The yacht, named Dolce Vento, was approximately 85 feet in length and was completed at Med Yilmaz Shipyard. Dolce Vento, a brad new luxury yacht worth almost $1 million, sank into the waters off the coast of Zonguldak in northern Turkey’s Eregli district on Tuesday, only fifteen minutes into its maiden voyage. A video of the ship’s owner swimming back to shore after the approximately 85-foot boat submerged went viral on the internet, according to the New York Post. The boat sank 15 minutes into its maiden voyage. (Representative image/Unsplash)…
Category: International
OVERSTAY INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS VISA FACES DEPORTATION——–UK Home Office
The UK Home Office has begun contacting students directly via text and email, this is the first time such an action is being deployed. According to BBC reports, about 10,000 students, whose visas are due to expire, have received the messages, while tens of thousands more will be contacted in the coming months. “If you have no legal right to remain in the UK, you must leave. If you don’t, we will remove you,” the Home Office message reads. The warning further reads that asylum claims “lacking merit” will be…
TERRORISM: FG SALUTES FINLAND COURT FOR JAILING PRO-BIAFRA FOMENTER, SIMON EKPA, 6-YEARS
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, on Monday, said the Federal Government of Nigeria saluted the conviction of Simom Ekpa, 40, over terrorism related crimes by the Päijät-Häme District Court in Finland. According to the Finnish court, Ekpa, was found guilty of inciting terrorism in Nigeria. He was also said to have promoted the independence of the Biafra region through illegal means between 2021 and 2024. “We welcome the news of Simon Ekpa’s conviction by a Finnish court for terrorism-related crimes and his sentencing to six years…
VESSEL: CAPTAIN OF MSC CONTAINER ARRESTED ON SUSPICION OF BEING DRUNK.
The Master of the MSC Jubilee IX (container SHIP, IMO: 9450337) was arrested by the US Coast Guard in Seattle for being six times over the legal Limit. “what shall we do with the drunken sailor?”, well in the case of 8,814 teu, MSC Jubilee IX it was to arrest him. The US Coast Guard Investigative Service arrested the Captain of the MSC Jubilee IX on 20 August on suspicion of operating a container ship while under the influence on 20 August at Terminal 5 in the Port of Seattle.…
WORK VISAS TO FOREIGN NATIONALS PLUNGED DRASTICALLY, SAYS UK HOME OFFICE
The number of visas approved to foreign nationals entering the UK for work, study, family, or humanitarian purposes has fallen sharply. According to new data by the UK Home Office, 834,977 entry visas were granted in the year to June 2025 across these categories, down nearly a third (32 percent) from 1.23 million in the previous 12 months. The data shows that work-related visas saw the steepest decline, plunging 48 percent from 545,855 to 286,071. Study visas dropped by 18 percent, falling from 530,312 to 435,891, while family visas decreased…
Emefiele Loses Bid To Reclaim Forfeited Abuja Estate
Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Apo, Abuja, on Monday dismissed an application filed by former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, seeking to reclaim a vast estate in Abuja comprising 753 duplexes and apartments. The estate, located at Plot 109, Cadastral Zone CO9, Lokogoma District, Abuja, measures 150,462.84 square metres. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had previously secured an interim and subsequently a final forfeiture order of the property in favour of the Federal Government. Although the estate was…