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A batch of fifty-four offshore post-graduate scholarship beneficiaries of the Presidential Amnesty Programme has departed Nigeria for the United Kingdom to resume studies in various universities.

The Katsina State Government has launched the UK Government-funded Scaling Access and Learning in Education (SCALE) programme to strengthen foundational reading and mathematics skills among children in the state.

Irish authorities have arrested a Nigerian businessman, Edwin Omokhuale, over an alleged €19 million fraud involving an Australian mining company.

The United Kingdom has awarded 68 Nigerians Chevening and Commonwealth scholarships to pursue master’s and PhD programmes in various fields in the UK in 2026.

Refined petroleum products became the UK’s biggest goods import from Nigeria, worth £674.5 million in the year to March 2026. Nigerian crude oil imports fell 64.3%, dropping below refined petroleum products for the first time in the latest...

Nigerian student Anderson Ishiekwene has been sentenced to three years in prison by a UK court after being convicted of attempting to meet a child following online sexual grooming. The 25-year-old, who arrived in the United Kingdom on...

June 12 (THEWILL) — The United Kingdom has unveiled a £15 million Growth Programme to accelerate Nigeria's economic transformation, unlock private sector investment and support reform-led growth over the next three years. The announcement was made on Thursday by...

June 5 (THEWILL) — Kanya King CBE, founder of the MOBO (Music of Black Origin) Awards, has died at the age of 57. The MOBO Organization confirmed on Friday, June 5, 2026, that she died on Wednesday, June 3, following...

June 5 (THEWILL) — Thousands of Nigerian students aspiring to study in the United Kingdom could face stricter admission pathways following a new British government policy that threatens to sanction universities deemed unable to monitor international students effectively. The move,...

May 23 (THEWILL) — Judith Chalmers, the TV presenter best known for hosting ITV’s travel show “Wish You Were Here...?”, died at 90 on Thursday, May 21. ITV stands for Independent Television and is the United Kingdom’s oldest commercial television...