UK

September 05, (THEWILL) - Liz Truss has won the ruling Conservative Party’s leadership contest on Monday to emerge as new Prime Minister. Truss will replace Boris Johnson as prime minister after defeating Rishi Sunak in the Conservative Party leadership race. Sir...

October 07, (THEWILL) - UK officials have travelled to Afghanistan to meet senior Taliban members, the Foreign Office has said. The UK government said they discussed how the UK could help address the humanitarian crisis, prevent terrorism and the need...

June 27, (THEWILL) - The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has ordered Binance, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, to cease all regulated activities in the UK. Imposing a slew of rigorous conditions, the FCA banned Binance from advertising and establishing...

BEVERLY HILLS, May 19, (THEWILL) - British inflation has soared to the highest level since the early stages of the pandemic, official data showed Wednesday, stoking fears of a global inflationary spike as economies reopen. The Consumer Prices Index rate...

BEVERLY HILLS, May 18, (THEWILL) - The Federal Government has acknowledged that the United Kingdom has repatriated the funds looted by the former Governor of Delta State, Chief James Onanefe Ibori, to Nigeria. Nigeria’s Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, said...

BEVERLY HILLS, April 02, (THEWILL) – Thirty cases of rare blood clotting have been recorded in Britain among more than 18 million people who have had the AstraZeneca vaccination, the national medicines regulator said Friday. “The benefits of the vaccines against...

BEVERLY HILLS, April 02, (THEWILL) - Some Nigerians in the United Kingdom have stormed the Abuja House, 2 Campden Hill, Kensington, London, booing and demanding that President Muhammadu Buhari immediately return home. Ahead of an ultimatum issued to the Federal...

BEVERLY HILLS, March 31, (THEWILL) – The Office of Communications in the United Kingdom, Ofcom, has sanctioned religious channel, Loveworld, owned by Nigerian Pastor, Chris Oyakhilome. Ofcom said in a statement that the station was fined £125,000 (N65.6 million) for breaching...

BEVERLY HILLS, March 09, (THEWILL) - The United Kingdom and Nigeria have reached an agreement to return £4.2 million (N2.2 billion) seized from former Governor of Delta State, Chief James Onanefe Ibori. The agreement between the two countries was sealed on...

BEVERLY HILLS, March 03, (THEWILL) - The United Kingdom has nominated Dapo Akande, a Nigerian-born Professor of International Law who had his formative legal qualification in Nigeria, as its candidate for the International Law Commission at the United Nations. Currently...