UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has announced an increase in the minimum stipend for PhD students for the next academic year, offering another above-inflation rise from October 1, 2026.

Heartbroken parents have been awarded £858,000 (N1.5bn) in compensation after their daughter died days after undergoing cut-price weight loss surgery in Turkey.

A UK-based Nigerian student, Khaleed Oladipo, has been named by police as the 20-year-old who was fatally stabbed near De Montfort University in Leicester.

A UK-based Nigerian man, Adedapo Adegbola has been sentenced to life in prison for murdering a woman he worked with after she ended their brief ‘controlling relationship’.

Canada has experienced one of its sharpest declines in international student enrolment, losing nearly 300,000 foreign students over the past two years, according to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC).

A Nigerian studentm Oluwabunmu Adeleiyi has been jailed after defrauding the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) by working as a healthcare support worker using a false identity, a court has heard.

Canada’s labour market outlook for 2026 is attracting growing global interest as high-demand occupations offering salaries of $50,000 and above align with evolving international migration trends.

New Zealand will increase its adult minimum wage from April 1, 2026, lifting hourly pay for workers nationwide following the government’s annual minimum wage review.

The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced plans to deport at least 79 Nigerians listed among what it described as the “worst of the worst” criminal aliens in the country.

The US has added Niger, one of the African countries, to its Level 4 ‘Do Not Travel’ advisory, citing worsening security conditions marked by terrorism, kidnapping, violent crime, civil unrest, and limited emergency and healthcare capacity.

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Daniel Odubanjo, a 27-year-old from Clapham, South London, has been jailed for six years after sexually assaulting two women and trapping one inside a train toilet during a series of “vile” attacks.

Planning a trip within African countries doesn’t always have to involve long embassy queues, costly visa fees, or complicated paperwork.

A Nigerian caregiver, Oghenemaro Dave Ejerua, working at an East Toronto group home for vulnerable adults has been arrested and charged with seven counts of assault, Toronto police have confirmed.

Nigerian passport holders can now travel to 45 countries worldwide without needing a visa, according to a recent update from Visaindex.