In a statement by the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Wednesday, the president described her appointment as “well-deserved”.
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Sterling crashed through trading barriers, falling to an intraday low of $1.2120 in shallower overnight Asian trade, the lowest since March 2017.
The UK based police officer turned reality TV star made the revelations when she spoke about her brief career in politics years back with her fellow housemates on Wednesday.
May, who is due to hand over leadership of the country to Johnson on Wednesday, also urged him to ensure the Conservatives “keep (opposition Labour leader) Jeremy Corbyn out of government.”
The former unified heavyweight champion – who will attempt to regain his titles in a rematch with Andy Ruiz Jr later this year – has travelled to the country to spend time with his family who originated from there.
The Mexican-American heavyweight claimed the WBA, IBF and WBO titles from the Brit in New York last month, and wants the return bout to take place in either of his two home countries.
Malam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, made this known in a statement in Abuja on Thursday.
The Trade Minister, Liam Fox, who is on a visit to Washington, said he would apologise to the President’s daughter, Ivanka Trump, who he is due to meet during his trip.
The Nigerian Government has repudiated claims by a group styling itself as Northern Christian Elders Forum, who alleged that the Muhammadu Buhari administration is practicing bigotry and alienating Christians.
The Niger Delta Development Commission has promised to clear all outstanding debts owed beneficiaries of its foreign scholarship programmes in the UK.
Scholars sponsored by the Niger Delta Development Commission to study in various universities in the United Kingdom, whose stipends and fees are still outstanding, will get them next week, the management of the commission has assured.
British Prime Minister, Theresa May’s final Brexit gambit was in tatters on Wednesday as lawmakers in her own party rejected a compromise offer and called for her to resign immediately.
Nigeria stands to lose up to $9 billion worth of its foreign assets following an enforcement application to the United States of America and the United Kingdom courts by Process and Industrial Development, a British firm tied up in a legal dispute with the Federal Government.
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, has assured Nigerians that President Muhammadu Buhari would intensify efforts in restructuring the economy and fighting corruption in his second term.
The visiting UK.’s Foreign Secretary to Nigeria, Jeremy Hunt, on Thursday expressed his home government’s commitment to ensuring successes in Nigeria.
British voters want a strong leader who is willing to break the rules and force through wide scale reform after three years of Brexit crisis pushed confidence in the political system to a 15-year low.
Andrea Leadsom, who is in charge of the British Government’s business in parliament, on Wednesday said the government would oppose the business motion allowing lawmakers to take control of the Brexit process.
The National Identity Management Commission has extended its enrolment programme to the United Arab Emirate and the United Kingdom following the success recorded in the launch of the programme in South Africa earlier in March.
Britain’s government will only hold another meaningful vote on Prime Minister, Theresa May’s Brexit deal on Tuesday if it is certain that the divided House of Commons would back it at a third attempt, the foreign minister said on Monday.
British Prime Minister, Theresa May, will ask lawmakers to rule out Britain leaving the EU without an agreement on Wednesday, after they overwhelmingly rejected for a second time the Brexit deal she has negotiated with the EU.