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January 02, (THEWILL) - The United Kingdom (UK), has commenced implementation of a new policy, banning overseas students, including Nigerians from bringing in dependents via the study visa route except those on postgraduate research or government-sponsored scholarship programs. The...

October 27, (THEWILL) - A Conservative Member of British Parliament, Crispin Blunt, has been arrested on suspicion of rape and the possession of controlled substances. Surrey Police said Blunt was detained on Wednesday morning, before being released on conditional bail...

April 21, (THEWILL) – A Nigerian man, Oladipupo Fagbewesa, has been ordered to pay approximately N15 million (£26,835) by the United Kingdom (U.K.) tribunal in relation to 61,800 cigarettes detected in his bag. Fagbewesa, who was returning from Lagos...

April 12, (THEWILL) – The Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council (LPPCC), has disclosed that the party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, was detained and interrogated for hours by immigration officials at Heathrow Airport, London, over offences allegedly committed by an impostor. A...

March 27, (THEWILL) – Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, has tackled the British Deputy High Commissioner to Nigeria, Ben Llewellyn-Jones, after the envoy faulted him on some comments he made during the just-concluded electioneering in Lagos State. Llewellyn-Jones, speaking on...

March 27, (THEWILL) – The United Kingdom (UK) has said no fewer than 10 individuals are on its watchlist, following the outcome of the 2023 general elections. British Deputy High Commissioner to Nigeria, Ben Llewellyn-Jones, disclosed this on Sunday, when...

March 08, (THEWILL) - The United Kingdom Government has appointed Richard Montgomery, as the new British High Commissioner to Nigeria. He succeeds Catriona Laing, who has been the UK’s representative in Nigeria since November 2018. The UK Government, in a...

March 02, (THEWILL) - Nigeria's President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has received recognition from the governments of the United States, Britain and France. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Wednesday, declared Tinubu winner of the February 25 presidential election. Chief Returning Officer...

February 16, (THEWILL) - The United Kingdom (UK) government has advised its nationals in Nigeria to avoid visiting banks and Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) in the country. The advisory was issued on Wednesday, by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth &...

February 03, (THEWILL) - International Police organisation (INTERPOL), Nigeria, has said the United Kingdom (UK) government turned down its request to repatriate former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Deziani Alison-Madueke. INTERPOL Head, National Central Bureau (NCB), Nigeria, AIG Garba Baba...