Tag: United Kingdom
Nigeria, Albania, others top sex traffickers to the UK
Nigerians, Albanians, Vietnamese and Romanians top countries that traffic sex workers to the United Kingdom, the Home Office has revealed…
Cameron’s party wins outright majority, stays as PM
With only 20 seats left to be declared in Britain’s parliamentary elections Thursday, the Conservatives have emerged the clear largest…
British couple, parents of 2 disabled kids, commit suicide
A British couple have been found dead at their home, in Billingshurst, West Sussex, in an apparent suicide pact. The…
Oyedepo Stopped From Opening School In UK
Human rights campaigners and the National Secular Society are urging the United Kingdom government to turn down a request by Bishop…
Boko Haram: Shettima truncates trips to Sudan, UK
Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno state has cut short his trips to Sudan and the United Kingdom following fierce attacks…
UK police arrest man in Pakistani politician murder case
British police on Wednesday arrested a 30-year old man in connection with the 2010 murder of influential Pakistani politician Imran…
Two charged in UK after Afghan found dead in shipping container
Two truck drivers have been charged after 35 Afghan Sikhs were found in a shipping container at a British port,…
Military did not commit war crimes, DHQ blasts UK newspaper
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has faulted a British Newspaper report that Nigerian government committed war crimes by terrorising some of…
34 screaming survivors found in container at UK port
One man was found dead and 34 others still alive in a shipping container on Saturday after staff at a…
Church of England to vote on women bishops
The Church of England is to vote on the introduction of women bishops on Monday, two years after a first…
London Agog For Julius Agwu
Kayode Aponmade The ninth edition of Julius Agwu’s Crack Ya Ribs in the United Kingdom, is scheduled to take place…
UK condemns Emab plaza bombing
The British Minister for Africa, Mark Simmonds, on Friday expressed his government’s condemnation of Thursday’s bombing of a shopping mall…
UK promises more to support Nigeria
The United Kingdom Department for International Development (DFID), says it will do everything possible to support the Nigerian Government. Ben…
Blair denies Iraq violence result of 2003 invasion
Tony Blair hit out on Sunday at critics who linked the 2003 invasion of Iraq with the current violence in…
Paris Meeting Takes Far-Reaching Decisions on Boko Haram
Representatives of the European Union, the United Kingdom, the United States, Presidents of France, Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon, Benin and Niger…
Nigeria, US wants UN to label Boko Haram a terrorist organisation
Nigeria and the United States are working on a UN Security Council resolution to designate Boko Haram a terrorist organisation,…
How Nigerian Youth Stabbed Mom To Death In UK
A court in the United Kingdom has heard how a cross-dressing Nigerian youth stabbed his mother to death in a…
Maria Miller, British minister quits over expenses scandal
The British minister overseeing future regulation of the press, Maria Miller, has quit her cabinet post following a row over…
Tory MP urged to resign over expense claims fraud
Pressure mounted on the British minister in charge of a new press regulation system on Sunday after a Conservative Party…
Tinubu donates N3.2mn to Nigerian students in UK
Senator Remi Tinubu has donated 20,000 US dollars (N3.2 million) as take-off fund to assist Nigerian students studying in various…
United Kingdom Cautions Citizens In Abuja
The United Kingdom Foreign Office has advised British citizens in Abuja to maintain ‘heightened vigilance’ following the foiled jailbreak at…
Gay couples marry in UK
Gay couples across England and Wales said “I do” on Friday night as a law authorising same-sex marriage came into…
UK may jail Nigerian couple for enslaving a Nigerian
A Nigerian couple face a maximum sentence of 14 years’ imprisonment for secretly enslaving a Nigerian in Britain for 25…
Awaiting The Gathering Storm: The United Kingdom Experience
By Mac Durugbo In the last few days, global attention has been drawn to the United Kingdom where the wettest…
UK minister quits over illegal immigrant
Britain’s immigration minister resigned on Saturday after it emerged he had employed a cleaner who was in the country illegally,…
Nigeria, UK sign prisoner transfer pact
Nigeria and Britain on Thursday signed a “compulsory prisoner transfer” agreement, allowing their nationals jailed in the other country to…
Nigerian accused says ‘I tried to butcher murdered soldier’
EROMOSELE EBHOMELE The London-based Nigerian, Michael Adebolajo, who is accused of killing Lee Rigby, a 25-year old British military man…
Nigeria turns back UK plane carrying deported Nigerian
A Nigerian asylum seeker believed to be near death from a hunger strike is back in Britain despite losing his…
Nigerian jailed for rape in UK
A Nigerian, living illegally in the United Kingdom and who was twice spared deportation has been convicted and sentenced for…
‘Penniless man’ splits $65m with ex-wife in bitter divorce
One of Britain’s longest and most bitter divorce battles ended on Friday with a High Court judge branding a well-connected…