Gunmen Kidnapped several passengers at a railway station in Edo State, Southern Nigeria. Shots fired left many of the passengers and kidnapped victims injured. The incident took place at Igueben and is the latest series of kidnapers targeting train travellers
They Did Us Proud. The Horniman Museum Returns Benin Bronzes Two years ago, two Benin men in London started a journey that has culminated in one of the greatest repatriation events in the history of Benin artefacts. At a ceremony held at the Horniman Museum London on the evening of Monday 28 November 2022, contracts […]
Saturday, 15 October 2022, was a night of excellence that should have occurred a long time ago. We are migrants. For us, we are best defined as the people who have lived the first parts of our lives in Nigeria before coming over to England to start again, to try and improve our lives and […]
I wish I could see behind closed doors in Nigeria as to why the Nigerian Diaspora success is not celebrated. We have done much more than just send Western Unions and Moneygrams. Year after year, generation after generation, the Nigerian Diaspora has raised the bar for black people in the U.K., but their successes are […]
I think Tinubu and Atiku do not understand how uncomfortable Nigerians are feeling when they grapple with the idea that one of them could be at the helm of Nigeria come 2023. Nothing wrong with being a candidate for Nigerian presidency on a good day, but Nigeria is anything but good and it has been […]
.The 29th May 2022 marked a year since Osaze Osemwigie Ero got his freedom after 18 months of incarceration in Italy. Mr Ero’s efforts since his release to prove the innocence of many Nigerians arrested in Italy has led, to date, to the release of up to a 100 Nigerians from Italian prisons. Now back in […]
Underneath the great Nigerian saying, “suffering & smiling” is the local interpretation “Eye wey dey cry dey see”. So, we have it, that the same criminals who have stolen recklessly from the Nation are now putting themselves forward for the position of presidency of Nigeria. And they are close. EFCC picked up Rochas yesterday after […]
Next year, after 8 difficult years for Nigerians, Buhari will finally step down as president of Nigeria. Many will remember Buhari as the man, who under his watch, insecurity in Nigeria was at its highest. There were herdsmen and Boko haram terrorising the Country. Others will remember him for untold financial hardship, exchange rates rises and so […]
What reminder does the next Nigerian president need to let them know the priorities of the Country. The killing of Deborah Samuel last week has highlighted one of the many problems in Nigeria today that has gone out of the Government’s control. The task of fixing Nigeria is somewhere between eradicating poverty or getting us […]
London’s mayor Sadiq Khan visited Los Angeles last week on his 4-day tour to the USA. Whilst in LA He visited a cannabis farm where he praised the “high standard of production”. The mayor then said an honest and open conversation is needed about UK cannabis laws. But the home office secretary Priti Patel quickly […]