Funke Akindele Oloyede, others in London for the Olympic

                         
Funke Akindele alongside Kano Nwakwo, Banky W, Sasha and Yaw will be lighting the Olympic torch in London come July 1st, 2012.

Video: D'banj performs at BBC Radio 1's Hackney Festival, London

               

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D'banj covers The Observer Magazine, UK

London premier of the Assassin's Practice

                                  

The film starring Justus Esiri, Kate Henshaw, Eve Pearson, Sarah Akokhia, David Nnaji, Uche Monye & Daphne Akatugba will premier in London on Friday, 11th May, 2012 at Odeon Cinema, Bugsby, Greenwish, London. Red carpet starts at 9pm while screening starts at 10.45pm

Photos: Ex Governor James Ibori's sentencing in London

The ex Delta state governor's money laundering sentencing is under way in London.

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Nigerian twins, age 8 breaks world mathematical records

Peter and Paula Imafidon, Edo State, Nigeria 8-year-old twins from Waltham Forest in northeast London, are a part of the highest-achieving clan in the history of Great Britain education.

The two youngest Nigeria siblings are about to make British history as the youngest students to ever enter high school. They astounded veteran experts of academia when they became the youngest to ever pass the University of Cambridge's advanced mathematics exam. That's on top of the fact they have set world records when they passed the A/AS-level math papers.

These guys are brilliant o...I am so proud of them and I'm even more proud to be a Nigerian and to have come from Edo state too...lol. Continue reading below

Female NYSC arrested with cocaine in Abuja

                              

A female NYSC member is now in the custody of the NDLEA over a drug parcel sent by her London-based Facebook friend.

The lady had, at the weekend, received a telephone call from her London friend about the arrival of a parcel with instructions on whom to hand it to once she collected it. The parcel had arrived Lagos enroute Abuja, at the weekend, but officials of the courier firm in collaboration with NDLEA operatives decided to open the parcel before the beneficiary was allowed to take it away.

During checking, the vigilant operatives discovered a pack of cocaine. The parcel, a small container, has within it three packs of cocaine concealed inside a wall clock. The lady under interrogation confessed that she met the man on Facebook and was under instruction to hand over the parcel to another friend also based in Abuja.

She also confessed that this was not the first time she would be collecting parcels from her London-based friend. Even the shoe she was wearing at the point of her arrest was said to be a 'gift' from the same friend.

Photos of James Ibori's extravagant lifestyle home and abroad

His £2.2million house in Hampstead

Below are some picture of some of ex Delta State governor James Ibori's properties. He own seven properties in London alone including a 6-bed house with indoor pool worth £2.2million. He also has fleet of expensive cars ranging from Range Rover of £600,000 to £120,000 Bentley to Mercedes Maybach of about £300,000 and a private jet which he bought for £12million. He's also reported to have spent £126,000 in a month on his credit cards and ran up a £15,000 bill for a two day stay at the Lanesborough Hotel in London.

Much of the money he laundered through his London office and here's something shocking you might not even know before - Ibori has actually been accused of stealing in a London DIY store before in 1991 with his wife who worked as a cashier then.

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Nigeria President Goodluck meets with Britain Prime Minister

Nigeria President G.E. Jonathan and Britain Prime Minister D. Cameron

Nigerian president Goodluck Ebere Jonathan is presently in London for the conference on Somalia. He also had a meeting with the president of Britain, David Cameron at the conference. In the meeting, Britain Prime Minister David Cameron commended President Jonathan for his efforts in tackling terrorism and promised to support Nigeria in any way possible. President Goodluck thanked the Prime Minister in return for inviting Him to the London summit on Somalia and added that he looks forward to a mutually-beneficial cooperation between the two countries.

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