Politics

WHAT STARMER’S ELECTION VICTORY MEANS FOR JAPA The United Kingdom has a new leader. After more than a decade of Conservative rule, Labour Party’s Keir Starmer has been named the new British prime minister following a landslide victory at the general elections on Friday. “The work for change begins immediately,” Starmer said in his first speech outside of 10 Downing …

ABOUT CHI ONWURAH LABOUR UK MP I was born in Wallsend, grew up on Hillsview Avenue in Kenton and went to Kenton School before studying Electrical Engineering in London. I have lived in many different cities around the world, without ever for a moment forgetting where I am from: Newcastle. My values and beliefs were formed in Newcastle based on …

PETER OBI SALUTES STARMER, UK LP, ON ELECTION VICTORY The Labour Party Presidential Candidate in the 2023 Nigeria election, Peter Obi, has congratulated the United Kingdom Labour Party and their leader, Keir Starmer,, for recording a historic victory in Thursday’s election. Reacting to the victory in his X handle on Friday, Mr Obi said he hopes the incoming prime minister …

YORUBA PARTY FAILS TO WIN SEAT IN  PARLIAMENT, GARNERED ONLY 261 VOTES The Yoruba Party in the United Kingdom (YPUK) failed to secure a seat in the general election. YPUK only put forward one candidate for the Peckham constituency. As of the time of reporting, the party has garnered 261 votes. The Labour Party has secured 410 seats, with Keir …

SIX NIGERIAN-BRITISH CANDIDATES WIN ELECTION TO UK PARLIAMENT Six British-Nigerian candidates have been elected to Parliament in the just concluded UK elections. According to reports, Chi Onwurah (Labour MP for Newcastle Central and West), Kemi Badenoch (Saffron Walden), Kate Osamor (Edmonton), Florence Eshalomi (Vauxhall and Camberwell Green), Taiwo Owatemi (Coventry North West), and Bayo Alaba (Southend East and Rochford) all …

NEW UK PRIME MINISTER, KEIR STARMER, CANCELS RWANDA DEPORTATION PLAN On his first day in office, newly elected UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has put an end to the Conservative’s contentious plan to deport illegal migrants to Rwanda. Starmer faces pressure to address the UK’s migration challenges, especially regarding asylum seekers arriving via small boats from France. On his inaugural …

BREAKING: NEW UK PRIME MINISTER, KEIR STARMER, MAKES TEN CABINET APPOINTMENT Newly-elected UK Prime Minister, KeIr Starmer, has made his first set of appointments into the cabinet, BBC reports Friday. This follows his centre-left Labour Party’s landslide general election victory that ended 14 years of Conservative rule. Starmer arrived as the party’s first Prime Minister since Gordon Brown in 2010, …

BREAKING: PRO-FUBARA LAWMAKERS CHALLENGE APPEAL VERDICT ON PRO-WIKE GROUP AT SUPREME COURT A faction of the Rivers State House of Assembly loyal to Governor Siminalayi Fubara, has filed an appeal at the Supreme Court to challenge Thursday’s judgement of the Court of Appeal, on the fate of 25 members of the House, who dumped the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the …

LP CRISIS: LET’S PUT OUR DIFFERENCES ASIDE – PETER OBI TO PARTY MEMBERS Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, in the 2023 general election, Mr Peter Obi has urged members of the party to put away differences and work together for harmony to thrive in the party Obi, who made this call on Friday via his X handle, …

COURTS WIELD BIG STICK: VOID EDO, RIVERS CASES, GIVE TWO KANO JUDGES 48 HOURS TO RESIGN APPOINTMENTS The Appeal Court and two federal and state high courts in Abuja and Kano have wielded the big stick against three cases brought to them by litigants in Kano, Rivers and Edo states. In the Kano suit, Justice Farouk Lawan Adamu and Justice …