UK condemns Abuja plaza bombing

Mr Mark Simmonds, who is the British Minister for Africa on Friday expressed UK government’s condemnation of Thursday’s bombing of a shopping mall in Abuja. This is contained in a statement issued by the Head of Press and Public Affairs of the British High Commission, Mr Robert Fitzpatrick.

The Minister restated his government’s support for the recent UN action against the Boko Haram insurgency.

“I am deeply concerned by Thursday’s bombing in Abuja, the third since April. We condemn all acts of terrorism in the strongest terms.

Britain, United States Join Search For Boko Haram's Abducted Schoolgirls

As the search for the abducted Government Girls Secondary School student in Chibok in Borno state by the Boko Haram Islamist Terrorist intensified, Britain and the United States of America have joined the search for the 234 schoolgirls who are currently in the jaws of the insurgents.

The efforts by the security forces to secure the rescue has not yielded any positive result since the girls were kidnapped in their hostel on April 14 after members of the sect, pretending to be soldiers, lured the pupils away from their hostel before setting it ablaze. Although about 30 of the girls escaped from captivity while about a dozen, who fled into the bush when the sect attacked the school, have since returned to the school.

Two British Nationals, Ten Nigrian Arrested For Crude Oil Theft

Two Britons and ten Nigerians have been arrested by the JTF on charges of trying to bribe a military officer to facilitate oil theft, the military said on Friday.

The British High Commission has also confirm that two British men were arrested in Nigeria in connection with an alleged attempt to steal oil.