Britain ’ s economy contracted by a record 20 .4 percent in the second quarter with the country in lockdown over the coronavirus pandemic , official data showed Wednesday . “It is clear that the UK is in the largest recession on record ,” the Office for National Statistics said .Britain officially entered recession in
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The Niger Delta Development Commission have been called upon to pay the allowances, tuition and other incentives of students on its scholarship scheme in the United Kingdom. Making the plea, the Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, said the students had turned beggars following the non-payment of their tuition and allowances by the NDDC.
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Britain on Monday ordered a three-week lockdown to tackle the spread of coronavirus, shutting “non-essential” shops and services, and banning gatherings of more than two people. “Stay at home,” Prime Minister Boris Johnson said in a televised address to the nation, as he unveiled unprecedented peacetime measures after the country’s death toll climbed to 335. The announcement
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Nigerian-born Kemi Badenoch has been re-elected as a Member of the UK parliament. Kemi, who contested the election on the platform of the Conservatives, was appointed the Minister for Children and Families in July by the British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson. Expressing her gratitude to her constituents, she promised to serve those who didn’t vote
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