Britain tightens up virus restrictions in city of Leicester
Restrictions The British city of Leicester will see contact restrictions tightened up once again in a bid to stem the spread of the coronavirus, Health […]
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Stranded Nigerians: Mission in London sets July 13 for next evacuation
The Nigerian High Commission in London, the United Kingdom on Friday set July 13 for the next phase of the evacuation of stranded Nigerians back […]
UK announces “bounce back” plan to boost agriculture, food, drink industry
The British government, on Monday, unveiled a package of measures to support businesses for the agriculture, food and drink industry, which have been greatly suffering […]
COVID-19: UK donates PCR machine to hasten testing in Nigeria
The British Government says it has donated a Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Machine to Nigeria Government to speed up testing for COVID-19 in the country. […]
COVID-19: UK will continue to assist PEBEC in Nigeria — Envoy
Mrs Harriet Thompson, British Deputy High Commissioner in Nigeria, says the UK government will continue to provide technical assistance to the Presidential Enabling Business Environment […]
Britain requires travellers from abroad to enter 14-day quarantine
All travellers entering Britain after June 8 must self isolate for two weeks in order to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, Britain’s Home […]
UK invests £20m in Africa’s anti- COVID-19 fund
United Kingdom on Thursday said it would be investing up to 20 million Pounds in the African Union’s new ‘Africa anti-COVID-19 fund’ to slow down […]
COVID-19: FG impounds UK aircraft for violating agreement
The Federal government has impounded a British aircraft owned by Flair Aviation, for violating flight operations. Announcing this on his twitter handle, the Minister of […]
UK, Nigeria join forces on repatriation flights
Over 250 British nationals departed Nigeria for the UK on Friday on a special return chartered flight organised between the UK and Nigerian government. The […]
British PM, Boris Johnson could return to work Monday – Report
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson could return to governing the country as early as Monday after recovering from the novel coronavirus, according to a media […]
Britain to announce rescue package for coronavirus-hit businesses
The British Government expected on Friday to announce another package to protect jobs and help businesses survive the severe economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic. […]
Londoners raiding stores as UK capital awaiting total shutdown amid COVID-19
A group of six people has smashed Sainsbury shopfronts in southern London to steal alcohol as supermarkets are coming under huge pressure amid a possible […]
Reluctant divorcee, UK, claims to be happy, By Owei Lakemfa
Old United Kingdom (UK) tonight, walks through the gates of divorce 47 years after saying ‘I do’ to the European Union (EU). Feigning happiness that […]
Sokoto, UK partner to rejuvenate state legal system
By Abdallah el-Kurebe, Editor Sokoto state and government of the United Kingdom, UK, have agreed to partner to rejuvenate the state’s legal system. The state […]
UK to assist Nigeria in retrieving stolen Ife Bronze Head with Belgian
The United Kingdom has offered to assist Nigeria in retrieving the Ife Bronze Head, an antiquity stolen at National museum, Jos in 1987 and found […]
Magu decries UK’s refusal to extradite Allison-Madueke
The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, has decried the refusal of the United Kingdom (UK), to extradite former […]
Former UK consulate employee says Chinese secret police torture him
A former employee of Britain’s Hong Kong consulate said Chinese secret police beat him, deprived him of sleep and chained him as they pressed him […]
Elections: US, UK, EU, Austria, others raise alarm over violence in Kogi
The diplomatic Community in Nigeria has expressed “alarm” over what it described as “reports of widespread incidents of violence and intimidation, some of which were […]
Hillary Clinton: ‘Shameful’ of UK not to publish report on Russian meddling
Britain’s failure to publish a parliamentary report on alleged Russian meddling is “inexplicable and shameful”, former U.S. presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton, said on Tuesday. The […]
Brexit vote: UK economy delivered a fresh blow by another delay
The UK economy has been delivered another fresh blow following the drama that has taken place in the British parliament on Saturday. This is the […]
UK will leave the EU on October 31 – Finance Minister, Javid says
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 […]
UK Court stays execution of $9.6bn Judgment Debt against Nigeria
Reprieve came the way of Nigeria on Thursday as a UK Commercial Court granted a stay of execution of the 9.6 billion dollar judgment debt […]
P&ID Gas Contract: EFCC opens investigation into $8.9bn UK ruling against Nigeria
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu on Friday, disclosed that the Commission had commenced investigation into the circumstances leading to […]
British PM Johnson urges Merkel to budge on Brexit
British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, is set to tell German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, on Wednesday that unless she agrees to change the Brexit deal, Britain […]
Senate President seeks Britain’s help for human capacity building
#TrackNigeria –The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan on Tuesday sought the assistance of the British High Commission in Nigeria in the area of capacity […]