Nigerian British Kemi Badenochi joins race for UK Prime Minister A Nigerian British lawmaker, Kemi Badenoch, has put her self out in the race to succeed Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Badenoch, 42, resigned as equalities minister last Wednesday in the gale of cabinet ministers’ resignations that forced a reluctant Johnson to quit as the leader of the Conservative Party last Thursday. She is one of the four female lawmakers in the race. Others are Junior Trade Secretary Penny Mordaunt; Foreign Secretary Liz Truss and Attorney General Suella Braverman. The male contestants are former...