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Nigerian-British Mayor of Southwark in London, Micheal Situ, has urged Nigerians coming into the United Kingdom, particularly youths and students, to be aware of the laws of the country before travelling.

Situ stated when the Chairman of the Nigerian in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, paid him a courtesy visit in his office in Southwark, London.

The Head, Media, Public Relations and Protocols Unit, NiDCOM, Gabriel Odu, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday.

The statement quoted Situ as saying, “If they (Nigerians) are properly briefed, they would avoid getting into trouble, such as alleged sexual assaults, and related issues, rules, cultures and traditions of their new environment(UK).

“What may appear as nothing to them in their culture could be most times be quite grievous in their new environment.”

Dabiri-Erewa had suggested a situation where regular briefing and interactions would be conducted for those arriving newly in the UK, especially the students, to enable them to stay out of trouble and adjust fittingly into their new society, different from where they are coming from.

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Buhari departs to London for medical check-up, Global Summit https://www.insideojodu.com/buhari-departs-to-london-for-medical-check-up-global-summit/ https://www.insideojodu.com/buhari-departs-to-london-for-medical-check-up-global-summit/#respond Mon, 26 Jul 2021 09:42:01 +0000 https://www.insideojodu.com/?p=24057 President Muhammadu Buhari will leave Abuja today (Monday) for the United Kingdom to participate…

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President Muhammadu Buhari will leave Abuja today (Monday) for the United Kingdom to participate in the Global Education Summit on Financing Global Partnership for Education (GPE) 2021-2025.

During his visit, the President is also scheduled to  see his doctors for Medical check ups.

The Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President, Femi Adesina made this known in a statement titled, ‘President Buhari attends global education summit in London’, on Monday.

Adesina in the statement, explained that the Summit, which will be co-hosted by the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Boris Johnson, and the President of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta, is expected to bring together Heads of State and Government, as well as stakeholders and youth leaders.

Meanwhile, the statement also disclosed that the president is expected to return to Nigeria by the second week of August 2021.

The statement read, “President Muhammadu Buhari will today Monday July 26, 2021, travel to the United Kingdom to participate in the Global Education Summit on Financing Global Partnership for Education (GPE) 2021-2025.

“The Summit, which will be co-hosted by the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Boris Johnson, and the President of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta, will bring together Heads of State and Government as well as stakeholders and youth leaders, and provide a platform for partners to chart a way forward towards transforming education systems in partner countries, through exchange of best practices.

“It will also offer the opportunity for leaders to make 5-year pledges to support GPE’s work to help transform education systems in up to 90 countries and territories.

“Deliberations at the Summit will focus on: The Power of Education –A Conversation between Global Champions; Transforming Education for Girls; Financing for Impact and Recovery and; What Now? Priorities for Transforming Education in the Coming Five Years, among others.

“President Buhari will also hold a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
After the Summit, the President will spend a few days for an earlier scheduled medical check-up. He is due back by second week of August, 2021.

“The President will be accompanied by Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, Minister of State Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, National Security Adviser, Maj. Gen. Babagana Monguno (rtd) and Director General of National Intelligence Agency, Amb. Ahmed Rufai Abubakar.”

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President Muhammadu Buhari has postponed his medical check-up trip to London, which was initially scheduled for today, Friday, June 26.

The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity,  Femi Adesina confirmed this in a statement on Friday noon.

“The medical follow-up visit of President Muhammadu Buhari to United Kingdom earlier scheduled for today, Friday, June 25, 2021, has been postponed.

“A new date will be announced in due course,” the statement read.

Earlier, Adesina had in a statement on Thursday said that President Buhari would proceed to London, the United Kingdom on Friday, June 25, 2021, for a scheduled medical follow-up.

According to him, the president was expected to be back in the country during the second week of July 2021.

