United Kingdom

February 13, (THEWILL) - The United Kingdom (UK) and Nigeria are set to sign an agreement allowing British lawyers to practice in Nigeria. Previously, Nigerian law restricted foreign lawyers from practising domestic law. The UK government, in a statement, said the...

February 11, (THEWILL) - The UK Minister for Business and Trade, Kemi Badenoch, has arrived in Nigeria, for a 3-day working visit to deepen the UK-Nigeria partnership. A statement by Senior Press & Public Affairs Officer and Comms Lead, Prosperity...

January 16, (THEWILL) - The United Kingdom has approved about 99,856 companies and organisations, eligible to sponsor skilled immigrants through the temporary worker immigration route. According to the updated information on its website, the latest list, updated on January...

December 10, (THEWILL) - The British government has announced a change in the UK visitor visa policy, which would allow standard visitors to work in the country. In a statement on Thursday, the British Home Office said approval must...

October 23, (THEWILL) - The Business and Property Courts of England and Wales, sitting in London, has voided an arbitration order on Nigeria to pay a total of $6.6 billion as damages accruing from March 20, 2013, with interest...

October 21, (THEWILL) - In the month of October 2023, I spent eight days in the United Kingdom (UK) attending a training on Strategy Leadership Governance. My experience brought to my consciousness the difference between the UK and...

October 07, (THEWILL) - Two band members of Fuji maestro, Wasiu Ayinde Marshall, popularly known as KWAM1, the lead guitarist and the keyboardist, have reportedly absconded in the United Kingdom. The band boys were travelling for a performance at an...

September 22, (THEWILL) - The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), United Kingdom, said it has confirmed “widespread fraud” at a testing centre for international nurses seeking to apply for UK registration in Nigeria. NMC said the fraud was uncovered...

September 16, (THEWILL) - The cost of a visit visa to the United Kingdom for less than six months will now cost £115 (about N111,878.28 ) as opposed to £15 (14,592.70), translating to about 667 percent increment, the UK...

September 04, (THEWILL) - The United Kingdom (UK) issued approximately 132,000 visas to Nigerians in the first half of 2023, Jonny Baxter, British Deputy High Commissioner, has said. The High Commissioner, however, said he could not readily give the total...