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Economic Hardship: Tinubu Places Temporary Ban On Foreign Trips For FG Officials

President Bola Tinubu
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has placed a temporary ban on foreign travels by public officials under the employment of the federal government, starting from April 1, this year. In anRead More

Ekweremadu: Immigration Affirms Alleged Kidney Donor Is 21 Years Old

Former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu and wife, Beatrice
Says due process followed in application, issuance Declares no contact yet from UK Govt Ebonyi promises to contact family of alleged donor The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) yesterday affirmed thatRead More

UK University Suspends Senator Ekweremadu As Visiting Lecturer Amid Organ Harvesting Trial

Former Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu
The University of Lincoln, United Kingdom, has suspended embattled former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, whom it recently appointed as a visiting professor, Corporate and International Linkages. This comes amidRead More

UK Threatens To Sanction Russian Businessmen Over Country’s Invasion Of Ukraine

UK's Prime Minister, Boris Johnson
The United Kingdom may move more quickly to sanction Russian businessmen following the decision of President Vladimir Putin to invade Ukraine. This was made known by the country’s Prime Minister,Read More

UK Injects £10m Into Nigeria’s Energy Sector

United Kingdom
Returns £210,000 illegal payment The United Kingdom has injected £10 million into Nigeria’s low carbon energy project. The concessional aid is aimed at reducing the risks, for pension and insuranceRead More

Oba Of Benin Receives £2.5m Stolen Artefacts From Britain

Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II
AU demands return of Africa’s artefacts from Europe There was great jubilation among the royal family and people of Benin Kingdom yesterday following the official handover of two artefacts: CockerelRead More

Nigeria Drags UK’s Crime Agency To Court Over £150m Abacha Loot

Court of Law
US, UK oppose move The Nigerian government is locked in a court battle with Britain’s National Crime Agency (NCA) over control of €180 million (£150 million) that was stashed abroadRead More

Report: UK May Scrap Travel Restriction On Non-citizens

UK travel ban on Nigerians
Mulls COVID test for vaccinated travellers In line with its promise to review its decision to put Nigeria and some other countries on its red list which barred non-citizens andRead More

UK, Canada, Australia Join US To Boycott Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics

2022 Beijing Winter Olympics Boycott
Australia, the United Kingdom and Canada will join the United States in a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, the leaders of the three countries said Wednesday. SpeakingRead More

Red List: Nigerian Govs Reject UK’s Arbitrary Stigmatisation

Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF)
COVID-19: 3.5 million Nigerians full vaccinated, says NPHCDA NANS urges students to take jab The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has rejected what it described as arbitrary stigmatisation of Nigerians becauseRead More