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UK-Nigeria creative fund targets local production gaps in $3bn industry
Frank Okon The United Kingdom has launched a new Creative Fund aimed at strengthening Nigeria’s film, fashion and music industries by closing long-standing technical gaps that have limited local production capacity and forced parts of the sector to rely on…
UK delegation concludes education, skills trade mission to Nigeria
Frank Okon A high-level UK delegation has concluded a week-long skills and schools trade mission to Nigeria, marking a significant step forward in education and skills cooperation between both countries. The mission, held from April 19 to 23, 2026, across…
UK business delegation in Nigeria turns $8.1bn trade ties into deals
The UK has stepped up efforts to convert diplomatic momentum into real business outcomes, sending its first trade and investment mission to Nigeria since the recent State Visit. The move signals a shift from high-level agreements to practical deal-making across…
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,…
