UK – City Business News

March 19, 2026 No Responses

Nigeria Customs, UK Counterpart Deepen Strategic Engagement

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has strengthened its strategic engagement with the United Kingdom’s His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) as part of efforts to enhance international customs cooperation and advance trade facilitation.The development followed a high-level bilateral meeting held...

March 17, 2026 No Responses

Nigeria Seals £746m UK Deal To Boost Port Infrastructure

The Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Dr. Adegboyega Oyetola, is to sign £746 million financing agreement with the United Kingdom for the modernisation of Nigeria’s seaport infrastructure.The historic financing arrangement, secured with the backing of UK...

March 17, 2026 No Responses

Tinubu Begins Visit To UK

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, accompanied by the First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, will depart Abuja on Tuesday, March 17, for a state visit to the United Kingdom as guests of Their Majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla.King Charles will...

February 23, 2026 No Responses

Nigeria Defeats UK Firm In $6.2m Arbitration Case

Nigeria, through the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP), has secured another major victory in a complex international arbitration, defeating claims brought by European Dynamics UK Ltd over a national e-procurement project.In a final ruling not subject to appea...

November 14, 2025 No Responses

NDLEA Strengthens Maritime Operations, Sends Officers To UK For Advanced Training

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has strengthened its maritime surveillance and interdiction capabilities following the successful completion of a week working visit to the United Kingdom by officers from the Agency’s Directorate of Seaport O...

April 2, 2025 No Responses

EU, UK Fine Carmakers $600m Over Recycling Cartel

Antitrust authorities in the EU and Britain on Tuesday fined a cartel involving some of the world’s biggest carmakers about 550 million euros ($594 million) for preventing competition on vehicle recycling. The European Commission said 15 manufacturers,...

December 11, 2024 No Responses

Access Bank Debuts In Malta

Access Holdings Plc, on Tuesday announced that its banking group’s, subsidiary, The Access Bank UK Limited has established its first fully owned subsidiary in Malta, The Access Bank Malta Limited. According to Access Bank, the banking licence application ...

November 16, 2024 No Responses

R.T. Briscoe Appoints New Executive Director

The board of RT. Briscoe Plc at its annual general meeting (AGM) on July 24, 2024, confirmed the Board’s appointment of Mr. Jubril Adetokunbo Shittu FCA, as the Finance Director of the company with effect from March 27, 2024. Jubril...

August 24, 2024 No Responses

NSML’s Training Centre Earns UK MCA Accreditation

NLNG Shipping and Marine Services Limited’s (NSML’s) Maritime Centre of Excellence (MCOE) has made history by becoming the first training centre in Africa to receive the highly sought-after accreditation from the UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency (UK MCA)....

August 12, 2024 No Responses

NDLEA Intercepts US, UK-Bound Cocaine Consignments

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted multi-billion-naira worth of cocaine concealed in automobiles and Ghanaian fabric, Kente. In a statement issued on Sunday by the agency’s spokesman, Femi Babafemi, 2.32 kilograms of cocaine con...

April 13, 2024 No Responses

Firm Completes First Ship-To-Ship Transfer

Navigator Holdings (Navigator Gas), a UK-headquartered owner and operator of a fleet of handysize liquefied gas carriers, has performed its first ship-to-ship ammonia transfer. Navigator Gas’ 38,000 cbm liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) carrier NAVIGATOR JORF re...

April 7, 2024 No Responses

UK Backs Creation Of Green International Shipping Routes

The UK government has revealed it will launch the bidding process for the £1.5 million ($1.9 million) funding aimed at establishing zero-emission shipping routes to and from the UK. The latest round of the Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition (...

March 29, 2024 No Responses

NDDC Visits Foreign Scholarship Students In UK

The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, is demonstrating its commitment to ensuring optimal value from its renowned foreign postgraduate scholarship programme. To achieve this, the NDDC has embarked on a Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) visit to...

March 11, 2024 No Responses

India Signs $100b Free Trade Deal With Four Countries

India has signed a free trade agreement (FTA) with a group of four European countries that are not members of the European Union. The deal with the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) will see investments in India of $100bn (£77.8bn),...