Tag: British Govenment

UK travel ban: Passengers stranded over flight cancellations

Aminu Imam

…British Airways cancels flights into, out of Nigeria Flights scheduled to operate on Sunday and other days have been cancelled and rescheduled following UK’s travel ban, leaving several passengers stranded. A British Airways (BA) flight meant to fly out yesterday morning was rescheduled. Although the airline will still operate its Abuja flights, its Lagos-London flights for yesterday and today, Monday, have been rescheduled. According to reports, BA flights from London that should have left Saturday night also did not operate but were rescheduled to leave on Sunday morning. “We would…

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“Nigeria is a ‘super corrupt country” – British High Commissioner

Aminu Imam

The British High Commissioner in Nigeria, Catriona Laing, has said Nigeria’s major problem is corruption. She said the country is blessed with the human and material resources needed for its desired development but was being tied down by pervasive corrupt practices. Laing spoke when she visited the country home of former House of Representatives member, Prince Ned Nwoko, at his country home in Idumuje-Ugboko, Aniocha-North local government area of Delta State. The High Commissioner said Nigeria has sufficient resources that should be harnessed for its future advancement in different areas…

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Nnamdi Kanu not on agenda as British High Commissioner visits AGF Malami

Aminu Imam

The Attorney-General of the Federation, (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, (SAN), yesterday, received the British High Commissioner, Ms. Catriona Laing, at his office in Abuja. A statement issued by Malami’s spokesperson, Dr. Umar Jibrilu Gwandu,said the duo shared ideas on Nigeria’s asset recovery efforts, anti-corruption crusade, amendment of the Electoral Act, Audit Bill, Petroleum Industry Bill and counter-terrorism approaches. Malami, during the meeting, spoke about the Federal Government’s plans regarding future elections in the country, the ban on Twitter, violence, among other things. However, there was nowhere in…

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FG demands apology from UK over false claim about Gowon

Aminu Imam

An apology has been demanded by the federal government from the British government over the “unsubstantiated” claim by a member of its parliament that Nigeria’s former head of state, Gowon, looted public treasury. This was contained in a statement released by the spokesperson of the ministry of foreign affairs, Ferdinand Nwonye on Friday. Nwonye said Nigeria has also demanded that the statement be retracted. Recall that chairman of the UK parliament foreign affairs committee, Tom Tugendhat had, speaking at the parliament’s recent debate on the #EndSARS crisis, accused Gowon of looting…

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