Tag: UK
Nigerian jailed 18 years for defiling 13-year-old girl in UK
The Croydon Crown Court in the United Kingdom on Monday sentenced a 64- year-old Nigerian, Adeyinka Oluwaseyi Ajose, to 18 years in prison for...
Nigeria Government summons US, UK, EU, other envoys over statements on...
The Federal Government of Nigeria, has called an urgent invitation to some envoys over their responses to its ban on Twitter’s operations in the...
Germany halts travelers from UK
From Sunday, people travelling from the UK will not be allowed to enter Germany, after a surge in cases of the Indian variant of...
Queen Elizabeth II says no to 95th birthday celebration
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II will not have a public celebration for her 95th birthday, according to royal sources.
The reigning monarch is understood to have...
UK PM cancels trip to India as virus cases rise
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday cancelled his upcoming trip to India due to rising coronavirus cases there.
A joint statement from the British...
UK wants more flexibility to return migrants to France
Britain said on Tuesday it wanted greater flexibility to return illegal immigrants back to France after a surge in the number of people embarking...
UK retail spending records improvement in June
British retail sales jumped back almost to pre-coronavirus lockdown levels in June when non-essential stores in England reopened, giving a boost to beleaguered clothing...
Queen Elizabeth II knights century-old fund-raiser
Captain Tom Moore, the 100-year-old who became a national hero in Britain by raising millions of pounds for health workers during the COVID-19 pandemic,...
UK to Russia: You tried to hack, steal COVID-19 vaccine data
UK and its allies accused Russian intelligence services on Thursday of attempting to steal information on the development of COVID-19 vaccines through “irresponsible cyber-attacks.”
The...
UK woos foreign health workers with fast-track visas
Britain’s new immigration system will provide faster and cheaper visas for skilled health and social care workers, the government announced on Monday, setting out...
UK shores economy with £350 billion loan
British government borrowing is on course to surge to around 350 billion pounds ($442 billion) this year following the latest spending measures announced by...
US sanctions not going to affect our UK 5G market –...
U.S. sanctions targeting Huawei Technologies have had no immediate impact on the Chinese firm’s ability to supply 5G equipment to the UK, Huawei Vice...
UK ‘maps out’ further recovery plans
British finance minister Rishi Sunak will announce on Wednesday his next moves to prevent a wave of job cuts from snowballing into a full-blown...
UK newspaper publisher Reach prunes 550 jobs
British newspaper publisher Reach said on Tuesday it would cut about 550 jobs – 12 per cent of its workforce – after the COVID-19...
UK insurer, Aviva;s CEO steps down
Aviva CEO Maurice Tulloch is stepping down with immediate effect for family health reasons, the UK insurer said on Monday, naming independent director and...
Pubs, hairdressers open as lockdown eases in England
People were finally allowed to drink in a pub, have a meal in a restaurant or get a haircut on Saturday for the first...
EU, UK making ‘little progress’ over future relationship
The European Union and Britain have made “very limited” progress in negotiations about their future relationship, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday, adding...
