The United Kingdom has reaffirmed its commitment to deepening economic and digital cooperation with Abia State, with the British Deputy High Commissioner in Lagos, Jonny Baxter, highlighting the state’s entrepreneurial base and emerging opportunities for investment, innovation and job creation.
By Taiwo Adisa (Published by the Sunday Tribune, February 8, 2026) “No permanent friends, no permanent enemies, only permanent interests,” is a quote largely attributed to Lord Palmerston, a 19th-century British Statesman. It is a statement associated with realism in international relations. If anyone would doubt the practical realization of the above in today’s Nigeria,
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) has approved a loan of $115 million to support a major road rehabilitation project in Nigeria’s Abia State. The project will see the rehabilitation of roads, erosion control infrastructure and preparation of solid waste management facilities in the state capital, Umuahia, and the commercial […]





