Authority in the British military on Sunday said its warplanes recently spotted at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja were there to move soldiers to aid the French intervention in Mali, not to rescue foreign hostages kidnapped by an Islamic group. The extremist group called Ansaru partially blamed the presence of those planes as an excuse for killing seven foreign hostages, including British, G ...

The foreign office of Britain says that it is urgently investigating reports that a British national has died in Nigeria following earlier reports that a group of hostages has been killed. The foreign office is also appealing against speculations on the matter which it considers to be very sensitive. ...

A Nigerian born UK designer, Shaun Akanbi, was recently stabbed to death in his London apartment. The police found the 26 year old, dead in his apartment in Cedar Lodge, Exeter Road, Kilburn, on Saturday December 22nd, around 4.45pm following concerns about his welfare. According to a postmortem, the cause of his death was as a result of multiple stab wounds. Meanwhile, two young men have been arrested by t ...

Malala Yusufzai, the 14 year-old Pakistani girl that was shot by Taliban gunmen for pushing girls to be educated has been flown to the United Kingdom for medical treatment. In a statement by the military spokesman says, Malala will require a prolonged care to fully recover physically and psychologically. He added that, an air ambulance transporting Malala, provided by the United Arab Emirates, had departed ...

Nearly 2000 people have signed an online petition to support a gay Nigerian asylum seeker, who fears he might be killed if deported. Olamiekan Ayelokun claimed he fled Nigeria eight-years -ago to escape persecution because of his sexual orientation. However, a judge at Bradford’s Immigration Court has stated that he is not convinced Mr Ayelokun is gay and ordered for his deportation last week. The 28-year-o ...

For most of the mobile networks, the 4G Networks were meant to have been running in the United Kingdom but owing to Ofcom's action termed as being 'Sluggish' towards the introduction and it is seen as frustrating. But prior to the meeting, O2 was optimistic about the chances of a summer 2013 launch. EE has so far withheld any firm dates of the public release of its 4G service, but today's discussions could ...

The British government on Thursday announced that Over 2,600 foreign students are about to face deportation from Britain, after their university was stripped of its ability to sponsor visas for students beyond the European Union. The move provoked dismay from students and accusations that the move by the Conservative-led government, which is bent on reducing immigration, could damage Britain’s global reputa ...

They were full of zeal, eagerness as the Williams sisters Venus and Serena powered their way through to the Olympic tennis doubles semi-finals today. It was a match so tensed that there was collision between the sisters when a shot came for Serena to hit, the shot was taken eventually and they got the point for the shot on their way to securing their much desired win with a 6-1,6-1 score against the Italian ...

The prolific Nigerian singer, David Adeleke popularly known as Davido has been confirmed for an appearance on the Eviction stage of the Big Brother Africa Stargame.    Davido a recording artist and music producer from Nigeria started his music profession a year ago. The star has been performing since age 11, in a short space of time Davido has developed a huge fan base in Nigeria, US, UK as well as througho ...

The management of Dana airline on Friday said that only 34 families who lost friends, and loved ones in the crash on June 3rd have submitted their claims forms to receive their insurance payment. Dana Air is currently under investigation after a faulty aircraft carrying 153 people aboard plummeted into a densely populated area in Lagos, killing everyone on the plane and at least six more on the ground. In a ...