Foreign nationals working as prison officers in the United Kingdom have been granted a temporary exemption from new visa salary rules following concerns over severe staff shortages in the prison system. The decision comes after warnings that several custodial centres are struggling to operate due to heavy reliance on overseas recruits, particularly from Nigeria and […]
The United Kingdom (UK) has announced a fresh four-week Coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown for England as the country passed one million cases. Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the lockdown Saturday evening in a national broadcast, Daily Times gathered. Non-essential shops and hospitality will have to close for four weeks on Thursday, he said. But unlike the […]
The United Kingdom has said it will not hesitate to take actions against individuals who engage in election violence for the fast approaching 2020 polls in Edo and Ondo states. Daily Times recalls that the United States imposed visa restriction on some individuals for election violence during the Kogi and Bayelsa governorship elections. In a […]
The United Kingdom has alerted on a new sickness that may emerge linked to Covid-19. The National Health Service said that they have written to doctors alerting them to the existence of the syndrome and asked them to urgently refer any children who appear to have it to hospital. China’s Wuhan City discharges all coronavirus […]
The united kingdom government has announced that it will pay 80% of monthly earnings, up to a limit of 2.500euro per month and 2.750euro to self employed workers affected by the coronavirus pandemic. Aid for each self-employed will be calculated based on the measured profits of the last three years and will be active for […]
President Muhammadu Buhari met with The Most Revd and Rt Honorable Justin Welby the Archbishop of Canterbury on Sunday at the @LambethPalace, London, the United Kingdom.
Abuja – The First Lady, Aisha Buhari, on Sunday cautioned Nigerians on the dangers of spreading fake news shortly after she returned from a medical leave from the United kingdom. Aisha Buhari gave the warning while fielding questions from journalists shortly after her arrival at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, in the early hours […]
Nigeria’s telecommunication company, MTN, lost a record of 667,245 internet subscribers in just one month, the latest data released by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has revealed. According to the data obtained from the regulator, MTN’s total internet subscribers stood at 52.2 million in July 2019 while the number dropped to 51.6 million in August. […]
Ladesope Ladelokun Facebook Inc. users suing over the social networks worst-ever privacy scandal gained leverage to pry into its internal records to back up their claims that it failed to safeguard their personal data, exposing the company to potentially billions of dollars in damages. A federal judge in San Francisco rejected Facebook’s request to throw […]
Ladesope Ladelokun The Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) has passed a vote of confidence on the newly-appointed Board Chairman of MTN Nigeria, Dr Ernest Ndukwe, expressing confidence in what it described as his dynamic leadership style to positively impact the company. ATCON President, Mr Olusola Teniola, made this known in a statement made […]
Chukwuemeke Iwelunmo Capt. Henry Omeogu, the former Director of Operations, in the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has called on the Federal Government to create a Civil Aviation Board (CAB) to tackle most of the challenges facing the Nigerian aviation industry, especially the airline sub-sector. Speaking with journalists in an interview at the recent […]
Mutiat Alli – Lagos He had all reasons to be among those who will qualify to be the Queen’s guests, and it was officious for him and his wife at the palacious Buckingham Palace in London. Billionaire industrialist and foremost businessman of Eleganza Industries fame, Chief Rasak Akanni Okoya, and his beautiful wife, Chief Dr. […]
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 […]
Against the backdrop of reported killings of Nigerians in London in recent times, Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, has advised Nigerians to be careful and exercise restraint. In a statement by her Media Aide, Abdur-Rahman Balogun, in Abuja on Monday, Dabiri-Erewa said the increased […]
President Muhammadu Buhari will on Monday (today) depart Abuja for an official visit to the United Kingdom (UK) where he is due to hold discussions on Nigeria – British relations with the UK Prime Minister, Mrs Theresa May, prior to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meetings scheduled for April 18 to 20. The President would […]
Tom Okpe, Abuja The exporters of Nigeria yam to the United Kingdom and United States of America have disagreed with the reports that the country’s produce exported were rejected at their destinations. The Africa Independent Television (AIT) had earlier reported that the Nigeria yams exported to UK and the US after the official flag off […]
When Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Tukur Yusufu Buratai pensively declared in his speech at the ongoing summit on security in Abuja that “Insurgency remains one difficult form of asymmetric warfare. Nations must explore new frontiers of knowledge to understand this world threat,” it struck my heart thunderously. His words vibrated and […]
Salihu Dasuki has made Nigeria proud once again as he becomes the youngest senior lecturer at Sheffield Hallam University in the United Kingdom. The 29-year-old Nigerian gratefully announced his resumption to work as a senior lecturer of Information Systems yesterday, Monday, September 25 on Twitter. He made the announcement with the following words: “By Allah’s […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has stated that it is impossible to bring a former minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke to Nigeria now to answer for alleged corruption charges against her. The commission noted, that the former minister was under investigation in the United Kingdom by the Metropolitan Police, hence she can’t […]
President Muhammadu Buhari returned to the country yesterday after a 49-day medical vacation in the United Kingdom, saying he went through severe health challenge the way he had never experience before all through his life. In his characteristic manner of being too honest, the president told top government functionaries, including service chiefs and ministers that […]