UK’s PM, Johnson, visits church where lawmaker was stabbed to death in ‘terrorist act’
British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, on Saturday laid flowers outside the church where a lawmaker was stabbed to death a day earlier, in what nation’s police say was a terrorist attack probably linked to Islamist extremism. The attack on David Amess, from Johnson’s Conservative Party, comes five years after the murder of Jo Cox, a […]
Britain’s PM Johnson launches election campaign
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson tried to fire up supporters with a Brexit rallying cry on Wednesday after the first day of his election campaign was marred by a ministerial resignation, a gaffe about a deadly tower blaze and a doctored video advert.
Boris Johnson urges Trump to lift tariffs on scotch whisky
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, in a phone call, urged U.S. President Donald Trump to lift tariffs on goods including Scotch whisky, a Downing Street spokesperson said in a statement on Tuesday. Johnson also urged Trump not to impose tariffs on car exports, the statement added. A White House statement about the call did not […]
Buhari, Sanwo-Olu, Tinubu, Agbaje mourn as Johnson dies at 83
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State; National leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, and governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Lagos State, Mr. Jimi Agbaje, yesterday, mourned the death of the first military governor of Lagos State, Brigadier-General Mobolaji Johnson (retd), who died at 83.
Brexit in the balance as Johnson faces crunch votes
Prime Minister Boris Johnson faces two pivotal votes in parliament on Tuesday that will decide whether he can deliver on his promise to lead the United Kingdom out of the EU in nine days’ time.
Brexit deal clinched in Brussels, Johnson still needs backing at home
Britain clinched a Brexit deal with the European Union on Thursday, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said, just a few hours before the start of a summit of the bloc’s leaders in Brussels. Separately, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said: “we have a great new Brexit deal”. Juncker said in a letter that he would […]
