Human rights lawyer Femi Falana, SAN, has called out United Kingdom Conservative Party leader, Kemi Badenoch.

This comes over her claim that she cannot pass Nigerian citizenship to her children because of her gender.

During an interview with CNN’s Fareed Zakaria on Sunday, Badenoch asserted that she cannot pass on her Nigerian citizenship to her children because of her gender. She suggested that it is easier for Nigerians to acquire British citizenship than for foreigners to become Nigerians.

She said, “It’s virtually impossible, for example, to get Nigerian citizenship. I have that citizenship by virtue of my parents. I can’t give it to my children because I’m a woman.

“Yet loads of Nigerians come to the UK and stay for a relatively free period, acquire British citizenship. We need to stop being naive.”

Reacting in a statement issued on Monday, Falana described Badenoch’s statement as “a display of utter ignorance” and accused her of misinforming the British public to score political points.

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Femi Falana said, “In her desperate attempt to impress the British electorate, Kemi Badenoch keeps running down Nigeria.

“Contrary to her misleading claim, her children are Nigerians because she is a Nigerian. Her assertion that she cannot give Nigerian citizenship to her children because she is a woman is not in consonance with Section 25(b) and (c) of the Nigerian Constitution which provides that every person born in Nigeria after independence, either of whose parents or grandparents is a citizen of Nigeria, or any person born outside Nigeria to a Nigerian parent, is a citizen.

“Furthermore, by virtue of Section 42(2) of the Constitution, no citizen shall be subjected to any disability or deprivation merely by reason of circumstances of birth, gender, or class. Therefore, her two children are Nigerian citizens. The fact that she may not want them to claim it is irrelevant. For now, they are dual citizens of Britain and Nigeria.”

Falana also faulted her assertion that Nigerian citizenship is impossible for foreigners to obtain, noting that “Sections 26 and 27 of the Constitution clearly state that foreigners can acquire Nigerian citizenship through naturalisation or registration once they meet the legal conditions.”

He, however, acknowledged gaps in the law, saying that “A woman married to a Nigerian man can be registered as a citizen, but the same privilege is not extended to a man married to a Nigerian woman, which reflects the patriarchal nature of the law. This should be urgently amended.”

Online rumours that the 2025 West African Examinations Council (WAEC) exams will not be held have been refuted by the Ministry of Education.

The ministry called the remark “false and misleading”

and urged the public to ignore it in a press release issued on Sunday, July 20.

A statement allegedly signed by “Dr. Aisha Lawal” and posing as a “urgent notice” from the federal ministry of education had gone viral online.

According to the announcement, rampant examination misconduct, including question leaks up to 72 hours prior to planned exams,

led to the nationwide cancellation of the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE).

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The education ministry, however, rejected the report in a statement issued Sunday evening,

Further claiming that the 2025 WAEC exams were “successfully concluded”

and that there had only been a few isolated instances of misconduct that were quickly resolved.

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Additionally, it indicated that as of the time of publication, there had been no reports of malpractice

and that the current National Examinations Council (NECO) exams were proceeding without incident.

The federal ministry of education has not received any official communication or report from WAEC, NECO, or any examination body regarding widespread malpractice in either of the examinations,” the statement read.

The ministry also advised students, parents, school administrators, and the general public to “disregard the fake press release currently in circulation,”

describing it as “entirely fabricated, misleading, and intended to cause unnecessary panic and confusion.”

The public is urged to seek information only from verified sources,

including the official websites of the federal ministry of education (www.education.gov.ng), WAEC (www.waecnigeria.org),

and NECO (www.neco.gov.ng), as well as other reputable media outlets.

The ministry further said it is committed to upholding the integrity and credibility of all public examinations,

vowing to work with examination bodies to strengthen monitoring and enforcement.

It also warned that individuals found spreading false information would be reported to security agencies for investigation and prosecution.

Kemi Badenoch, the leader of the UK’s Conservative Party, has criticised the UK’s too lax immigration laws and asserted that she is unable to grant her children Nigerian citizenship due to her gender.

In an interview with CNN’s Fareed Zakaria on Sunday, July 20, Badenoch made the claims while talking about UK immigration laws and how Britain differs from nations like Nigeria.

She further claimed that many immigrants take advantage of the British system in ways that are unacceptable in their home countries.

She also quickly said “no” when asked if she would allow a Nigerian immigrant to establish a “mini-Nigeria” in the UK for cultural assimilation.

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“That is not right. Nigerians would not tolerate that. That’s not something that many countries would accept,” she added.

There are many people who come to our country, to the UK, who do things that would not be acceptable in their countries.”

