Oba of Benin urges Britain to return Bini artifacts
BENIN—OBA Ewuare II, the Oba of Benin, has appealed to the British Government to return the artifacts carted away from the kingdom by the British during the Benin invasion of 1897, saying that the artifacts belong to the Benin Museum.
2011 Bonga spill: Prevail on SNEPCo to pay $3.3bn compensation, victims beg FG, Britain
SHORELINE communities and fisher-persons in the Niger Delta affected by the Shell Nigeria Exploration Company, SNPECo, Bonga oil spill of 2011, have requested President Muhammadu Buhari, the National Assembly and the British and Netherlands governments to prevail on Shell to release the $3.6 billon compensation and punitive damage evaluated by the Nigerian government against the company.
Britain at sunset
BRITAIN has within a week, set three new records. Wayne Roonney by scoring his fiftieth international goal for England in the Euro 2016 qualification match against Switzerland, set the record as the country’s highest goal scorer.
Syria opposition voices regret over British vote
The Syrian opposition voiced regret Friday at a British parliamentary vote rejecting military action against Damascus over suspected chemical weapons attacks but said it should not stop Western air strikes.
Britain calls for independent probe into Zimbabwe vote
Britain said the result of the Zimbabwe election was not credible without an independent investigation of alleged vote-rigging, as Robert Mugage prepared to be sworn in for another term as president on Thursday.
NigeriaSat: Britons want £1bn aid stopped
Leading British politicians want their country’s aid to Nigeria stopped, asking why Britain should give over £1billion in aid to Nigeria which is spending hundreds of millions of pounds on its own space programme.
Nigeria has the second highest national income of all African countries and is to receive £275million from the UK this year alone, with a further yearly average of £250 million until 2015.
British politicians are angry that despite almost 70 per cent of the population living on less than 64 pence a day, the country intends to send astronauts into space in the next two years.
Nigeria’s National Space Research and Development Agenc, NASRDA, has built laboratories and plans to launch its own rockets by 2028. The exact cost of the space programme has not been released by the Nigerian Government but is thought to be hundreds of millions of pounds each year.
Britain legalises gay marriage as Queen Elizabeth gives assent
LONDON – Britain legalised gay marriage on Wednesday after Queen Elizabeth II gave her royal assent to a bill approved by lawmakers, the culture ministry said.
