The voting closes Monday in the contest to become Britain’s next prime minister, with Boris Johnson expected to be confirmed as the winner charged with delivering Brexit. After a month-long contest between former London mayor Johnson and Foreign Secretary Jeremy…
*LUTH resident doctors embark on indefinite strike (Punch) * FAAN to close parts of Lagos airport for six weeks (Punch)
LUTH resident doctors embark on indefinite strike (Punch) The Association of Resident Doctors, Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba, Lagos, on Friday embarked on an indefinite strike over nonpayment of outstanding salaries and allowances. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that…
Boris Johnson cleared for saying women in burkas look like letterboxes (Metro)
The Muslim Council of Britain has accused the Conservative Party of ‘giving licence to bigotry’ after it cleared Boris Johnson for his comments on women in burkas. The MP had used his newspaper column to compare some Muslim women to…
Theresa May on verge of ‘total surrender’ with time running out for Brexit (Metro)
Theresa May is on the brink of ‘total surrender’ to the EU, Boris Johnson has warned, as pressure intensifies on the prime minister. The former foreign secretary urged the Cabinet to mutiny against the prime minister’s withdrawal plans at a…
Johnson calls May’s Brexit plan ‘a cheat’ (BBC)
Crowds packed into a speech by former foreign secretary Boris Johnson at the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham. Mr Johnson renewed his attack on Theresa May’s Brexit plan, describing it as a “cheat” that could lead to a boost for…