United States President Joe Biden has brought words of encouragement and offers of investment on his visit to Northern Ireland to mark the 25th anniversary of the region’s Good Friday peace agreement. After an informal meeting with Rishi Sunak, the US president expressed support for the British prime minister’s compromise deal with the EU on Northern Ireland trade arrangements. “Your …

First Bank of Nigeria Limited has announced a phased corporate name change for its subsidiaries in the United Kingdom and sub-Saharan Africa. In a statement, the nation’s premier financial services institution noted that FBNBank UK, FBNBank Sierra Leone, FBNBank Gambia, and FBNBank DRC are now to be addressed as FirstBank UK, FirstBank Sierra Leone, FirstBank Gambia, and FirstBank DRC, being …

A humanitarian intervention focused on providing integrated food, nutrition sanitation, and protection services in Nigeria’s northeast region will empower over 300,000 mothers and caregivers. A statement by UNICEF said the intervention is aimed at improving the survival of children affected by conflict. It will enhance dietary practices, home-based malnutrition screening skills, provision of high-impact lifesaving nutrition interventions (such as early …

The United Kingdom said it had embarked on an exercise of collating information with the aim to impose visa bans and other sanctions against politicians that engaged in electoral fraud and anti-democratic exercises. According to the UK, the individuals to be punished were those who engaged in violence and voter suppression in the governorship and state assembly elections in Nigeria. …

A Nigerian-born music manager, identified as Emmanuel Odunlami, has been stabbed to death in the United Kingdom over what is believed to be a fake designer watch worth up to £300,000. The Old Bailey, which is the central criminal court of England and Wales, recently heard that Odunlami was ambushed by three robbers after holding a party to celebrate his …

Leader of the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPoB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has met with a United Kingdom diplomat, asking that the British government intervene to get him released from detention before the Muhammadu Buhari administration leaves office on 29 May. This is on the heels of a crisis within IPoB leadership circles following protracted supremacy contests over who should …

The United Kingdom has announced the closure of visa application centres in Nigeria on Friday 24 February and Monday 27 February for the upcoming elections. The High Commission made this known via its verified Instagram page on Tuesday. The statement disclosed: “The Visa Application Centres in Abuja, lkeja and Victoria Island will be closed on Friday 24th February and Monday …

Rivers State All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, Joe Kokar-Waadah has petitioned the International Criminal Court (ICC), the ECOWAS Court of Justice and United Nations (UN), and the National Democratic Institute (NDI) Washington, to checkmate perpetrators of political violence in the state as another general elections draw near. Also petitioned by the Canada-based Korka-Waadah are governments of the United States of …

The International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) on Thursday said the United Kingdom Government rejected its request to extradite former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Deziani Alison-Madueke. Head of Interpol’s National Central Bureau (NCB), Abuja, Assistant Inspector General of Police Garba Baba Umar said this on the sidelines of an investigative hearing by a House of Representative Adhoc committee. The committee …

The Department for Education (DfE) in the United Kingdom has identified priority subjects for Nigerians and citizens of other qualified nationals seeking to work in the territory through te UK Teaching Regulation Agency. Application for the programme (available here) starts from 1 February and is open to teachers in Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Hong Kong, India, Jamaica, Singapore and Ukraine. …