The United Kingdom (UK) has announced expanded collaboration with Nigeria to accelerate the country’s digital economy through a package of initiatives delivered under the UK’s Digital Access Programme. At the heart of this partnership is the State-level Policy, Regulatory and Institutional Reforms Enabling Digital Transformation (SPRIRET) initiative which was announced during the June visit of…
Nigeria’s global influence will continue to grow significantly in the coming decades, the British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Dr. Richard Montgomery, has said. This therefore underscores why peace, resilience and institutional stability remain central to the United Kingdom (UK’s) partnership with Africa’s most populous nation. Montgomery made the assertion in Abuja at the inaugural Annual…
The United States, United Kingdom, and Canada have issued travel advisories urging their citizens to exercise caution amid expected nationwide protests in Nigeria. The demonstrations, set to begin on August 1, 2024, are organized in response to economic hardship and rising inflation. In separate advisories, all three countries warned of potential violence and disruptions associated…
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky dismissed the result as illegitimate. “Everyone in the world understands that this person, like many others throughout history, has become sick with power and will stop at nothing to rule forever,” he said. “There is no evil he would not do to maintain his personal power. And no one in the…
