ICYMI: Princess Opeyemi Bright, a 29-year-old British-Nigerian, has been inaugurated as the youngest mayor in the UK on May 16, 2025; sworn in as the First Citizen of the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. She started as a councillor in 2018, at age 22, becoming the youngest-elect to that position in the borough’s history. Read more: https://tinyurl.com/MayorPrincessBright