Kemi Badenoch Continues Her Onslaught Against Nigerians

Using her children’s alleged inability to get Nigerian citizenship to illustrate the stark contrast between Nigeria’s approach and that of the UK, she said:

“It’s virtually impossible, for example, to get Nigerian citizenship. “I have that citizenship by virtue of my parents, I can’t give it to my children because I’m a woman.”

“Yet loads of Nigerians come to the UK and stay for a relatively free period of time, acquire British citizenship. We need to stop being naive.”

Meanwhile Contrary to Badenoch’s claim, section 25(1)(c) of the Nigerian Constitution states that a person born outside the country is a citizen of Nigeria if either of their parents is Nigerian.

This means having just one Nigerian parent is sufficient for citizenship by birth.

It is still not clear why Kemi Badenoch is so hell bent at spreading hate towards her country Nigeria

Because at every given opportunity she must have one negative thing or the other to say about her birth country

At first, Nigerians thought it was all an act to show solidarity to the UK that she is fully a citizen

But the constant witch hunting of Nigerians and Smear campaign against Nigeria as a country, is far from just showing solidarity

Meanwhile, watch her speak HERE

According to Captain Byron Bailey, an aviation expert from Australia, the most recent evidence suggests that the captain of the Air India aircraft must have purposefully shut off the fuel control switches.

Recall that Air India Flight 171, which was carrying 242 passengers and crew members,

crashed into a building in Ahmedabad on June 12, 2025, shortly after taking off.

There was only one survivor on the aircraft.

In a densely populated district, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner headed for London’s Gatwick Airport crashed,

killing an additional 19 people on the ground.

Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, a British-Indian national, was the only person to survive the flaming wreckage, fortunately only sustaining minor injuries.

Meanwhile, Three seconds after takeoff, the plane’s fuel control switches were turned off,

this is according to an initial investigation on the disaster from India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau.

Then, because the engines were not receiving enough fuel, the aircraft started to lose thrust.

The results also showed that shortly after the switches were reactivated

and one engine’s power was restored, the Air India plane crashed.

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Furthermore an analysis of black box data suggests pilot-in-command Captain Sumeet Sabharwal, 56, placed the switches into the “cut-off” position,

The Wall Street Journal has reported, citing US pilot sources familiar with the report.

Black Box Recording Reveals Argument Between Both Pilots Of Air India Before Crash

The black box voice recording also indicated a back-and-forth unfolded between the two pilots,

with first officer Clive Kunder – who was flying the aircraft – questioning the senior pilot’s move.

The revelations have now cast a spotlight on the actions of the captain,

as aviation experts claim cutting off the fuel supply could not have been done by accident.

Meanwhile, Speaking to Sky News Australia on Thursday, July 17, about the developments, Captain Bailey was of the view the pilot-in-command made a conscious move to flick off the fuel switches.

“To us aviation people … we believe straight away that the only way this could have happened is if the captain turned off the fuel control switches,” he told Sky News Chief Anchor Kieran Gilbert.

“The first one, which is right by his right hand, three seconds up and lift off – and the second one, one second later.”

Captain Bailey claimed the co-pilot, also known as a first officer, would have had his “hands full” flying the aircraft.

“Both hands would have been on the yoke (control wheel) during this period, so he could not have reached down and turned the fuel cut off switches,” Captain Bailey said.  

“They’re mechanical, they’re not worked by electricity, and they require absolute physical effort to lift the switch up, raise it over the gate and back down. 

“So it had to be done by one of the pilots. But since the co-pilot was the one flying, then of course, the captain was one under suspicion.” 

In his view, Captain Bailey claimed the crash was “suicide by the captain”.

President of the Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, says plans are on the way to reduce the price of liquefied petroleum gas, also known as cooking gas.

He also promised to start direct sales of the product to consumers should the existing distributors fail to allow the price crash in cooking gas.

However, operators in the sector have disagreed with the plan, saying the businessman was planning to monopolise the LPG sector. They kicked against the move on Monday, as the dealers expressed fear of a possible monopoly.

Dangote stressed that the current price of cooking gas is expensive and not affordable for the common people.

He disclosed that the refinery now produces 22,000 tonnes of LPG daily, and it is ramping up production for distribution into the Nigerian market, especially as Nigerians move towards the use of gas for cooking.

Speaking to members of the Lagos Business School CGEO Africa, at the refinery in Lekki, Dangote said, “The one that we didn’t write, which you must have seen, is LPG. Currently, we do LPG of about 22,000 tonnes per day. You know Nigeria is gradually moving to the usage of LPG. But I believe it is expensive, but right now we’re trying to bring down the price and make it cheaper.”

