Nigeria Leader’s Son Owns a UK Mansion It Once Targeted by William Clowes

An election poster for Nigerian President-elect Bola Tinubu and his running mate Kashim Shettima in Lagos on Feb. 6. Photographer: Benson Ibeabuchi/Bloomberg The 37-year-old son of Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu acquired a London mansion that the country’s government – which his father helped bring to power – was trying to seize over an alleged $1.6 billion fraud. Previously …

Good riddance, Buhari: You came, you saw, you failed woefully! By Olu Fasan

MUHAMMADU Buhari, president of Nigeria since 2015, will leave office on Monday, May 29, after eight disastrous years. The late Chief Bola Ige famously coined the phrase, “good riddance to bad rubbish”. That, truth be told, is the best way to describe the exit of Buhari, his presidency and his government from power.  For the …

WELCOME TO THEONE MILLIONSTEP CHALLENGE

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Tributes to Colin Ricks, a Labour Party stalwart

TRIBUTES have been paid to a stalwart of Thurrock Labour Party and a man well known and remembered for his work among the Thurrock Scouting Community. Colin Ricks, 60, who was trained and worked as a local baker earlier in his life, died in hospital after a short illness on Tuesday (6 June), though he …

Nigeria International Passport and the fleecing of Nigerians

UK passport application fees Adult (16 and over) standard 34-page passport - £75.50 Nigeria passport application fees Adult (16 and over) standard 30-page passport - £115.14 UK passports have better security features and allows visa free entry to most of the world. Nigeria passports have less security features and allows visa free entry to the …