moment Nevada judge attacked by defendant during sentencing in court

A defendant assaulted a Nevada judge in court, vaulting the bench when he was about to be sentenced to jail in a felony battery case. Clark County District Judge Mary Kay Holthus fell back from her seat against a wall and received some injuries but was not

Prison officer given money, gifts and promises by defendant to lie for murder trial inmate

A court has heard how a prison officer derailed a murder trial after being lavished with gifts by a defendant. Former Belmarsh guard, Wiktoria Bujko, 30, pleaded guilty to perverting the course of justice for reporting a false confession by a man awaiting

Defendant sentenced to 558 days in jail after telling judge to "kiss my ass'' (Video)

A foul-mouthed defendant has been put in jail for over a year after he told a Michigan, USA judge to "kiss my a-" in an expletive-laced outburst in court, wild video shows. Darrell Jarrell appeared before Washtenaw County Judge Cedric Simpson on Wednesday,

Japa: Dependents from Nigeria to UK increased from 1,500 to 52,000 in 2 years - British High Commissioner

Richard Montgomery, the British High Commissioner to Nigeria, has disclosed that the number of dependents accompanying students from Nigeria studying in the United Kingdom (UK) surged from approximately 1,500 to 52,000 between 2019 and 2022. Montgomery made

'Empire' actor Terrence Howard ordered to pay $900k in back taxes after saying its immoral for the US Govt to tax descendants of slaves

A federal judge in Philadelphia has ordered 'Empire' actor Terrence Howard to pay nearly $1 million in back taxes, interest, and penalties after he allegedly threatened a Justice Department lawyer and maintained that it was "immoral for the United States government