Nigeria on Thursday warned tens of thousands of people living along one of its main rivers to expect massive flooding as neighboring Cameroon announced plans to release water from a dam. The
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Nigeria names new head of state-run oil company
August 4, 2015 Comment Off 124 ViewsPresident Muhammadu Buhari has appointed a new head of the country's corruption-hit state oil company, weeks after sacking the entire board. President Buhari took office on May 29 and axed
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UK, Nigeria Unveils Emerging Capital Market Taskforce
July 28, 2015 Comment Off 219 ViewsThe Nigeria-United Kingdom Capital Markets Project Tuesday unveiled the Emerging Capital Market Taskforce, which it said, would deepen market capacity and attract domestic and international
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Nigerians in UK Metropolitan Police Extend Support to the Nigeria Police
July 28, 2015 Comment Off 97 ViewsThe efforts of the Inspector General of Police (IG), Solomon Arase-led police management team to deepen policing in Nigeria yesterday received a boost with the institution of partnership ties between
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British MPs of Nigerian heritage attend special meeting
July 17, 2015 1 Comment 115 ViewsTHE FOUR British MPs of Nigerian heritage were welcomed to the Nigerian High Commission in the UK for a special event last week. Conservative MP Helen Grant joined her Labour colleagues Chuka
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Nigerian Students in UK to be Banned from Working, Forced to Leave
July 14, 2015 2 Comments 661 ViewsForeign students, of which Nigeria accounts for a huge chunk of those coming from Africa, are to be banned from working in Britain under a fresh crackdown on immigration ordered by Home Secretary
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Dr. Tafida Tells UK not to impose gay rights on Nigeria
July 13, 2015 1 Comment 106 ViewsDr. Tafida has urged Britain to stop pressuring Nigeria to abrogate its laws on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual (LGBT), saying that the move amounted to “stretching human rights to the very
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Olympic boxer in asylum bid to stay in UK after his British wife becomes pregnant
July 6, 2015 Comment Off 321 ViewsAN OLYMPIC boxer from Nigeria who married a British woman after travelling to London for the 2012 games has launched a legal bid to stay in the country after she fell pregnant. Asylum seeker Victor
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UK paid £9 MILLION to leather scheme, but containers filled with ROCKS
July 6, 2015 Comment Off 50 ViewsAn investigation learned that massive amounts of aid was paid into a project designed to boost Nigerian leather exports. But not only was the scheme breathtakingly corrupt but the Department
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Equality authority to address decline in TV diversity
June 30, 2015 2 Comments 103 ViewsTV DIVERSITY TO BE ADDRESSED: US show Empire, which features a predominantly black cast, has been a hit with diverse audiences THE NUMBER of black, Asian and minority ethnic people
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