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Johnson to submit Brexit grand bargain but Ireland sceptical

Ihesiulo Grace 1 October 2019 0

Prime Minister Boris Johnson will shortly present the European Union with proposals for an amended Brexit agreement, including new ideas that remove the contested insurance policy for the Irish border that Britain previously signed up to. More than three years since the 2016 referendum, the

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UK will leave EU on October 31 says finance minister Javid

Ihesiulo Grace 30 September 2019 0

The United Kingdom will leave the European Union on Oct. 31, hopefully with a deal, finance minister Sajid Javid said on Monday. “Hopefully we leave with a deal,” Javid told ITV. “If we cannot strike a deal, I think it is important to leave in any case and leave with no deal. It is not […]

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Reactions as Supreme court rules out Parliament Suspension

Ihesiulo Grace 24 September 2019 0

The UK supreme court on Tuesday, has ruled out Boris Johnson’s decision to suspend Parliament, describing it as ‘’unlawful.’’ The president of the Supreme Court, Lady Hale, who ruled on this, said, “The decision to advise Her Majesty to prorogue Parliament was unlawful because it had the effect of frustrating or preventing the ability of […]

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Boris Johnson denies lying to Queen Elizabeth

Ihesiulo Grace 12 September 2019 0

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday in a interview on Aljazeera denied lying to Queen Elizabeth over the reasons for suspending parliament for five weeks after a court ruled his decision to do so was unlawful, stating the claims were “absolutely not” true Parliament was prorogued suspended on Monday until Oct. 14, a move […]

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Scottish judge rules in Brexit case

Ihesiulo Grace 30 August 2019 0

A top court in Scotland has rejected a demand for an immediate halt to Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s plan to suspend Parliament for five weeks in September and October, the Press Association reported. The action was brought by a group of 70 anti-no deal Brexit lawmakers, who were seeking the Scottish version of an injunction […]

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NSE: How profit-taking in Oil & gas, other stocks shed N59bn in 3 months

Ihesiulo Grace 3 April 2019

Temitope Adebayo Investors’ profit-taking in Oil & Gas and Consumers goods stocks listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) down the equities market segment by N59 billion in first quarter (Q1) of 2019. Market capitalisation (market cap) is the market value of a publicly traded company’s outstanding stocks had opened the year at N11.672 trillion […]

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Brexit deal hits British economy

Ihesiulo Grace 28 November 2018 0

Britain will be economically worse off in any scenario outside the European Union, with a no-deal Brexit rendering GDP 9.3 per cent smaller than it would otherwise be in 15 years’ time, the government said Wednesday. The government’s plans for post-Brexit ties with the European Union would still cost the economy around 3.9 per cent […]

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Brexit : over half a million people protest in London

Ihesiulo Grace 20 October 2018 0

More than half a million people from across the United Kingdom gathered Saturday in London for a protest march opposing the nation’s pending departure from the European Union. The march, which organizers said drew more than 600,000 people to west London’s Park Lane, was called by People’s Vote, a group campaigning for the public to […]

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40 UK lawmakers willing to vote down Brexit deal

Ihesiulo Grace 9 October 2018 0

At least 40 lawmakers in Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservative Party are willing to vote down her possible Brexit deal if it leaves European Union (EU), a senior lawmaker said on Tuesday. A lawmaker, Steve Baker told BBC radio that there are possibilities for the 40 lawmakers to vote down the Brexit if it leaves […]

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Donald Tusk: EU must stay united or face Brexit ‘defeat’

Ihesiulo Grace 24 October 2017 0

The EU will be “defeated” in Brexit negotiations unless it maintains absolute unity, European Council president Donald Tusk has said. The ex-Polish prime minister told the European Parliament the UK’s departure was the EU’s “toughest stress test” and it must not be divided at any costs. “If we fail it then the negotiations will end

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Ofsted boss: Brexit vote linked to poor school performance

Ihesiulo Grace 1 December 2016 0

The Chief Inspector of Schools, Sir Michael Wilshaw, says the Government must make it a priority to improve the performance of failing schools in the north of England and the Midlands. He says the issue is fuelling the sense of a divided nation. Sir Michael says the failure to provide a good education may have […]