Tag: UK
Nigeria, Britain sign agreements on security, economic development
Nigeria and Britain on Wednesday in Abuja signed two agreements on Defence and Security partnership as well as Economic Development Forum.
Speaking briefly before signing...
Governor Ambode at MMA ahead of May’s arrival in Lagos
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State, accompanied by his Deputy, Idiat Adebule, among other State officials arrived at the Presidential Lounge of the Murtala...
Security beefed up as Theresa May visits Lagos
Security has been beefed up at the Murtala Muhammed Airports, Ikeja, ahead of the British Prime Minister, Theresa May’s visit to Lagos on Wednesday.
The...
Theresa May to visit Nigeria on Wednesday
British Prime Minister, Theresa May, will arrive Nigeria on Wednesday on a three-nation Africa trade mission aimed at boosting her country’s post-Brexit fortunes.
Mrs May...
UBA gets wholesale banking licence in UK
United Bank for Africa (UBA PLC) has announced that its London subsidiary has obtained regulatory permission to carry out wholesale banking activities in the...
UK to build prison wing in Lagos to transfer Nigerian prisoners
Britain will build a new wing at Kirikiri Prison in the Nigerian city of Lagos so that it can transfer Nigerian prisoners there, the...
Immigration probes alleged extortion at Nigerian High Commission
Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) says it has begun investigation into alleged extortion of international passport applicants at Nigerian High Commission in the UK.
Spokesman of...
35 Nigerians deported from UK
Thirty-five Nigerians were deported from the United Kingdom on Wednesday for committing immigration-related offences, the government has confirmed.
The deportees arrived at the Murtala Muhammed...
Nigerians arrested in UK crackdown on illegal nail salon workers
British immigration officers have raided nearly 300 nail salons and arrested almost 100 people for suspected immigration offences as part of a drive to...
UK introduces new visa application process for Nigerians
The UK Embassy in Nigeria has adopted a new visa application process, the British High Commission said in a statement on Friday.
Spokesperson of the...