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Dangote warned that “if the distributors are not trying to bring it down, we’ll go directly and sell to the consumers, so that people will now transit from firewood or kerosene to LPG for cooking.”

Dangote plans to start the direct distribution of petrol, diesel, and aviation fuel to marketers nationwide in August, with 4,000 CNG-powered buses procured for the exercise.

Currently, the price of cooking hovers around N1,000 and N1,300 per kilogramme.

Meanwhile, operators in the LPG market are displeased with Dangote’s plan to disrupt the sector.

Speaking in an interview with our correspondent, the former Chairman of the LPG and Natural Gas Downstream Group of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Godwin Okoduwa, described the plan as monopolistic.

Okoduwa expressed concern that the billionaire businessman should recognise the fact that some investors grew the market from 70,000 metric tonnes in 2007 to over 1 million metric tonnes in 2022, saying collaboration is the way to go.

“I think it’s monopolistic. I think a market should be protected to encourage growth. The LPG industry in Nigeria grew from 70,000 metric tonnes in 2007 to over 1.3 million tonnes in 2022. That was done by collaboration — collaboration with the Federal Government, the NLNG, and offtakers. Everything was done in collaboration. It grew from 70,000 to 250 to 800, and now over a million,” Okoduwa said.

After suffering food poisoning on a movie set, Nollywood actress and producer Mary Remmy Njoku has voiced doubts about the effectiveness of drugs in Nigeria.

In a Tuesday Instagram post, the actress expressed concern about the potential spread of counterfeit drugs after taking Imodium, a prescription that reduces the incidence of diarrhoea.

According to the mother of three, she took the tablet which was purchased from one of the biggest pharmacy chains in Nigeria but the symptoms still persisted after three days.

However, when her husband gave her a tiny tablet of the same Imodium he bought abroad, she felt better within five minutes.

She called on the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) to urgently look into the matter.

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“Let me share a recent experience: I had a bit of food poisoning on a set. Sent a staff to buy Imodium from the arguably one of the biggest pharmacy chains in Nigeria. A medication I’ve used many times before. I took it for three days straight, and nothing changed. The symptoms didn’t stop,” she wrote.

“Then my husband returned from a trip and gave me a tiny tablet of the same Imodium. this time from abroad. I took it, and within five minutes, my stomach calmed down. Just five minutes!”

“This isn’t my first time noticing this kind of difference. So I have to ask: What exactly are we being sold in Nigeria? What’s going on with our drugs? This is a public health risk and NAFDAC must take it seriously. This is dangerous.”

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Meanwhile some netizens have blamed the east for the continuous rise in peddling of fake drugs

Some of the comment reads:

“When the same nafdac sealed fake pharmaceutical stores in the east, ur brothers and sisters call it witch hunting”

“We all know those behind the fake drugs industry and we should stand by nafdaq when they took action. No one is witch hunting anybody”

“Mary Njoku,, the answer to your question is not far fetched. Please appeal on behalf of all Nigerians to your evil minded brothers, who are non pharmacists, nor licenced pharmaceutical products manufacturers and importers tó STOP killing Nigerians through importation and manufacturing of fake drugs. Despite all the seizures at the ports and raids on their warehouses in the East, they still are unrelenting in dealing in fake pharmaceuticals in their quest to be wealthy.”

Daughter of the late former President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, Hanan, has taken to her social media account to mourn the passing of her father

Recall that the former president passed away on Sunday, 13th July, in a hospital in London, at the age of 82

The mother of two took to Instagram on Wednesday morning, July 16, to express her grief with a heartfelt message,

thanking Allah for the opportunity to give her father a final goodbye.

Further Sharing a photo of her holding Buhari’s hand in his final moment, she wrote:

“The pain of your absence is immense, but I am finding strength in the love you gave me. You are the reason I know what unconditional love feels like.. I thank Allah for giving me the opportunity to give you the goodbye kiss.

“I will endure a lifetime of missing you for the privilege of loving you.”

Buhari Was Buried In Daura On Tuesday!

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Meanwhile the former President was laid to rest on Tuesday 15th July 2025, at his hometown in Daura, Katsina state

The government in a bid to honor Buhari had declared Tuesday as a public holiday, alongside a 7-day national mourning where all government actions will be suspended

Tunji-Ojo said the holiday is a gesture of respect for Buhari’s contributions to Nigeria’s democracy and development.

“President Muhammadu Buhari served Nigeria with dedication, integrity,

and an unwavering commitment to the unity and progress of our great nation,” the minister said.

