Tag: UK
A Passion for the Good of Humanity
By RILWAN MOHAMMED Worried by the immigration bottlenecks many Africans face in the United Kingdom, UK, Her Knowledgeable, Professor Alexia…
Ambode seeks UK partnership to boost power supply in rural areas
Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday played host to the British Minister of State for Foreign Commonwealth Affairs and…
UK pledges support to Nigeria
UK’s Minister for Africa, Grant Shapps, has pledged his country’s resolve to support Nigeria’s stability and development. A statement issued…
Diezani gets bail in UK, passport seized
Former Nigeria Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke has been released on bail after she was arrested on allegations of money laundering…
Nigerian gets life sentence in UK for murder
A Nigerian fugitive, Abdul Adewale Kekere-Ekun, was on Monday sentenced to life imprisonment in the UK for murdering 18-yearold Marcus…
UK pledges support to Nigerian football
The High Commission of the United Kingdom in Nigeria has pledged to support the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, in its…
US, UK, China economies weaken further
The United Stated, United Kingdom and Chinese economies are showing fresh signs of weakening, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and…
Nigerian poses as Royal Marine, dupes four women of N30m
A Nigerian immigrant Adewale Adewole, 31, posed as a Royal Marine commando Timmy Francis on dating website, Match.com and conned…
Corruption: Dfid helps Nigerians scam UK of £9m
Britain has squandered millions of pounds in aid money to fund a project in Nigeria designed to boost leather exports…
Kashamu arrested, tried in UK – Police
The police, on Thursday, said the British High Commission in Nigeria confirmed that Buruji Kashamu (senator-elect), was arrested and tried…
Cost of violence hits $14trn, more than economies of UK, Germany, Canada combined
LONDON, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The cost of violence around the world reached a record $14.3 trillion in 2014, equivalent…
Tony Blair visits Buhari, promises UK support
Former United Kingdom Minister, Tony Blair on a visit to Nigeria’s president-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari, has pledged the support of…
Chuka Umunna to run for UK Labour Party leadership
LONDON (Reuters) – Chuka Umunna, a centre-left politician who specialises in business policy, said on Tuesday he would run for…
Extradite ex-MINT boss, Okoyomon to UK, courts orders
Justice E. S Chukwu of the Federal High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja on Monday, May 4, 2015 ordered the…
UK to stay in Red until 2020 – IMF
The International Monetary Fund forecast Thursday that Britain’s public deficit would remain in the red until at least 2020, contradicting…