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Buhari returns to Nigeria from UK medical trip https://www.insideojodu.com/buhari-returns-to-nigeria-from-uk-medical-trip/ https://www.insideojodu.com/buhari-returns-to-nigeria-from-uk-medical-trip/#respond Thu, 15 Apr 2021 18:00:57 +0000 https://www.insideojodu.com/?p=21430 President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Nigeria today (Thursday) from London to Abuja. Buhari…

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President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Nigeria today (Thursday) from London to Abuja.

Buhari had travelled to the United Kingdom on March 30 for a routine medical checkup.

The presidential aircraft conveying the president and some presidential aides landed at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja at about 4.45 p.m.

The Chief of Staff to the President, Prof Ibrahim Gambari, led other top government officials to receive Buhari at the presidential wing of the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja.

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Daughter of former Formula 1 chief, robbed of $66m in jewelry https://www.insideojodu.com/daughter-of-former-formula-1-chief-robbed-of-66m-in-jewelry/ https://www.insideojodu.com/daughter-of-former-formula-1-chief-robbed-of-66m-in-jewelry/#respond Mon, 16 Dec 2019 17:29:38 +0000 https://www.insideojodu.com/?p=9550 Nearly $67 million worth of jewellery was stolen from the London home of British…

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Nearly $67 million worth of jewellery was stolen from the London home of British socialite Tamara Ecclestone, and her father — the former head of Formula 1 — believes it was an “inside job.”

Hours before the apparent heist occurred Friday night, Ecclestone, 35, left the country for the holidays. The home, located on “Billionaire’s Row” in Kensington, has 57 rooms and a 24-hour security team — leading her father Bernie Ecclestone to claim conspiracy.

“I don’t have all the facts but given all the security at the house, I’m assuming it was an inside job,” Ecclestone, who was head of the F1 racing empire until 2017, told The Sun. “The police should be able to work it out, shouldn’t they?”

Over the course of 50 minutes, three people allegedly broke past security checkpoints and into the mansion, where they stole earrings, rings, and a Cartier bracelet worth more than $106,000 from safes. They apparently ran when they were spotted by a security guard.

“Whoever did this was in the house for 50 minutes in total and had time to smash open the safes that are hidden in Tamara’s dressing room and [husband] Jay’s dressing room,” a neighbour told the news outlet. “Neither would be easy to find.”

A spokesperson for the family said: “Tamara and family are well but obviously angry and shaken by the incident.”

“I can sadly confirm that there has been a home invasion,” the spokesperson continued. “Internal security is cooperating with police in this matter.”

Bernie Ecclestone added: “Tamara is fine, she’s not happy but thank God no one was in the house. No one was at home apart from security. It’s all a bit funny at the moment. These things happen and you’ve got to get on with things.”

Dubbed “Billionaire’s Row,” Kensington Palace Gardens in West London is home to some of the most expensive houses in the world. The street is permanently guarded by Diplomatic Protection Group officers.

The Metropolitan Police Service said no one has been arrested in connection with the incident.

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Three injured in Netherlands stabbing, police say https://www.insideojodu.com/three-injured-in-netherlands-stabbing-police-say/ https://www.insideojodu.com/three-injured-in-netherlands-stabbing-police-say/#respond Fri, 29 Nov 2019 22:59:59 +0000 https://www.insideojodu.com/?p=9040 Dutch police say three people were injured in a stabbing in The Hague, Netherlands,…

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Dutch police say three people were injured in a stabbing in The Hague, Netherlands, on Friday night. The attack comes just hours after a separate stabbing episode in London, where police have since said two of the injured have died.

The Netherlands stabbing took place in The Hague’s main shopping street, which was bustling with holiday shoppers, according to police. The motive is unknown at this time.

Authorities said they were searching for at least one suspect. The Hague police said in an earlier statement that they were looking for a man in a grey jogging suit who was about 45 to 50 years old.

Additional details were not immediately available. Police spokeswoman Marije Kuiper told The Associated Press it’s unclear if the incident was an act of terrorism and it’s too early to determine a motive for the attack.

Kuiper also said it’s unclear whether any of the injuries were life-threatening.

