Tag: Britain
Britain launders billions yearly for crooks from Nigeria, China, others – TI
Billions of pounds of corrupt funds from Nigeria, China, Russia and other countries are pouring into the United Kingdom every…
Britain deploy military personnel to fight Boko Haram in Nigeria
The British Secretary of State for Defence, Michael Fallon, has said his country will deploy additional military advisers and trainers…
Pakistan Court asks Britian to return 105-carat Koh-i-Noor diamond
A Pakistani attorney said on Friday in Lahore(Pakistan) that he has filed a court petition seeking the return of the…
Britain counters Russia, says Islamic State brought down crashed plane
Britain said on Thursday there was a significant possibility that Islamic State’s Egyptian affiliate was behind a suspected bomb attack…
Rivers partners Britain on security, agric, education
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has agreed to partner with the government of Great Britain on security,…
No big celebration as Britain’s longest serving monarch – Queen Elizabeth II
AFP – Queen Elizabeth II is planning to keep things low-key on Wednesday when she will overtake Queen Victoria as…
France honours Americans, Briton in train attack courage
President Francois Hollande bestowed France’s highest honour on a group of Americans and a Briton on Monday saying the whole…
Britain to assist Nigeria in the fight against terror – Gen. Messenger
Lieutenant General Gordon Messenger, British Deputy Chief of Defence Staff on Military Strategy and Operations has re-affirmed the resolve of…
British lord resigns after ‘taking drugs with prostitutes’
London (AFP) – A British politician resigned from the House of Lords Tuesday after a newspaper published footage of him…
Shell Collaboration: 27 Nigerian, British firms agree partnerships
Jethro Ibileke/Benin A total of 27 partnerships have been agreed by Nigerian and British companies under the auspices of the…
Buhari in Britain on private visit
Nigeria’s president-elect Muhammadu Buhari on Friday left for Britain on a private visit, his first such trip outside the country…
After 252 years, English warship to be recovered off Uruguay
Colonia del Sacramento (Uruguay) (AFP) – A sunken English warship, perhaps holding a treasure chest of gold coins onboard, will…
British inflation hits zero for first time
Britain’s annual inflation rate slowed sharply to zero in February for the first time, pulled down by falling prices for…
British woman killed in Tunisia museum attack
A British woman was among those killed in the attack on a museum in Tunis, Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said…
Britain donates £2 million to cyclone-struck Vanuatu
Britain will donate £2 million (2.8 million euros, $2.9 million) to help Vanuatu recover from a cyclone that slammed into…
Britain sells 1.0% of Lloyds bank for £500m
Britain has sold another 1.0 percent in state-rescued Lloyds Banking Group for £500 million ($754 million, 694 million euros), matching…
Nigeria’s poll shift ‘a cause for concern’, says Britain
Britain said on Sunday a decision by Nigeria’s electoral commission to delay the country’s presidential election because of the security…
Britain marks 50th anniversary of Winston Churchill’s death
Britain on Saturday marked the 50th anniversary of the death of Winston Churchill, the iconic cigar-chomping prime minister who led…
Ebola diagnosed in medical worker in Britain
A healthcare worker recently returned from Sierra Leone was on Monday diagnosed with Ebola by doctors in Glasgow in the…
Britain confirms its national is on missing AirAsia jet
A British national was on board the AirAsia plane carrying 162 people that went missing in bad weather Sunday en…
Church of England warns over hunger in Britain
The Church of England launched a parliamentary report Monday urging Britain’s government to do more to eliminate hunger, pointing to…
Pandemonium as #BlackFriday hits Britain
Police blasted stores for bringing “Black Friday” to Britain, with the US sales event descending into chaotic fist fights as…
Wife awarded $530 million in record British divorce
The estranged wife of a London financier was awarded £337 million ($530 million, 425 million euros) on Thursday in one…
British doctor ‘unlawfully killed’ in Syrian jail
Abbas Khan, the British doctor who died in a Syrian jail last year, was unlawfully killed, an inquest jury in…
Hundreds in memorial for British hostage killed by IS
Hundreds gathered for a memorial service for Alan Henning, the British hostage beheaded by Islamic State jihadists, celebrating the aid…
Britain ready after Ebola outbreak test
Britain is ready to cope with an Ebola outbreak, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt declared Saturday, following a nationwide exercise to…
Dead Briton in Macedonia did not have Ebola
A British man who died in Macedonia displaying Ebola-like symptoms did not have the disease, results from a German lab…
Briton with Ebola-like symptoms dies in Macedonia
A British national displaying Ebola-like symptoms died in Macedonia on Thursday, health officials said, cautioning that the diagnosis could not…
Jailed British-Iranian woman begins hunger strike
A British-Iranian woman imprisoned in Tehran after trying to attend a men’s volleyball match has gone on hunger strike to…
Britain carries out first air strikes against IS in Iraq
British fighter jets on Tuesday bombed an artillery post and an armed truck used by the Islamic State group in…