Crowds slowly take shape as we drive down a long dirt road cutting through Sfax's famed olive groves. Tunisia's coast guard says it has stopped 80 boats heading for Italy and detained more than 3,000 migrants, confirming at least 29 dead. However, a trafficker has said the real death toll is much higher. Dozens of …
Brother of Biafra separatist held in Nigeria loses court challenge against UK by Haroon Siddique
UK government not required to state whether Nnamdi Kanu, a Nigerian who is also a British national, was victim of extraordinary rendition, judge rules The brother of a British national being held in Nigeria after falling victim to extraordinary rendition has said he is disappointed after the high court dismissed his challenge to UK ministers’ handling of …
The Ashford schoolgirl racist attack in Britain By Nigerian Guardian Editorial Board
The video footage shows a fight outside the school (Image: Twitter) A few weeks ago, precisely February 6, the world was shocked by the brutal attack on a black girl who is a student at Thomas Knyvett School in Ashford, Surrey, United Kingdom. The teenage girl, repeatedly punched and kicked in the head, was injured …
Brexit is a ‘complete disaster’ and ‘total lies’, says Tory business boss by Julia Kollewe
Private equity veteran Guy Hands says Boris Johnson ‘threw the country and the NHS under the bus’ 'Complete disaster' and 'total lies': Tory billionaire lambasts effects of Brexit – audio Guy Hands, a leading City figure, has called Brexit a “complete disaster” and a “bunch of total lies” that has harmed large parts of the …
Bad cases make bad law: the unintended consequences of denaturalising bad guys By Colin Yeo
The power to denaturalise a British subject on the basis of their behaviour was first introduced by legislation in 1918. With some adjustments, the power remained broadly the same until as late as 2002. Essentially, only a person who had naturalised as British could be stripped of their citizenship and the main grounds for doing …