Monthly Archives: July 2015
50 Cent bankruptcy timed to stiff porn starlet
Reports that rapper 50 Cent has gone broke are likely to be wide of the mark, given that news that “Fiddy’s” alter ego, Curtis...
Chenjerai Hove dies in exile
Award winning Zimbabwean novelist and poet Chenjerai Hove has died in Norway. Hove, who had lived in self-imposed exile since the early 2000s, was...
FIFA Ethics Committee calls for greater transparency
As Trinidad judge postpones extradition hearing for Jack Warner
The independent Ethics Committee is calling for greater opportunities for transparency in its proceedings. More specifically,...
Williams’s Wimbledon win sets up serene season Slam
World number 1 Serena Williams has seemingly turned back the clock by completing a so-called ‘Serena Slam’ for the second time, having first completed...
Oliseh unveiled to re-launch Super Eagles
Former captain Sunday Oliseh has been unveiled as the replacement for sacked national football coach Stephen Keshi by the Nigeria Football Federation.
The 40-year-old former...
Concern over Britain’s ‘back door migrants’
Concerns have been raised about the number of migrants born outside the EU who are able to make their way to Britain legally by...
Port of Dover arrests quadruple in a year
Arrests of illegal immigrants at Dover rose by nearly 300% between 2013 and 2014, according to information released under the Freedom of Information Act.
In...
Leave to remain earnings threshold set to rise
From 6 April 2016 most Tier 2 visa immigrants from outside the European Economic Area (EEA) must be earning £35,000 or more to qualify...
Citizenship test condemned
The test that bestows British citizenship and indefinite leave to remain (permanent residence) has been heavily criticised, after it was revealed that an immigrant...
Breast cancer in women over 70 campaign launched
A higher number of older Black women are not aware of the symptoms of breast cancer aside from a lump, while many delay treatment...
