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�Insecurity will be defeated”, Says ex-British PM, Boris Johnson, as he visits Nigeria

March 28, 2023March 28, 2023 Aminu Imam

Former British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has expressed optimism that banditry and terrorism will be defeated in Nigeria, and eventually, law and order will prevail in the country. The former UK Prime Minister gave this assurance while speaking at the 16th Anyiam-Osigwe lecture series titled �Re-humanising human experience: A synopsis of Anyiam-Osigwe�s treaties. The event, organised by the Osigwe Anyiam-Osigwe Foundation in collaboration with the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, was held at the Marriot Hotel, in Ikeja, Lagos. According to the ex-British Prime Minister, �I know some of the…

UK court finds Ekweremadu, wife, others guilty of organ harvesting�

March 24, 2023March 24, 2023 Aminu Imam

Former Nigerian Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, wife and a doctor have been convicted of organ trafficking, in the first verdict of its kind under the Modern Slavery Act. The 60-year-old politician, 60, his wife, Beatrice, 56, and Dr Obinna Obeta, 51, were found guilty of facilitating the travel of a young man to Britain with a view to his exploitation, after a six-week trial at the Old Bailey, according to the UK Guardian. The report said they criminally conspired to bring the 21-year-old Lagos street trader to London to…

2023: UK, US Envoys, IRI adjudge elections peaceful, orderly in Abuja

February 27, 2023February 27, 2023 Aminu Imam

The United States (US) Ambassador to Nigeria, Mary Beth Leonard, and the British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona Laing, have expressed confidence in the electoral process, noting that voting was peaceful and orderly in some of the polling units visited in Abuja yesterday. Leonard made the remarks in an interview with newsmen when she visited the Tudun-Wada Secondary School polling units in Zone-4 Abuja, which has three polling units where the polls opened pretty on time, where there was a large turnout of voters. She said further that the US…

FG berates US, UK over �frivolous� travel advisories

February 14, 2023February 14, 2023 Aminu Imam

Federal Government has cautioned the United States,(U.S.) and United Kingdom (UK) over what it described as �frivolous travel advisories�. Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, stated this in Abuja yesterday, at the 25th edition of the President Muhammadu Buhari�s PMB Scorecard Series. According to the minister, three months after the US and UK embassies issued frivolous travel advisories warning their citizens to avoid Abuja, the federal capital, the city has remained safe. Recall that the two countries had warned their citizens to avoid the Nigerian capital due to the…

Security Advisories:� UK, EU, Australia issue fresh alerts over general elections

January 21, 2023January 21, 2023 Aminu Imam

The United Kingdom, (UK) and Australia have asked their citizens not to embark on travels to Nigeria, in the latest security advisories issued on Thursday. In the same vein, the European Union, (EU), also cautioned that insecurity might prevent elections from taking place in some parts of the country. The EU said the �security climate� in Nigeria was very hostile as the 2023 general elections are less than 35 days. Recall that in October last year, the United States, UK, Canada, and other developed nations issued terror alerts, warning their…

Organ Harvesting Saga: UK court denies Ekweremadu bail

December 22, 2022December 22, 2022 Aminu Imam

The Central Criminal Court in London, United Kingdom has again denied Ike Ekweremadu, former deputy president of the Nigerian senate, bail. The court, in the pre-trial hearing on Tuesday, gave its verdict, denying the bail of the lawmaker on the grounds that he was a flight risk. It cited a letter and assets forfeiture proceedings against the senator by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC). Ekweremadu�s lawyer, in the bail application, had argued that the Nigerian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and the Attorney-General of the Federation, (AGF),…

P&ID $11bn Gas Contract Case:��Corruption in Nigeria on an industrial scale�, British lawyer tells London court

December 4, 2022December 4, 2022 Aminu Imam

A British lawyer representing Nigeria in a London court case in which $11 billion is at stake has said, on Friday, that the trial would reveal corruption �on an industrial scale�, not only of Nigerian officials but also of British lawyers. The case stems from a contract for a gas project awarded by Nigeria in 2010 to Process and Industrial Developments Limited, P&ID. The gas processing facility never materialised, for reasons that are disputed. After years of legal wrangling, a London-based arbitration tribunal said, in 2017, that Nigeria had not…

UK: Buckingham Palace aide resigns over �racist questioning� of black British guest

December 1, 2022December 1, 2022 Aminu Imam

A Buckingham Palace household member has apologised and resigned over �unacceptable comments� made to a black British guest Ngozi Fulani, at a reception hosted by the Queen Consort. Ngozi Fulani, the founder of a charity, Sistah Space, which supports victims of domestic abuse, says she was repeatedly asked at the Buckingham Palace event by a royal aide where she was �really from�. She said she was asked where she was from in Africa. The palace said it was taking the incident �extremely seriously�. An eyewitness to the conversation, Ms. Mandu…

Gender-Based Violence: Christian Aid seeks protection of women�s human rights defenders

November 28, 2022November 28, 2022 Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

Christian Aid (UK) Nigeria, has called on the government at all levels to protect and uphold the rights of women human rights defenders, as well as activists towards preventing and ending Gender-Based Violence. Mr Temitope Fashola, Country Director, Christian Aid, made the call in a statement in Abuja to commemorate the commencement of the 2022 International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and Girls. Fashola said that every year, the 16 Days of Activism period holds as a reminder of the persistence of the most widespread and pervasive…

UK supporting Nigeria to deliver credible elections in 2023 � British High Commissioner�

November 20, 2022November 20, 2022 Aminu Imam

The British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona Laing, says that the Government of the United Kingdom is supporting Nigeria to ensure credible elections in 2023. Laing, who disclosed this in an interview with newsmen in Abuja, said the UK would monitor the elections closely. She expressed the UK government�s optimism that Nigeria would deliver free and fair elections in 2023 once the amended Electoral Act was implemented. According to her, the UK government had been supporting the electoral process in Nigeria by ensuring that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)…