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A British-Nigerian minister, MP Kate Osamor has been suspended after she accused Israel of genocide on the eve of Holocaust Memorial Day. Osamor, a British-Nigerian-born MP for Edmonton, sparked resentment after claiming in her weekly newsletter that Gaza should be added to the list of ‘recent genocides’. In a post on X handle, Osamor posted a photo of herself signing ...

The leadership of the APC UK Chapter says the planned protest by a group against President Bola Tinubu in London remains a misadventure. The Chairman of the chapter, Mr Tunde Doherty, disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Lagos. Doherty, also the APC Committee of Diaspora Chairmen, said he felt compelled to respond to the recent allegations and statements ...

The campaign office of Labour Party on Wednesday has claimed that Peter Obi was detained and harassed by immigration officers at Heathrow Airport in the United Kingdom. “He was questioned for a long time and it was very strange for a man who lived for over a decade in that country,” Labour Party campaign spokesman Diran Onifade said in a ...

Femi Fani-Kayode, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has chided the British deputy high commissioner to Nigeria, Ben Llewellyn-Jones over a comment against him. The United Kingdom, UK Envoy had on Sunday, tackled Fani-Kayode over his alleged inciting comments on social media. In an interview with Nigeria Info FM on Sunday, Llewellyn-Jones expressed worries over the possible repercussions ...

The United Kingdom, UK, said it had embarked on an exercise of collating information with the aim to impose visa bans and other sanctions against politicians that engaged in electoral fraud and anti-democratic exercises. According to the UK, the individuals to be punished were those who engaged in violence and voter suppression in the governorship and state assembly elections in ...

The presidential candidate of the  the All Progressives Congress for the 2023 election, Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday, met with the United Kingdom Minister for Africa, Foreign & Commonwealth Development Office, Andrew Mitchell, in London. Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila; Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai; Jigawa State governor, Abubakar Badaru; and other dignitaries were present at the meeting. ...

The former Governor of Lagos State, who is also the presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress APC Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has returned to the country after spending some days in the United Kingdom. In a tweet on Thursday evening, presidential spokesperson, Bashir Ahmad, had earlier announced the arrival of the political figure. “After days of intensive political consultations and ...

The All Progressive Congress APC, United Kingdom Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has debunked speculations about the health status of the party’s presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, saying that the former Lagos Govermor is very healthy. Speaking in a statement on Thursday, Mr Joseph Adebola, Chairman, APC UK Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), said that the news making the rounds ...

Bola Tinubu spokesman, Tunde Rahman, a media aide to Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has broken silence on why his boss jetted out to the United Kingdom, UK. It will be noted that report went viral on Friday   that Tinubu went to the UK for his usual medical attention. Reacting in a statement, Rahaman said that his principal travelled abroad to attend ...

The Governor of Ogun,  Dapo Abiodun has paid a visit to ex-governor, Olusegun Osoba after he had a knee surgery in the United Kingdom. This is coming after the National leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu went under a kneel surgery in the UK. It will be recalled that, the governor last month congratulated Osoba on ...