A similar stabbing took place in Amsterdam a year ago, when two Americans were injured in a knife attack that prosecutors said had a “terrorist motive.”

As of the time of publication, it was also unknown if the Friday attack had any relationship to the earlier stabbing in London, which authorities say is being treated as a terrorist attack.

British police said two people are dead after being injured in the attack; three others are being treated at a hospital.

British police shot and killed the suspected terror attacker on the London Bridge. He was wearing a fake explosive vest and had been tackled by members of the public before being shot by London police, officials said.

London Mayor Sadiq Khan confirmed that two victims of the “appalling” terrorist attack had “tragically died.”

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Buhari to embark on a Private visit to London from Saudi Arabia https://www.insideojodu.com/buhari-to-embark-on-a-private-visit-to-london-from-saudi-arabia/ https://www.insideojodu.com/buhari-to-embark-on-a-private-visit-to-london-from-saudi-arabia/#respond Mon, 28 Oct 2019 11:23:58 +0000 https://www.insideojodu.com/?p=8387 President Muhammadu Buhari will embark on a private visit to London after attending the…

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President Muhammadu Buhari will embark on a private visit to London after attending the third edition of the Future Investment Initiative in Riyadh, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Buhari’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, confirmed this development in a statement on Monday, saying that the President will be in London for a private visit and will return to Nigeria on Nov. 17 after he must have spent 2 weeks in the UK.

Adesina further disclosed that, on the sideline of the economic forum, President Buhari, who will be departing Abuja on Monday, would hold bilateral talks with His Majesty, King Salman and His Majesty, King Abdullah ll of Jordan.

He would on the sideline of the event hold bilateral talks with King Salman of Saudi Arabia and King Abdullah ll of Jordan.

Adesina said “On Wednesday, October 30 2019, the President will participate in the high-level event titled: “What is Next for Africa: How will Investment and Trade Transform the Continent into the Next Great Economic Success Story?” with Presidents of Kenya, Congo-Brazzaville and Burkina Faso.

“At the end of the summit, President Buhari will on Saturday, November 2, 2019, proceed to the United Kingdom on a private visit. He is expected to return to Nigeria on November 17, 2019.”

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London police release facial reconstruction image in decade-old cold case murder https://www.insideojodu.com/london-police-release-facial-reconstruction-image-in-decade-old-cold-case-murder/ https://www.insideojodu.com/london-police-release-facial-reconstruction-image-in-decade-old-cold-case-murder/#respond Fri, 20 Sep 2019 22:19:07 +0000 https://www.insideojodu.com/?p=7643 London police are hoping to crack a cold case murder dating back more than…

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London police are hoping to crack a cold case murder dating back more than a decade with a digital reconstruction of the victim’s face.

The skeletal remains of the unidentified victim were found wrapped in a sleeping bag in an abandoned factory, in Forest Gate, east London.

“I would urge people reading this appeal, especially those living in the area where this man’s remains were found, to look closely at the reconstruction and think whether you may have seen him,” Detective Inspector Darren Jones said Friday, according to the Evening Standard.

Scientists at Dundee University created the facial reconstruction which was released Friday following intricate analysis of evidence at the scene, the paper reported.

A forensic anthropologist sifted through and examined 100 sacks of industrial rubble as part of the investigation.

Police opened a homicide investigation in 2016 when they discovered the remains.

They believe the victim was beaten to death, the paper reported.

“Forensic testing suggests he was born between 1971-76 and died between 2003-06,” police said in a tweet.

Investigators recovered the victim’s DNA but weren’t able to get a hit when they ran it through a national DNA database, according to the paper.

The only other known clue was a packet of chewing tobacco that was found in the sleeping bag.

Police said the packet could only have come from India.

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Child thrown from Tate Modern critically injured as police seek motive https://www.insideojodu.com/child-thrown-from-tate-modern-critically-injured-as-police-seek-motive/ https://www.insideojodu.com/child-thrown-from-tate-modern-critically-injured-as-police-seek-motive/#respond Mon, 05 Aug 2019 20:19:48 +0000 https://www.insideojodu.com/?p=6439 A six-year-old boy who was thrown down from the 10th-floor viewing gallery at London’s…

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A six-year-old boy who was thrown down from the 10th-floor viewing gallery at London’s Tate Modern museum is listed as stable but in a very critical state at a hospital as authorities on Monday said that they were still searching for a motive in the attack.

