Britain’s High Court will on Tuesday hold a pre-trial hearing ahead of a court case due to be held next year brought by around 15,000 members of Nigeria’s Bodo community against oil giant Shell. The residents are seeking compensation from the British…
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Britain’s biggest employers’ organisation, the CBI lobby group, sought Friday to disassociate itself from the campaign against Scottish independence after a backlash among its members north of the border. The CBI has warned against Scotland breaking…
For Oscar-nominated British actor Chiwetel Ejiofor, starring in a film about Nigeria’s civil war was “incredibly personal”, as the conflict both affected close relatives and determined the country where he was born. His own grandfather had lived through…
Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone went on trial in Germany on Thursday, denying charges of bribery that threaten to land the British billionaire in jail. Ecclestone, 83, is accused of paying a German banker tens of millions of dollars to ensure…
We are finally coming out of the financial meltdown, or at least this is what is reported in the news.…
Over the last few weeks, we’ve heard about how the British government had to sign a deal with Microsoft to extend support for Windows XP for another year while organizations throughout the UK switched to newer operating systems. The US Government…
Manchester United began their search for a new manager on Wednesday, with newspaper reports claiming that Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti has emerged as a candidate to succeed David Moyes. Several British newspapers said that Ancelotti was being considered…
Manchester United sacked manager David Moyes on Tuesday, just 10 months after he succeeded Alex Ferguson at the helm of one of the world’s most famous clubs. After a day of speculation in the British media, the Premier League giants confirmed the Scot…
Manchester United are going to sack manager David Moyes according to the British media who set off a new torrent of speculation surrounding the beleaguered Scotsman on Tuesday. The club had earlier said he had not been sacked, but refused to deny widespread…
Leading British bookmakers stopped taking bets on David Moyes being sacked as Manchester United manager Monday after several national newspapers said he was about to be fired. Sky Bet cut their odds on Moyes leaving United before the end of May to 1…
Lewis Hamilton put himself in line Saturday to win a third race in a row for the first time in his career when he convincingly took pole position for Sunday’s Chinese grand prix. Under steady rain, the British Mercedes driver was untouchable as he powered…
The United States is coordinating “additional steps” with its European allies to slap more sanctions on Russia over the crisis in Ukraine, a US official said Tuesday. Secretary of State John Kerry spoke by phone with his French, German and British counterparts…
A Moroccan court jailed a British man for 20 years Tuesday for kidnapping and attempting to rape three young girls, a rights activist at the trial told AFP. Robert Bill, 59, a former teacher from North Wales, was convicted by the court in Tetouan at…
Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain both face substantial punishments for failing to comply with UEFA’s Financial Fair Play (FFP) rules, British newspaper the Daily Telegraph reported on Tuesday. The paper said that City faced a “huge” penalty for…
Remember a couple weeks ago when we found out that the British Government had to pay Microsoft about $9.2 million to extend Windows XP support for the entire country for another year? It turns out that our cousins across the ocean aren’t the only…
British hate preacher Abu Hamza goes on trial in New York on Monday, facing the rest of his life behind bars if found guilty on kidnapping and terror charges that predate the 9/11 attacks. It is the second high-profile terror trial to be heard by a…
At only 33, Jason Njoku is already considered one of Africa’s most promising entrepreneurs thanks to an online film distribution service that has tapped high demand for Nigerian movies. But the British-born Nigerian entrepreneur, whose firm iROKO has…
Near-ideal sunny and clear conditions greeted the first runners to start the London Marathon with fans hoping for a fast pace by British favourite Mo Farah in his debut over the distance. Farah, the reigning Olympic and world 5,000 metres and 10,000m…
The British Government has told the Premier League to “sort their act out” over the lack of facilities for disabled fans at many of England’s top-flight grounds. A BBC report last month revealed that just three Premier League venues — Swansea’s Liberty…
As you probably know by now, Microsoft will stop supporting Windows XP—a version of its operating system that’s been around since 2001, making it a twelve-year-old OS—on April 8. That’s next week. The company’s been making a big push to get…