This public holiday provides an opportunity for all Nigerians to reflect on his life, leadership, and the values he upheld.”

Tunji-Ojo further asked Nigerians to use the day to promote peace, patriotism, and national unity in line with Buhari’s vision.

In remembrance of the late former President Muhammadu Buhari, the federal government has proclaimed Tuesday, July 15, a public holiday.

Buhari passed away on Sunday in a London, UK, clinic.

The public holiday follows President Bola Tinubu’s earlier declaration of seven days of national mourning.

Also Nigerian flags at the Aso rock could be seen laying low in honor of the former President

Currently, Vice President Shettima is in the Uk to commemorate with the family

and also escort the former President’s body home

This was further revealed in a statement issued Monday by Interior Minister Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo via the ministry’s permanent secretary, Magdalene Ajani.

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Tunji-Ojo said the holiday is a gesture of respect for Buhari’s contributions to Nigeria’s democracy and development.

“President Muhammadu Buhari served Nigeria with dedication, integrity,

and an unwavering commitment to the unity and progress of our great nation,” the minister said.

This public holiday provides an opportunity for all Nigerians to reflect on his life, leadership, and the values he upheld.”

Tunji-Ojo further asked Nigerians to use the day to promote peace, patriotism, and national unity in line with Buhari’s vision.

The burial of the former President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari has been moved from today, 14th, to Tuesday, 15th July 2025

This was disclosed by the state governor of Katsina, Dikko Umaru Rafa,

while fielding questions from Press men at the Umaru Musa Yaradua international airport, in Katsina

“The burial arrangement for our father, who died yesterday in London, we have made consultations with the family and people around him in London.

We have concluded that the body will arrive Katsina by noon and the burial will take place in Daura at about 2 pm” Governor Radda stated

He further expressed deep condolences to the family of the late president on behalf of the people and government of Katsina State,

describing Buhari as a father figure whose legacy of integrity and service will remain unmatched.

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Security has also been beefed up in Daura and surrounding areas in preparation for the funeral,

with dignitaries from across the country expected to attend the final rites.

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Meanwhile, social media aide to President Tinubu, Segun Dada, has lashed out at Nigerians celebrating the death of Buhari

Dada further cautioned that Nigerians who are celebrating the passing of the former president

should not forget that His people in the North and other part of the country who loved him are watching

while replying to an X user who wrote:

Every Insult you Dey tweet against the death of  the President Buhari, North will remember. Continue.

Dada then wrote in response;

Not just the North. Buhari was loved all over this nation

and we won’t forget those who disparaged him in his death. If you think dung at 82 was punishment or retribution… please continue 

Former President Muhammadu d!ed on Sunday July 13 in a UK clinic after battling with blood cancer, popularly known as Leukemia

May his soul continue to rest in peace.

The Federal Government has called for “reconsideration in the spirit of mutual respect and cooperation” in response to the recent U.S. decision to tighten visa restrictions

on Nigerian nationals, calling the action disproportionate.

This also coincides with the United Arab Emirates enforcing stricter entrance requirements for Nigerian tourists

and completely prohibiting applications for transit visas.

Under the new guidelines issued by Dubai immigration,

Nigerians between the ages of 18 and 45 will no longer be able to obtain tourist visas without an accompanying traveler,

and those over 45 must present a six-month personal bank statement

with a balance of at least $10,000 per month in order to be issued a visa.

The British High Commission in Abuja also revealed a modification to the UK’s immigration procedure

for Nigerians seeking work and study permits on Wednesday.

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The Federal government was forced to react after being prompted by the US Department of State’s declaration in Abuja on Tuesday

that the majority of non-immigrant and non-diplomatic visas granted to Nigerians will henceforth only be valid for one entry

and be valid for three months starting on July 8, 2025.

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This was also followed with a change to the US government’s visa reciprocity schedule for Nigeria was announced.

It further limited the validity of several non-immigrant visas,

such as those for business and tourist (B1/B2), students (F), and exchange visitors (J) to three months and only allowed one entrance.

The spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kimiebi Ebienfa, confirms that the government was closely examining the new directive and its potential implications.

“We are assessing the new policy and its necessary implications.

The government will respond soon, after due consultation with relevant stakeholders,” Ebienfa said

“The Federal Government views this development with concern and keen interest,

particularly given the longstanding cordial relations and strong people-to-people ties between our two countries.

“The decision appears misaligned with the principles of reciprocity, equity,

and mutual respect that should guide bilateral engagements between friendly nations,” Ebienfa added.