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Nigeria, UK’s trade relations currently worth £7bn – Envoy

Robert Imoh — Sun, 05 May 2024 17:14:17 +0000

Dr Richard Montgomery, the British High Commissioner in Nigeria, on Sunday said trade relations between Nigeria and the United Kingdom (UK) currently stands at about seven billion pounds sterling. Montgomery said that Nigeria and the UK signed a new agreement on enhanced trade and investment partnership and agreed to work on a range of sectors. […]

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Tinubu seeks stronger economic, defense, bilateral cooperation with UK

Gbemi Banks — Wed, 02 Aug 2023 16:10:00 +0000

President Bola Tinubu has called on the UK to deepen its partnership with Nigeria and Africa by investing more to see that African continent attain more sustainable and broad-based prosperity. This is contained in a statement by Mr Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, on Wednesday in Abuja. Tinubu, who […]

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UK govt borrowing surges to £25.6bn deficit for April

Gbemi Banks — Tue, 23 May 2023 10:37:09 +0000

Government borrowing swelled to 25.6 billion pounds (31.8 billion dollars) in Britain last month amid the cost of energy support schemes, higher benefit payments and rising debt interest. This is according to official figures as reported on Wednesday. The Office for National Statistics said it was the second-highest April borrowing on record, outstripped only by […]

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Britain’s Sunak discusses migration partnership with Rwanda’s Kagame

Gbemi Banks — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 14:05:21 +0000

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Rwandan President Paul Kagame discussed the UK-Rwanda migration partnership the British government said. Downing Street said in a statement that the leaders had a telephone conversation on Monday evening and “committed to continuing working together to ensure this important partnership is delivered successfully.” The British government also said that […]

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2023 Elections: British Envoy urges political parties to accept results

Gbemi Banks — Fri, 17 Feb 2023 07:04:28 +0000

British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona Laing, has urged political parties to accept and respect the results of the forthcoming 2023 general elections and refrain from actions that would instigate post-election violence. Laing made this known while addressing newsmen on Thursday in Abuja, noting that the United Kingdom is fully in support of Nigeria’s political […]

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2023: Nigerians in UK task political parties, candidates on town hall meetings

Gbemi Banks — Wed, 28 Dec 2022 09:08:29 +0000

Nigerians in the United Kingdom (UK) have tasked candidates of various political parties on the need to engage with the citizens on what they should expect if elected into office. Mr Daddy Kris, a Nigerian based in London, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in a telephone interview that Nigerians in UK were eager […]

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Coins bearing portrait of British King Charles to enter circulation

Gbemi Banks — Thu, 08 Dec 2022 11:14:03 +0000

The first coins bearing the official effigy of the British King would appear in circulation in post offices around the UK as from Thursday. The King’s portrait will first appear on a 50p, with the reverse, or tails side of the coin, commemorating the life and legacy of Queen Elizabeth II. A commemorative version of […]

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Christian Aid seeks protection of women’s human rights defenders

Gbemi Banks — Mon, 28 Nov 2022 12:34:12 +0000

Christian Aid (UK) Nigeria, has called on the government at all levels to protect and uphold the rights of women human rights defenders, as well as activists towards preventing and ending Gender-Based Violence. Mr Temitope Fashola, Country Director, Christian Aid, made the call in a statement in Abuja to commemorate the commencement of the 2022 […]

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UK minister: No excuse for Chinese police beating journalists

Gbemi Banks — Mon, 28 Nov 2022 12:14:37 +0000

British business Minister, Grant Shapps, said on Monday that there was no excuse for media covering protests to be beaten by police. Shapps said this when BBC earlier on Sunday alleged that Chinese police had assaulted and detained one of its journalists in Shanghai. “There can be absolutely no excuse whatsoever for journalists who are simply […]

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UK to provide £200m for Africa’s climate finance

Gbemi Banks — Wed, 09 Nov 2022 11:05:03 +0000

The Government of the United Kingdom (UK) has promised to provide 200 million pounds to the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group’s Climate Action Window. According to a statement issued on the website of the AfDB, the window is a new mechanism set up to channel climate finance to help countries adapt to the impacts of […]

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Britan’s Sunak reverses decision to skip COP27 climate talks

Gbemi Banks — Wed, 02 Nov 2022 14:48:51 +0000

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has reversed his decision to skip COP27 and will attend the climate summit in Egypt next week, he has announced. Sunak wrote on Twitter that there was no long-term prosperity without action on climate change and no energy security without investing in renewables. He confirmed that he would attend this […]

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Buhari to May: 2019 elections will be free, fair, credible, as Nigeria, UK sign agreements on security, economic development

Ibrahim Ahmadu — Wed, 29 Aug 2018 18:58:19 +0000

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday in Abuja assured United Kingdom (UK) Prime Minister Theresa May of his commitment to conducting free, fair and credible elections in 2019. Mr Femi Adesina, the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, in a statement, said Buhari gave the assurance during a bilateral meeting with the visiting Prime Minister […]

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NASS blockade: UK monitoring development, says High Commission

Roland Edwards — Tue, 07 Aug 2018 22:54:16 +0000

The British Government has said that it is closely monitoring political developments in Nigeria following reports of blockade of National Assembly entrance by officials of the Department of State Service (DSS). The British Government made this known in a statement from its High Commission in Abuja on Tuesday. Operatives of the DSS took over the […]

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Russia expels 23 UK diplomats as fallout over nerve agent attack grows

Freedom Online — Sat, 17 Mar 2018 21:34:32 +0000

Russia’s Foreign Ministry ordered the expulsion of 23 British diplomats from Russia on Saturday in a tit-for-tat response to Britain’s decision to expel Russian envoys in connection with the poisoning of a former Russian double agent and his daughter on British soil. The ministry also declared it was closing the British Consulate General in St. […]

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Russia to expel UK diplomats as crisis over nerve toxin attack deepens

Freedom Reporter — Fri, 16 Mar 2018 19:05:03 +0000

Russia is set to expel British diplomats in retaliation for Prime Minister Theresa May’s decision to kick out 23 Russians as relations with London crashed to a post-Cold War low over an attack involving a military-grade nerve agent on English soil. After the first known offensive use of such a weapon in Europe since World […]

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