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President Bola Tinubu arrived in London on Tuesday for a state visit hosted by King Charles III, marking the first formal state engagement between Nigeria and the United Kingdom in nearly four decades as both nations seek to deepen economic, security, and diplomatic cooperation amid shifting global alliances. The three-day visit, which begins with…
Nigerian travellers to the United Kingdom will no longer receive physical visa stickers in their passports from February 25, 2026, as the British High Commission in Abuja confirmed a full transition to electronic visas for all Nigerian nationals applying for UK visit visas. The announcement was contained in a statement released on Monday by…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will embark on a two-day state visit to the United Kingdom from March 18 to 19, 2026, following an official invitation from King Charles III, marking the first such visit by a Nigerian leader in 37 years. The announcement was made on Sunday via a post on the official X handle…
In a landmark judgment with far-reaching diplomatic implications, the Enugu State High Court has ordered the United Kingdom to pay £420 million in compensation to the families of 21 Nigerian coal miners killed by British colonial forces in 1949. Delivering the ruling on Monday, Justice Anthony Onovo declared that the killings at the Iva Valley…
Former Nigerian Minister of Petroleum Resources and ex-President of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Diezani Alison-Madueke, appeared before a London court on Monday as preliminary proceedings commenced in her long-awaited corruption trial in the United Kingdom. The court appearance marks the formal start of legal proceedings ahead of a full trial on…
