The British High Commission in Nigeria has warned against any attempt by anyone to incite violence during the governorship and state houses of assembly elections in the country. It said that anyone caught doing so could be denied access into the United Kingdom. “We were concerned by reports of high levels of violence in some…
Elumelu Launches UBA In London, New York
The chairman of the United Bank for Africa, UBA, Tony Elumelu has launched the UBA UK in London. The bank had earlier announced that its London subsidiary had obtained regulatory approval to carry out wholesale banking activities in the United Kingdom. Following the authorization, UBA is now the only sub-Saharan African bank to conduct banking…
Don’t Be Distracted By Threats, Friends of Atiku In UK Tell International Community
The threat by the Kaduna State governor, Nasir Ahmad el’Rufai that foreign observers who meddle in Nigeria’s elections would return home in body bags, and the strongly-worded statement by the spokesman of the All Progressives Congress, APC campaign Council, Festus Keyamo, senior advocate of Nigeria, SAN, in which he accused the United States of America…
Migration Blues: Why Do They Come Here (Nigeria) When We are Not Wanted There?
The writer has recently been to Nigeria. On the plane I boarded, half of the business class seats were occupied by foreigners (Caucasians). As these people may or may not be English, it begs the question, if they are English, why do they come to Nigeria? If you live in England, and you are Nigerian…
Al Shabaab Threatens To Attack US, UK Malls
Somalia-based terrorist group, Al Shabaab, has threatened to carry out attacks on malls in the United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Al Shabaab made the threat in a video, which was released this last weekend. The group, which made a reference to the deadly 2013 attack of the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya that left…
Scotland Votes Against Independence
Scotland will remain part of the United Kingdom alongside England, Wales and Northern Ireland following a historic referendum vote that saw 2,001,926 votes against independence and 1,617,989 votes in favor of independence. David Cameron, UK Prime Minister, in a televised statement outside 10 Downing Street welcomed Scotland’s decision saying, “Like millions of other people, I…
Foiled jailbreak: UK cautions citizens in Abuja
The UK Foreign Office has advised British citizens in Abuja to maintain “heightened vigilance” following the foiled jailbreak at the headquarters of the Department of State Services (DSS) on Sunday, March 30. This advice was issued via the revised travel alert on Nigeria posted on the Foreign Commonwealth Office (FCO) website on Sunday. The UK…
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