Posts tagged as: United Kingdom

US, UK Warn Of Possible Terrorist Attack In Nigeria’s Capital, Abuja

LAGOS OCTOBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States and Britain on Sunday warned of a possible terrorist attack in Nigeria’s federal capital Abuja, especially aimed at government buildings, places of worship and schools, among other targets. Nigeria is fighting an Islamist insurgency mainly in the northeast, but in July the Islamic State claimed responsibility for a raid […]

FAKE News: UK Govt Denies Barring Zimbabwe President From Queen’s Funeral

LAGOS SEPTEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The British Embassy in Harare on Thursday said a letter purportedly sent by Buckingham Palace denying President Emmerson Mnangagwa of Zimbabwe access to attend the Queen’s funeral is fake. The embassy made this known through its Twitter handle saying, “President Mnangagwa has been invited to attend the funeral of Her Majesty Queen […]

King Charles III Addresses The Nation For First Time, Pledges ‘Lifelong Service’ To UK

LAGOS SEPTEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-King Charles III has pledged his “lifelong service” to the United Kingdom as he addressed the nation for the first time as monarch. Paying tribute to the Queen, he said: “Throughout her life, Her Majesty The Queen – my beloved mother – was an inspiration and example to me and to all […]

UK Shuts Borders Against Ukraine Refugees

LAGOS MARCH 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Prime Minister Boris Johnson rejected calls on Monday for Britain to ease visa demands on Ukrainian refugees fleeing conflict, saying Britain was a generous country but it needed to maintain checks on who was arriving. The United Nations estimates that more than 1.5 million people have fled Ukraine since Russia started bombarding […]

Delta State Govt Absent In A Suit Involving FG Return Of £4.2m Ibori Loot

LAGOS FEBRUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Representatives of Delta State Government were conspicuously absent in Federal High Court, Abuja  when  the suit involving Federal Government   return  of  £4.2m  Ibori loot paid to the Federal Government by the United Kingdom government came up for hearing. The case came up for hearing on Wednesday, February 9th, 2022 at the […]

COVID-19: United Kingdom Records First Omicron-Related Death

LAGOS DECEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United Kingdom has recorded its death related to the Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus. The Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, disclosed this on Monday while on a visit to a vaccination clinic in west London, the BBC reports. Johnson is said to have advised British residents to put aside the idea […]

Omicron: UK Make U Turn, Set To Reduce Travel Restrictions, Scrap Red List

LAGOS DECEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United Kingdom is set to reduce travel restrictions and scrap the infamous red list which came back into use after the outbreak of the Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus. A UK newspaper, Daily Mail, reports that the Transport Secretary, Grant Shapps, had been able to convince his colleagues that the […]

Covid-19: Israel To Place UK, Denmark On Red List..50 African Countries Already Listed

LAGOS DECEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United Kingdom and Denmark will be labeled red and placed under a travel ban starting overnight Wednesday, the Health Ministry announced on Sunday. It also revealed that 15 more Omicron cases were identified in the country, bringing the total to 67. Israelis cannot travel to red countries unless they obtain special […]

Ex-Super Falcons’ Goalkeeper Turns Bus Driver In United Kingdom

LAGOS DECEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former goalkeeper of the Nigerian women’s national football team, Rachael Aladi Ayegba, has turned into a bus driver in the United Kingdom. Ayegba played in the 2007 Women’s World Cup, the 2006 and 2008 African Women’s Championships and had an 11-year stint as a pro in Finland, winning the league title […]

Nigeria Govt Slams UK’s ‘Discriminatory’ Travel Ban Over Omicron

LAGOS DECEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian official on Monday criticized a travel ban imposed on the West African nation by the British government amid fears about the new omicron coronavirus variant as “punitive, indefensible and discriminatory.” U.K. Health Secretary Sajid Javid on Saturday added Nigeria to the U.K.’s travel “red list,” which means that arrivals from […]

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