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UK pledges support to tackle Nigeria security challenges, strengthen military relationships

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BY ANDREW OROLUA The United Kingdom Minister of State, in the ministry of Defence Lord Baron Vernon Rodney Coaker says UK is willing to work with Nigeria to tackle security challenges bedevilling the nation. Lord Baron Vernon Rodney Coake said this on Wednesday in Abuja when he paid an official

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FG cautions Nigerians traveling to UK against risk of violence

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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has cautioned Nigerians wanting to travel to the United Kingdom (UK) against increased risk of violence in the place. Amb. Eche Abu-Obe, Spokeperson of the Ministry disclosed this in a statement on Monday, in view of violence alert to citizens planning to travel to the UK. “There is an an […]

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UK authorities: Nigerian Embassy in London owes £8.3 million congestion charges

Ihesiulo Grace 21 May 2024 0

The UK Transport for London (TfL) has revealed that the Nigerian Embassy in London owes congestion charges totalling £8,395,055. Congestion charges are fees levied on drivers for entering a specific central zone of the city during certain hours by the local government body responsible for most of the transport network in the United Kingdom’s capital […]

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UK signs landmark partnership with Nigeria to boost trade, investment

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The UK government has signed a first-of-its-kind trade and investment partnership with the Nigerian government. This was made known in a statement released by Ndidiamaka Eze, Senior Press & Public Affairs Officer at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, British Deputy High Commission, on Tuesday. The statement mentioned that the signed Enhanced Trade and

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UK Education Opportunities: Mark Brooks Education storms Nigeria to meet parents

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Cheering news for parents seeking boarding school opportunities for their children in the United Kingdom as a UK based education foundation storms Lagos. The Mark Brooks Education has deployed dozen of Heads and Registrars to return to Lagos to meet with parents who want quality education in boarding schools for their children. The scouting programme […]

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Pursuing Growth: My Journey from Fraud Prevention to Payments Compliance in the UK

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By Chinazaekperem Peace Anozie At 28 years old, my career has already taken me across countries and industries, from my beginnings as a Fraud & Compliance Specialist to my current role in the UK’s fintech sector as a Payments Compliance Specialist. My journey has been defined by a passion for safeguarding businesses, ensuring regulatory compliance, […]

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From Prosecution to Persecution- The Chilling Details of James Ibori, The UK Court, and The Judge With an Axe to Grind

Ihesiulo Grace 2 July 2023 0

•••Plus: An Inside Account of the Latest £101.5 million Demand by UK Court. But for the timely, professional intervention of his immigration lawyer, Mr Ian Macdonald QC, and the grace of two virtuous women, Her Ladyship Mrs Justice May and Her Ladyship Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb DBE, former Delta State governor, Chief James Onanefe Ibori would […]

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UK places Nigeria on red list, halts health workers’ recruitment

Ihesiulo Grace 10 April 2023 0

The United Kingdom (UK) has added Nigeria to its red list of countries that health and social care employers should not actively target for recruitment, except with government-to-government agreements. POLITICS NIGERIA reports that this decision came a month after the World Health Organisation (WHO) identified 55 countries, including Nigeria, as facing the most significant

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Police arrest aristocrat and partner, but search for missing baby continues

Ihesiulo Grace 1 March 2023 0

BY BENJAMIN OMOIKE WITH AGENCY REPORTS UK police have arrested an aristocrat and her partner after the pair went missing with their newborn baby in early January, but the search for the infant continues. A member of the public spotted Constance Marten, 35, and Mark Gordon, 48, in Brighton, southern England, on Monday night, police […]

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UK apologizes after mistakenly sharing 250 Afghan interpreters’ info in email

Ihesiulo Grace 21 September 2021 0

The United Kingdom’s Defense Ministry apologized on Tuesday after mistakenly releasing the email addresses of 250 Afghan interpreters—some of whom have been in hiding since the Western withdrawal from Afghanistan, according to a report. The BBC reported that the errant email– with 250 names copied on it– was released by the UK’s Afghan Relocations and […]

Sports

UK govt budget £232m to support 2024 Olympic, Paralympic athletes

Ihesiulo Grace 16 August 2021 0

The British government will provide 232 million pounds ($320 million) in addition to National Lottery funding to support Olympic and Paralympic athletes for the Paris Games in 2024, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said. The investment, which represents a 44% rise on the funding received by UK Sport in the run-up to the Tokyo Games, will […]

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BREAKING: UK government website, other social pages down

Ihesiulo Grace 8 June 2021 0

On Tuesday morning, the UK government’s main website was down, as were major foreign media sites, including The Guardian and the Financial Times publications. The government portal gov.uk, as well as the media websites, all displayed error messages. The BBC was also temporarily unavailable, although it was restored later. Reason for this is not yet […]

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UK sabotaging, disrespecting Nigeria with Asylum to IPOB, MASSOB members – FG

Ihesiulo Grace 20 April 2021 0

The Nigerian government has condemned the decision of the United Kingdom to grant asylum to “persecuted” members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra. Information Minister, Lai Mohammed, called it a disrespect to Nigeria, sabotage on the fight against terrorism and an undermining of […]

World

UK offer Under-30s alternative to AstraZeneca jab

Ihesiulo Grace 7 April 2021 0

Owing to mounting evidence linking the AstraZeneca vaccine to rare blood clots, the UK’s vaccine advisory body says that under-30s will be given an alternative Covid vaccine to the AstraZeneca vaccine. According to the MHRA, 79 people in the UK had suffered unusual blood clots as a result of vaccination by the end of March, […]

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U.K set to assist Nigeria in the fight against insecurity

Ihesiulo Grace 31 March 2021 0

The British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona Laing says the United Kingdom is set to help Nigeria win its fight against insecurity. The envoy expressed worry at the deteriorating security situation in the country. Laing expressed these views while speaking to journalists on the sidelines of a reception held to welcome home the 2019/2020 UK […]

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Queen Elizabeth returns to public duties after lockdown

Ihesiulo Grace 31 March 2021 0

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth carried out her first face-to-face engagement this year on Wednesday, two days after the country’s strict COVID-19 lockdown was eased. The 94-year-old monarch, who has continued to carry out her official duties by videolink since a lockdown was imposed at the start of the year, visited the Air Forces Memorial in Runnymede […]

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UK PM Johnson says he will get Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine very soon

Ihesiulo Grace 17 March 2021 0

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday he would get the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 shot very soon, voicing his confidence in a vaccine that has been suspended in some other European countries after reports of blood clots. Several European Union countries have suspended their rollout of the shot, developed by the University of Oxford and […]

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COVID-19: UK to replace visa for Nigerians free of charge

Ihesiulo Grace 20 August 2020 0

The British High Commission in Nigeria says that it will replace, free of charge, the 30-day visa of people who were supposed to travel to the UK before the COVID-19 global pandemic lockdown. It said the free visa replacement, which will be open till December 2020, covers those who will be travelling to the UK […]

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COVID 19: UK in recession for the first time in 11 years

Ihesiulo Grace 12 August 2020 0

The UK has officially entered into recession after the coronavirus crisis saw the economy contract by a record 20.4 percent between April and June. It is the first time the UK has been in recession for 11 years, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has said. The bleak update comes after another ONS update yesterday, […]

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UK sheds further 114,000 jobs in July

Ihesiulo Grace 11 August 2020 0

The number of workers on UK company payrolls slumped by a further 114,000 in July from June on the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, official data showed Tuesday. A total of 730,000 positions have been shed since March when Britain went into lockdown over COVID-19, the Office for National Statistics said in a statement. The […]