British-Nigerian, Kemi Badenoch has been elected as the UK’s new Conservative Party Leader after defeating Robert Jenrick. With her win, the former Trade Secretary has made history as the first black woman to lead a major political party in the UK. The 44-year-old succeeds Rishi Sunak after winning 53,806 votes against Jenrick’s 41,388 votes in the final voting announced on...
Candidates of Nigerian origin were part of those who contested for seats in the parliament at the recently concluded 2024 UK election. The Labour party which won the majority seat in the parliament had the highest number of seats. Out of the eight British Nigerians who won their party seats in various constituencies at the elections, six of them...