David Umahi of Ebonyi State. Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court Abuja, the other day, sacked Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State and his 17 co-travellers, as reprisal for dumping the party on whose ticket they were elected into office in 2019. The landmark ruling was the long awaited pushback against incessant rape …
Ebele Bianca The incident resulted in Bianca giving the former First Lady a slap during the inauguration of the new governor of Anambra State, Chukwuma Soludo on Thursday. Bianca Ojukwu, widow of the late leader of the breakaway Republic of Biafra from 1967 to 1970, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, has shed light on what led to the …
Unemployment and inflation in Africa’s largest economy is driving the desperate to unscrupulous loan companies Shayo Adebayo, an unemployed 28-year-old medical physiology graduate from south-west Nigeria, read from scores of abusive WhatsAapp messages and voice notes sent to her by debt collectors from quick loan companies. “I will destroy your life,” said one. “I want to …
African map African refugees fleeing Ukraine are being subjected to horrific racism, with reports of people being refused on public transport and sent to the back of queues. British-Zimbabwean student Korrine Sky, 26, has recounted her horrifying ordeal on social media as she tried to escape the escalating conflict in Ukraine. She said she had …
UK Visas & Immigration (UKVI) has taken the decision without prior warning to suspend priority and super-priority visa processing services for all applications being made from outside the UK. Not only have the services been suspended, but the UKVI update says that “applications for study, work and family visas may take longer to process.” This …
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