July 2025
-
Columbia University reached a landmark settlement with the Trump administration on Wednesday in which it will pay $221 million and pledge to reverse racially discriminatory practices and resolve civil rights violations against Jewish students. The settlement came after four months of negotiations that started when the administration pulled approximately $400 million in federal grants, the New York Post reported.…
-
A former Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on political matters, Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, has frowned at the president’s silence on rumours suggesting he plans to drop Vice President Kashim Shettima ahead of the 2027 election. DAILY POST reports that there are speculations of an alleged plot to drop Vice President Kashim Shettima as President Tinubu’s…
-
As talks continue around a possible alliance between the 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi and Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar under a broader coalition, Northern voters remain divided over the move, even as both leaders step up their campaigns. Abdulkadir Ibrahim, popularly known as Abba Gwale, a political analyst in Kano in an…
-
A fresh wave of controversy has erupted over the involvement of former Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, in the opposition coalition spearheaded by the African Democratic Congress (ADC). It was revealed that Obi, a former governor of Anambra State, was tricked into joining the opposition coalition. Currently, there are indications that former Vice…
-
Good morning from MEZIESBLOG! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian newspapers: 1. The Northcentral geopolitical zone, which has been agitating for the chairmanship of the All Progressives Congress (APC), may have its wish today, it was learnt last night. In the APC zoning arrangement, Northcentral was allotted the chairmanship seat, which was occupied by Senator Abdullahi…
-
Almost one million people who are owed a tax refund haven’t claimed it back, according to HMRC. People are entitled to money back if they have paid too much income tax. At the end of each tax year, HMRC works out whether you have paid the correct amount and typically issues a rebate, but you…
-
Insurers have been warned against “double dipping” to increase costs for customers. Concerns have been raised over the practice, which involves firms charging people who want to pay for their insurance in instalments a higher premium, on top of higher interest rates for paying monthly. The Financial Conduct Authority said companies should not increase the…
-
Mayor of London Sir Sadiq Khan has joined calls for the UK to recognise Palestine as a state “immediately”. There is growing pressure on the government to take the step – although Foreign Secretary David Lammy said yesterday that recognition cannot be an “act of symbolism”, but rather part of a peace process. In a…
-
There’s been talk about the possibility of more riots today, after Angela Rayner made a dramatic intervention in the final cabinet meeting before the summer recess. The deputy prime minister warned that it was “incumbent on the government to acknowledge the real concerns people have and to deliver improvements to people’s lives in their communities”.…
-
Sir Keir Starmer is facing a nine-day deadline to avoid Labour MPs being banned from Sikh events and gurdwaras. Hundreds of Sikh groups are threatening to “no platform” Labour MPs if the government does not announce an inquiry into alleged UK involvement in the Golden Temple massacre, and other “anti-Sikh measures” carried out by India…
-
UK ministers have signed a joint memorandum, as they seek to sign a deal that would allow the export of high-level fighter jets to Turkey. The Memorandum of Understanding, signed by Defence Secretary John Healey and his Turkish counterpart, agrees that a future deal to export Eurofighter Typhoons would be mutually beneficial. The document states…
-
Sir Keir Starmer has discussed the “intolerable” situation in Gaza, as well as the growing violence in Syria, with the Turkish president. It follows the two countries signing a memorandum today, agreeing that the UK intends to sell multirole jets to Turkey in the near future. For more on that, see our previous post. It’s…
-
A row has exploded about whether the police are acting impartially in their policing of anti-immigration protests in Essex. There has been growing tension outside The Bell Inn in Epping, a hotel believed to be housing asylum seekers. It follows an alleged asylum seeker appearing in court after he was charged with sexual assault, following…
-
The UK Conservatives have said Sir Sadiq Khan should “spend less time trying to play on the world” and focus more on “fixing” London. It follows the mayor calling for Palestine to be recognised as a state “immediately” earlier today. Khan said that “there can be no two-state solution if there is no viable state…
-
Suella Braverman is leading a campaign to block asylum seekers from being housed at a site in her constituency. The former home secretary has warned that the proposals will make Waterlooville town centre a “no-gone zone for the patriotic, common-sense majority”. The MP for Fareham and Waterlooville is opposed to proposals to house asylum seekers…
-
A nine-year-old girl was shot in the head by a motorbike-riding gunman in east London in an attempted assassination of rival gang members, a court has heard. Ali Nasser, 43, Kenan Aydogdu, 45, and Mustafa Kiziltam, 38 – who are linked to the Hackney Turks – were sat outside the busy Evin restaurant on Kingsland…
You must be logged in to post a comment.