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October 5, 2019 No Responses

Commonwealth Ministers Target $2tri Trade By 2030

Trade ministers and senior officials from 53 Commonwealth countries will gather in London on October 10, 2019 to explore modalities on how to achieve $2trillion trade by 2030. The Minister are also expected to put strategies in place for deepening...

June 8, 2019 No Responses

Ecobank At London Stock Exchange, Lauds Successful Listing of $500m Eurobond

Following its successful $500 million Eurobond issuance, Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (‘ETI’), the Lomé-based parent company of the Ecobank Group, was hosted by the London Stock Exchange to a market opening ceremony to celebrate the successful listi...

July 6, 2018 No Responses

Dakuku In London, Explains NIMASA, IMO Technical Cooperation

The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside has stated that Nigeria will continue to seek continued technical cooperation and support from the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in ord...

June 1, 2018 No Responses

NSE, London Stock Exchange To Host Dual Listing Conference In Lagos

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), in partnership with London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) will host the 5th edition of the NSE-LSE Dual Listing Conference on Friday, June 1, 2018, at Wheathbaker Hotel, Ikoyi, Lagos, Nigeria. This year’s conference themed, ...

April 25, 2018 No Responses

Tony Elumelu To African Leaders: Prioritize Africa’s Youth

During the annual spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank in Washington, DC, African philanthropist and entrepreneur Tony O. Elumelu insisted that prioritizing Africa’s youth by fixing the policy and regulatory issues impeding t...

April 23, 2018 No Responses

More Kenyans Dominate London Marathon

Kenyan runners have dominated this year’s London Marathon, with Eliud Kipchoge winning his third title, while Vivian Cheruiyot won the women’s race. Kipchoge finished in two hours, four minutes and 17 seconds in front of Ethiopia’s Tola Shura...

April 19, 2018 2 Responses

Buhari: Trade, Investment Key To Sustainable Development Among Commonwealth Nations

President Muhammadu Buhari has identified Trade and Investment Facilitation as key to sustainable development and ease of doing business and regional integration among Commonwealth countries. He also cited expanded markets with safeguards against injurious tra...

April 17, 2018 No Responses

Buhari: I Am Bothered More About Security, Economy

The three-pronged focus of the current administration resonated through the conversation, as President Muhammadu Buhari held a bilateral meeting with British Prime Minister, Theresa May on Monday at 10, Downing Street, London. “We campaigned on three major...

December 4, 2017 No Responses

Facebook opens London office, to create 2,300 jobs in 2018

Facebook is opening a new London office that will allow it to create 800 new UK jobs in 2018. By the end of next year, about 2,300 people will work for the social media company in the UK. The office...

August 20, 2017 No Responses

Buhari’s Return: A Nation’s Hope Fulfilled, Says Tinubu

All Progressives Congress national stalwart, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has expressed joy at the return of President Muhammadu Buhari to the country after his medical vacation in the United Kingdom, saying the president’s return is a nation’s hope fulfille...

August 13, 2017 No Responses

Buhari: There’s tremendous improvement in my health

July 3, 2017 No Responses

Aisha Buhari returns to London

Wife of the President, Mrs. Aisha Muhammadu Buhari left for London, United Kingdom on Sunday, July 2, 2017, to visit her husband who is on medical vacation. She will convey to the President the best wishes of Nigerians and their...

June 25, 2017 No Responses

EU to move two agencies from London

(BBC) EU leaders have officially launched the competition between member states to decide which will host two London-based EU agencies, responsible for medicines and banking. The relocation must take place by the Brexit deadline – 30 March 2019. Some c...

June 5, 2017 No Responses

Osinbajo condemns London terrorists attack

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, strongly condemns the sickening atrocity perpetrated by a misguided and cowardly group of terrorists who attacked innocent persons in the London Bridge area on Saturday night. Osinbajo who condoles with the government of the Uni...