Author: Olaoluwa Vincent Ajayi

NEW YORK — Even world leaders are not immune to the frustrations of New York City traffic. French President Emmanuel Macron found himself stranded on a Manhattan street late Monday after being blocked by police officers securing a motorcade for U.S. President Donald Trump. The incident, captured on video and widely circulated by French media, unfolded just blocks from the United Nations headquarters, where world leaders have gathered this week for the annual UN General Assembly. Macron, attempting to walk to France’s diplomatic mission after delivering a major address, was halted at a police barrier and told the street was…

A disabled Nigerian man who has lived in Britain for nearly four decades has won a long-running legal battle to remain in the country, overturning Home Office efforts to deport him. Anthony Olubunmi George, 63, arrived in the UK in 1986 at the age of 24 and has never returned to Nigeria. He has no criminal convictions but suffered two strokes in 2019, leaving him with lasting speech and mobility difficulties. When George first came to Britain, Margaret Thatcher was prime minister. Since then, he has lived through ten premierships, with Keir Starmer now the tenth to hold office during…

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has been met with fierce criticism from across the political spectrum after threatening to revoke the rights of hundreds of thousands of legal immigrants by pledging to abolish Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR), the main route toward permanent settlement in the UK. At a tense press conference on Monday, Farage said the policy was designed to block an estimated 800,000 people, so-called “Boriswave” of migrants who arrived under Boris Johnson’s post-Brexit immigration rules, from becoming eligible for ILR between 2026 and 2030. He argued that many in this group were low-skilled and would pose “a…

LONDON — Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has unveiled a sweeping and controversial immigration plan that would abolish Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) within 100 days of a Reform government taking office and trigger the deportation of hundreds of thousands of migrants currently living legally in Britain. Farage described the proposal as an unprecedented reversal of Britain’s “relaxed border rules” introduced after Brexit, arguing that the country’s welfare system and public services face a “catastrophic” strain if current trends continue. The announcement comes amid escalating political debate over migration and a recent  U.S. President Donald Trump comment urging Prime Minister…

Is a university degree still worth it? In an age of artificial intelligence and automation, that question is more pressing than ever. As algorithms replace routine tasks and reshape industries, many fear that the value of non-STEM fields, arts, humanities, and social sciences, has been eroded. Writers, historians, musicians, and philosophers are among those who feel the squeeze. Yet experts warn against drawing simple conclusions. In England, completing a typical three-year degree under graduate, tuition and maintenance loans included, costs around £53,000. For some, that figure sparks doubts. But averages can hide as much as they reveal. The Numbers…

U.S. President Donald Trump has wrapped up a highly controversial three-day state visit to the United Kingdom, leaving behind a swirl of diplomatic unease, domestic criticism, and political provocation. During a joint press conference at Chequers with Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, Trump urged Britain to adopt military tactics to curb illegal migration, criticised the UK’s recognition of Palestine, and revealed he personally requested that London Mayor Sadiq Khan be barred from the state banquet at Windsor Castle. “Call in the Military” to Stop Migrants Trump’s most explosive comment came during a live press briefing at Chequers on Thursday morning.…

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Wednesday declared an end to six months of emergency rule in Rivers State, restoring democratic governance to one of Nigeria’s most politically volatile regions. The announcement, effective from midnight, allows Governor Siminalayi Fubara, Deputy Governor Ngozi Nma Odu, Speaker Martins Amaewhule, and members of the State House of Assembly to resume their duties on 18 September 2025. Tinubu said the suspension of democratic structures imposed on 18 March had been a constitutional necessity to prevent “a total collapse of governance” after a bitter power struggle between Governor Fubara and his predecessor, Minister Nyesom Wike, paralysed…

Lagos, Nigeria — Chaos and panic erupted in Nigeria’s commercial capital yesterday as office workers jumped from the upper floors of Afriland Tower, a six-storey commercial building in the Marina district of Lagos Island, to escape a fast-moving fire. The dramatic scenes captured in videos now circulating widely on social media, showed men and women clinging to window ledges, some forced to leap several storeys to the ground while bystanders scrambled to catch them or deploy ladders. The blaze, which broke out shortly after 1:20 p.m. local time, quickly engulfed parts of the high-rise that houses a branch of United…

Nigeria’s ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) will host a two-day Diaspora Economic Forum in London on 6–7 November, in a move designed to mobilise financial resources and technical expertise from Nigerians abroad to drive President Bola Tinubu’s reform agenda. The event, themed “Mobilising Diaspora Expertise and Capital for Nigeria’s Economic Revival,” comes as Africa’s largest economy undertakes wide-ranging fiscal and structural reforms aimed at stabilising public finances and restoring investor confidence. Tinubu’s government has embarked on politically sensitive measures such as fuel subsidy removal and exchange-rate liberalisation to curb deficits and attract foreign investment. Organisers highlight that Nigeria’s diaspora community…

An NHS surgeon who carried out hundreds of amputations on patients before deliberately freezing his own legs to claim insurance payouts has been jailed for fraud and possessing extreme pornography. Neil Hopper, 49, of Truro, Cornwall, was sentenced at Truro Crown Court to two years and eight months in prison after admitting two counts of fraud and three counts of possessing extreme pornography. Hopper, a vascular surgeon at the Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust, underwent below-the-knee amputations in May 2019, claiming that the operations were the result of sepsis. In reality, prosecutors revealed, he had used ice and dry ice…