Nigeria must invest in human capital development to enhance growth – UK

Nigeria must invest in human capital development to enhance growth – UK

Posted on May 3, 2019 Authornewsheadline247

Head of the United Kingdom Department for International Development (DFID) in Nigeria, Mrs Debbie Palmer, has advised the Federal Government to invest in human capital to enhance growth and development in the country. She gave the advice at the induction ceremony for new and returning governors organised by the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) in Abuja. Palmer said that

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Buhari set for a ‘private visit’ to UK

Buhari set for a ‘private visit’ to UK

Posted on April 25, 2019 Authornewsheadline247

President Muhammadu Buhari is scheduled to travel to the United Kingdom on Thursday after a visit to Maiduguri, Borno state, his media office stated. President Buhari was in Lagos on Wednesday to inaugurate projects being executed by the state government. According to Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman, “the president is now in Maiduguri to inaugurate “developmental

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El-Rufai describes US, UK, EU’s comments on Onnoghen’s suspension as ‘most irresponsible’

El-Rufai describes US, UK, EU’s comments on Onnoghen’s suspension as ‘most irresponsible’

Posted on February 6, 2019 Authornewsheadline247

Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, the Governor of Kaduna State has condemned comments made by the United States of America, the United Kingdom and the European Union on President Muhammadu Buhari’s suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen. Onnoghen, who is facing non-declaration of assets charges was suspended by Buhari which consequently attracts relative

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Onnoghen: FG warns UK, US, EU, others against meddling in Nigeria’s internal affairs

Onnoghen: FG warns UK, US, EU, others against meddling in Nigeria’s internal affairs

Posted on January 26, 2019 Authornewsheadline247

The Federal Government has warned against foreign interference into the nation’s affairs, capable of creating apprehension, distrust among citizens or undermining the transparency and acceptability of outcomes of the nation’s electoral process. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, gave the government position in a statement on Saturday. The statement

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Diezani: Magu meets with UK National Crime Agency in bid for extradition

Diezani: Magu meets with UK National Crime Agency in bid for extradition

Posted on November 24, 2018 Authornewsheadline247

Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), boss, Ibrahim Magu has met with the National Crime Agency (NCA) in the United Kingdom in the bid to extradite former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison- Madueke and other Nigeria’s politically exposed persons (PEPs) living in the United Kingdom. Magu at the meeting with the UK officials

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US, UK to revoke visas for Saudis implicated in Khashoggi’s killing

US, UK to revoke visas for Saudis implicated in Khashoggi’s killing

Posted on October 24, 2018 Authornewsheadline247

British Prime Minister Theresa May followed US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday saying that her country would revoke visas for anyone suspected of being involved in the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. May said she would speak to Saudi Arabia’s King Salman later on Wednesday regarding the matter. “There does remain an

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EU raises pressure as UK promises new Brexit plans

EU raises pressure as UK promises new Brexit plans

Posted on September 20, 2018 Authornewsheadline247

EU leaders refused to give ground to Britain’s Theresa May on Thursday, warning that her Brexit plan is unacceptable, even as she offered to come up with new proposals for the Irish border. After this week offering to extend the deadline for a deal to a special summit in mid-November, European Union leaders warned after

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UK expresses regret over U.S. exit from U.N. rights council

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UK expresses regret over U.S. exit from U.N. rights council

The UK has expressed regret over the Tuesday’s decision of the U.S. to withdraw from the UN Human Rights Council. UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, said in a statement by the United Kingdom Mission to the UN, that Britain wants to see a reformed Council but would work for it from within. “The United States’

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UK not against Buhari’s reelection bid – Paul Arkwright

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UK not against Buhari’s reelection bid – Paul Arkwright

March 23, 2018

Paul Arkwright, the British High Commissioner to Nigeria, has said his country or any other Western nation was not against a second term by President Muhammadu Buhari

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EU President Juncker mocks English over “Brexit”

EU President Jean-Claude Juncker: Mocks UK and English

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has told a conference in Italy on the EU that “English is losing importance in Europe”.

Amid tensions with the UK over looming Brexit negotiations, he said he was delivering his speech in French.

UK to help Nigeria overcome economic, security challenges

The United Kingdom will assist Nigeria to overcome its current economic and security challenges, UK Minister for International Development, James Wharton, has said.

Wharton told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in an interview in Abuja that he was in Nigeria to assess some of the definite challenges.

’40 British territories committed to returning Nigeria’s stolen wealth’

The United Kingdom on Tuesday assured that 40 jurisdictions, including British territories, were fully committed to sharing information that would facilitate the return of all the funds stolen from Nigeria and kept in their lands.

FG condemns murder of another Nigerian teenager in London

Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Mrs. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has condemned the gruesome murder of another Nigerian teenager in London. 

In a statement by her Special Assistant on Media, Abdur-Rahman Balogun, in Abuja, Dabiri-Erewa said:   “The killing of 17-year-old Fola Orebiyi is unacceptable to the government and people of Nigeria.