This morning, Wednesday 20 December, the Office For National Statistics announced that, in the last month, the annual rate of increase in consumer prices has dropped by almost 1 per cent. The inflation rate in October was measured at 4.6 per cent, but in November, the rate had decreased to 3.9 per cent. The rapid … Read more
Over 1,000 Nigerians are stranded in the UK after receiving fake employment letters, the UN migration agency in Nigeria disclosed. According to Vanguard newspaper, IOM’s Chief of Mission in Nigeria, Laurent De Boeck, disclosed this in Abuja on Monday where he advised potential migrants to be cautious of a syndicate that specialises in offering fake … Read more
Chinese internet technology company ByteDance, which is known for developing TikTok, has reportedly been using UK news sites to train its ChatGPT competitor called ByteSpider without paying these websites or acquiring proper permission from them. ByteDance has been accused of operating a bot that has been targeting renowned publishers such as The Guardian, Daily Mail … Read more
Nothing beats a nice warm cup of hot chocolate topped with a healthy dollop of whipped cream and plenty of marshmallows on a cold winter’s night. No matter how good a homemade cup of cocoa is, it is hard to replicate the magic of a store-bought festive hot chocolate. With Christmas under two weeks away, … Read more
Nigerian singer, Habeeb Okikiola, known as Portable, has been hospitalised after his return from a recent trip to the United Kingdom (UK). The controversial artiste returned to Nigeria on Tuesday, 12 December, after a week-long tour to the UK. The Ogun-State-born artiste in a series of posts on his Instagram story pleaded for fans’ prayers. … Read more
On Monday this week, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced that the Conservative Party have developed new policies that will see the number of people arriving in the UK for long-term residency decrease by 300,000 a year. As the government reveals more of its plans to halt immigration to the UK, a group of migration and … Read more
Google has reportedly reached out to the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) through a letter, requesting the competition regulator to clamp down on the “anticompetitive” business practices Microsoft adopts in cloud computing. A new letter posted on CMA’s website indicates Amazon has shown its support for the search giant’s criticism of Microsoft’s business practices … Read more
