Tag: United Kingdom
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…