The Metropolitan Police said in a news release the 6-year-old boy was thrown from the tenth-floor viewing platform, landing on a fifth-floor roof before he was transported to a hospital by London’s Air Ambulance. As of Monday afternoon, police said the child’s condition was critical but stable and his life was no longer in danger. He remains at a hospital with his family, who are French nationals visiting London.

“This was a truly shocking incident, and people will understandably be searching for answers,” senior investigating officer DCI John Massey said in a statement.

A 17-year-old male is held in suspicion of attempted murder over the incident, which happened just while the gallery was packed with visitors.

“We are grateful for the support of the public, some of whom detained the male arrested in the immediate aftermath of the incident,” Massey said. “He was arrested by officers very quickly afterward.”

Nancy Barnfield told the Associated Press she was at the gallery with her family when she heard a “loud bang,” and then saw a woman screaming “Where’s my son, where’s my son?”

Barnfield said that a man on the platform was restrained by other visitors until police arrived. She said he “just stood there and was quite calm.”

Authorities said they don’t believe the suspect and victim knew each other, and the incident was “being treated as an isolated event with no distinct or apparent motive.”

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Boris Johnson to recruit 20,000 police officers amid knife problem gripping London https://www.insideojodu.com/boris-johnson-to-recruit-20000-police-officers-amid-knife-problem-gripping-london/ https://www.insideojodu.com/boris-johnson-to-recruit-20000-police-officers-amid-knife-problem-gripping-london/#respond Fri, 26 Jul 2019 18:33:15 +0000 https://www.insideojodu.com/?p=6150 The current British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said that the recruitment of 20,000…

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The current British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said that the recruitment of 20,000 new police officers will commence in a few weeks as the new premier promises a crackdown on violent crime gripping London and the rest of the country.

Boris Johnson, who formally assumed office on Wednesday, has concurrently stressed his intention to ramp up the numbers of police officers, which has declined by about 20,000 since the Conservatives gained power in 2010.

In both his first speech as PM on the steps on Downing Street on Wednesday and to the Parliament on Thursday, the new premier said he will put thousands more officers on the streets.

“People want to see more officers in their neighborhoods, protecting the public and cutting crime,” Johnson said Friday.

The recruitment drive also appears to be a swipe at London Mayor Sadiq Khan, who Johnson, his predecessor in the capital, has repeatedly criticized for allowing knife crime to get out of control.

“It is tragic that so many young lives are again being lost on the pavements of our capital,” Johnson wrote in a Telegraph column last year. “But for my money there is a further outrage – and that is the abject failure of the mayor of London either to grip the problem, or even to take responsibility.”

He added: “[Sadiq Khan] blames everyone but himself, when it is his paramount duty to keep Londoners safe.”

This year there have been more than 33 fatal stabbings in London, while last year, knife crime took the lives of 135 people.

The capital also saw 3,301 knife crime offenses in 2017/18. This is 42 percent higher than in the year ending March 2011.

Johnson brought up his record as the mayor during his pitch to Conservative voters last month, saying his policing policies led to a decline in knife crime.

“It was terrible,” he said. “We had kids losing their lives in our city at a rate of 28-30 a year, teenagers were being stabbed to death in London. We had to take some very tough decisions.”

He added: “I believe, frankly, there is nothing kinder or more loving that you can do if you see a young kid coming down the street who may be carrying a knife, than to ask him to turn out, or her, almost invariably him, to turn out his pockets and produce that knife.

“That is not discriminatory, that is a kind, compassionate, loving thing to do. And it worked. We ended up, as I said just now, we ended up cutting serious youth violence by I think 32 percent. Knife crime went down, the murder rate went down.”

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