A man accused of sending sexually explicit and violent messages to the Labour MP Stella Creasy on Twitter is due to stand trial on Monday. Creasy, the MP for Walthamstow in north London, received abuse on Twitter along with campaigner Caroline Criado…
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A suspect wanted over a deadly attack last month in Nigeria dropped out of university in Britain, it emerged on Friday, fuelling concerns he may have been radicalised here. Army deserter Aminu Sadiq Ogwuche, who served in a Nigerian intelligence unit…
Britain has offered Nigeria surveillance aircraft and a military team to help with the search for more than 200 missing schoolgirls abducted a month ago by Boko Haram militants, Prime Minister David Cameron said Wednesday. “Today I can announce we have…
Foreign Office minister Mark Simmonds will visit Nigeria on Wednesday for talks to try and bring about the release of around 130 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram militants a last month. It has been reported that Britain could send drones and other…
Big things popping for Ice Prince Zamani. . His international collaboration ‘I swear‘ with Bad Boy rapper French Montana is…
Nigel Farage, head of the UK Independence Party that is currently leading polls ahead of this month’s European elections, told AFP during an interview in Portsmouth of his hatred of the European Union and his determination to bring down its parliament…
Two football fans were convicted Thursday of tearing up a copy of the Koran during an English football match and throwing the pieces in the air. Julie Phillips, 50, ripped pages from the Islamic holy book and handed them out to fellow away supporters…
The stunningly beautiful former Miss Nigeria UK — Dabota Lawson took to her Twitter page to speak on the missing…
A 15-year-old boy is due to appear in court Thursday charged with the murder of a teacher at a school in Leeds. Ann Maguire, 61, was fatally stabbed in front of a class of pupils at Corpus Christi Catholic College on Monday, months before she was due…
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…
The FBI was Thursday hastily seeking to identify victims of a serial paedophile who drugged and molested dozens of children over four decades teaching in Britain and at other schools around the world. William James Vahey, 64, committed suicide in March…
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…
England are to name their new head coach at a Lord’s press conference on Saturday. A brief statement issued by the England and Wales Cricket Board on Friday said that manging director Paul Downton and Test skipper Alastair Cook would hold a media conference…
England and the Republic of Ireland will play a friendly at Dublin’s Aviva Stadium on June 7 next year, the Football Association and Football Association of Ireland announced on Tuesday. “It will be a significant moment for England to play in Dublin…
British pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline on Monday announced a five-year investment programme for sub-Saharan Africa to fuel the company’s growth and to serve an area with “pressing health needs”. GSK will invest up to £130 million ($216 million…
Britain’s Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg locked horns with the leader of the country’s most anti-EU party in the first of two face-to-face debates ahead of forthcoming European Parliament elections. Clegg, leader of the pro-EU Liberal Democrats, argued…
British prime minister and Conservative Party leader David Cameron said Friday he would welcome Boris Johnson back to parliament, despite many tipping the popular London mayor for the party leadership. The Eton and Oxford-educated pair have a long-running…
Britain is set to grow faster than expected this year and next, Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne said in his annual budget Wednesday, drawing battle lines before national polls in 2015. Osborne warned however that an escalation of the Ukraine…
Budding Nollywood actor Alex Ekubo travelled to London UK last week for Screen Nation 2014 Awards. . At the event,…
Actor Babatunde Bernand, popularly known as Baba Tee sparked break up rumours last year after he appeared on a TV…