Rishi Sunak has said that no asylum seekers will be sent to Rwanda before the election under the government’s deportation scheme. It had been thought ministers would try to get the first flight off before polling day, to showcase their flagship policy on countering illegal migration. But the PM has now said they will go…
The tripartite committee on new minimum wage has adjourned till next Tuesday, May 28 to continue deliberation after Wednesday’s meeting in Abuja ended in a deadlock again. The Federal Government, the organised private sector and the organised labour failed to reach a consensus on the new minimum wage at the Wednesday meeting. Sources at the…
Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer will kick off their election campaigns on Thursday, six weeks before the country goes to the polls. The prime minister will tour broadcast studios before embarking on a two-day whistle-stop trip taking in all four nations of the UK. Starmer will head to south-east England in a sign he wants to make…
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, the US rapper, is facing another lawsuit over allegations that he drugged and sexually assaulted a model in 2003. In a filing on Tuesday at the federal district court in Manhattan, the former model identified as Crystal McKinney narrated what transpired between her and the rapper. She claimed that she met Diddy when she attended a…
Nigerian singer, Tiwa Savage, says she produced ‘Water and Garri’, her debut film, to portray Africa positively. Savage spoke to CNN’s Larry Madowo on the latest episode of African Voices Changemakers. The 44-year-old songstress said she produced the film to tell African stories through the female perspective. “I think it is important for people to see Africa and…
Shaibu Husseini, the executive director of the National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB), says the federal government has banned smoking, money rituals, and the promotion of crimes in Nigerian movies. According to NAN, Husseini announced the ban at a national stakeholders’ engagement on smoke-free Nollywood in Enugu on Wednesday. The executive director of NFVCB decried…
Controversial social media critic, Martin Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan, has been remanded in police custody until his next hearing, which is billed to be held next week Wednesday. Otse was reportedly arraigned at the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Wednesday, facing five counts of cyberstalking involving the Nigeria police and Nollywood actresses…
“This is mega!” said Daisy Greenwell from the Smartphone-Free Childhood campaign. “We are absolutely thrilled and we believe it’s going to have a domino effect.” She was reacting to news that St Albans in Hertfordshire is attempting to become the first UK city to go smartphone-free for all children under 14. Before St Albans, it was Greystones in Ireland last year,…
Conservative MP Craig Mackinlay is due to return to Parliament for the first time after suffering a life-threatening episode of sepsis which led to the amputation of his hands and feet. The South Thanet MP recalled the shock of waking from an induced coma to find his limbs had turned completely black. He says they…
A British man who died on board a Singapore Airlines flight hit by severe turbulence has been named as Geoff Kitchen. The 73-year-old suffered a suspected heart attack after the plane encountered a sudden drop in altitude – leading to what passengers have called scenes of “absolute terror”. Seven other passengers were critically injured, while…
