Monthly Archives: July 2014
Border staff set to down tools
Immigration staff are expected to join members of several other trades unions in the public sector in staging a day of action tomorrow (July...
HIV charity extends work scheme for unemployed sufferers
HIV and sexual health charity Terrence Higgins Trust has secured funding from the Big Lottery Fund (BLF) to extend its annual back to work...
Nigerian atheist freed from mental hospital amidst death threats
A Nigerian man, who was committed to a psychiatric hospital in Kano for being an atheist, has reportedly been released following a strike by...
Alesha Dixon and Levi Roots become Dementia Friends
Popular television personalities Alesha Dixon and Levi Roots have joined the Dementia Friends Campaign to help raise awareness of dementia amongst African and Caribbean...
Nigeria Centenary Awards UK – Friday 27th June 2014
East London’s Waltham Forest Town Hall played host last Friday (June 27) to what no less an authority than Nigeria’s High Commissioner to the...
Eighty per cent of proxy marriage sample bogus
The UK's chief inspector of immigration, John Vine, has warned that there is evidence that many foreign nationals are gaining UK residence visas by...
Two more quizzed in Zanu-PF mole probe
A South Africa-based journalist and a student have been questioned over their links to anonymous Facebook blog group ‘Baba Jukwa’, which gained notoriety for...
Defiant Socialist Party on top in local elections
Senegal President Macky Sall’s party has been beaten in the capital Dakar and in a number of key cities across the country, preliminary results...
Final stanza for The Poet
Legendary Rock & Roll Hall of Fame soul and gospel singer Bobby Womack died last Friday aged 70. The official cause of death has...
Ghana FA chief in quest to clear name
Two men who recently approached Ghana FA president, Kwesi Nyantakyi, seeking to fix Black Stars friendly matches without his knowledge have been arrested by...
