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UK, Nigeria strengthen investment ties to create hundreds of new jobs
Bilateral trade at record £8.1 billion annually Sopuruchi Onwuka The United Kingdom and Nigeria have strengthened their economic ties with a series of major investment agreements, expected to create hundreds of new jobs in both countries. The announcements came during ministerial…
Japa: UK, NAPTIP warn Nigerians against Asia scam trafficking
Spotlight Nigerian survivors of scam trafficking Sopuruchi Onwuka The British High Commission (BHC) in Nigeria, which played key role in rescue and safe return of Nigerians who were lured and forced to work at scam hubs in Asia, has activated…
UK–Nigeria cybersecurity partnership concludes training project
The British Deputy High Commissioner in Abuja, Gill Lever, has praised Nigeria’s growing leadership in cybersecurity following the successful completion of the TAG–Africa Cyber Programme Phase 2 training series by the National Cybersecurity Coordination Centre. Speaking at the closing ceremony,…
Lagos to establish West Africa’s 1st international financial centre
Sopuruchi Onwuka Lagos State is set to establish West Africa’s first International Financial Centre following the launch of a landmark report by TheCityUK in collaboration with the UK Government, the Lagos State Government, the Lagos International Financial Centre Council, and…
BHC welcomes 99 Nigerian Chevening and Commonwealth scholars home
Sopuruchi Onwuka The British High Commission (BHC) has announced the return of 99 Nigerian graduates of the Chevening and Commonwealth Scholarship programs who recently completed postgraduate studies in the United Kingdom. Of the returning scholars, 30 were Chevening Scholars, while…
GuarantCo backs $75m cashew processing plant in Ogun to boost local value addition
Sopuruchi Onwuka The British High Commission (BHC) has declared that GuarantCo, part of the Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG), provided a 100 per cent guarantee to support a $75 million debt facility for Robust International Pte Ltd to construct a…
UK, Nigeria sign MoU for return of $9.5m stolen funds
By Ziggy Ojiegbe The United Kingdom and Nigeria have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to facilitate the return of $9.5 million identified as proceeds of corruption and traced to bank accounts in the Bailiwick of Jersey. Under the agreement,…
UK, Nigeria launch joint reforms for economic stability and growth
Sopuruchi Onwuka The British High Commission in Abuja has launched two major economic reform programs, the Nigeria Economic Stability and Transformation program and the Nigeria Public Finance Facility to propel stable growth in the country. The initiatives, according to the…
UK govt, Lagos State partner on disability inclusion and gender equality
The UK government and the Lagos State Government have strengthened their partnership on disability inclusion and gender equality, using the momentum of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence and the International Day of Persons with Disabilities to call…
UK–funded accelerator programme fuels growth of Nigeria’s green industries
Nigeria’s green industrial sector gained fresh momentum as six climate-focused startups completed the UK-funded Green Business Building (GBB) Accelerator and presented their business ideas to investors at an Investor Night hosted by the British High Commission and Manufacturing Africa in…
