As part of activities to mark this year’s edition of the International Women’s Day (IWD), the United Kingdom Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has launched a new global partnership with UBA Foundation and 10 other organisations,...
The United Kingdom (UK) has announced the resumption of work and study visa applications processing in Nigeria. The British High Commission had on December 6, 2021, suspended visa applications from red list countries, including Nigeria. But a...
President Muhammadu Buhari has tasked the Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II and Benin palace on the safe custody of the Benin artefacts returned from the United Kingdom. President Buhari, who was represented by the Nigerian...
From Tuesday, December 14, the federal government will restrict airlines coming from Canada, the United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia into Nigeria. The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, who announced the decision on Sunday in Lagos, explained...
Nigeria’s high commissioner to the UK, Sarafa Isola, has written to The Economist over an article on the security challenges of the country. The Economist, in the article published in its latest edition, criticised the federal...
At the sixth bi-annual sitting of the UK-Nigeria Economic Development Forum (EDF), the United Kingdom Prime Minister’s Envoy to Nigeria, Helen Grant and Nigeria’s Minister of Industry Trade and Investment, Adeniyi Adebayo, reiterated commitment to...
A Nigerian, Adeyemi Opebiyi, has sued the United Kingdom for allegedly denying him entry into the country after he had been granted a visa and had flown from Nigeria to the Manchester Airport. Opebiyi, who described...
President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged to increase the budget for the education sector by as much as 50 per cent over the next two years. He spoke at the ongoing Global Education Summit in London, United...
Nigeria’s commercial nerve centre, Lagos, has overtaken Nairobi, Kenya, to become Africa’s top startup ecosystem. According to the Global Startup Ecosystem Index 2021, released by StartupBlink, Lagos switched places with Nairobi as the continent’s top start-up...
The Federal Government on Tuesday described the reported decision of the United Kingdom to grant asylum to “persecuted” members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) as disrespectful of Nigeria as a nation. Speaking on a...