United Kingdom

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...

September 01, (THEWILL) - British Defence Secretary, Ben Wallace, has resigned. Wallace, in a letter to British Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, on Thursday, said he was standing down to “invest in the parts of life that I have neglected, and...

August 23, (THEWILL) - Doctors at the Churchill Hospital in Oxford, United Kingdom (UK), have made medical history by carrying out the country’s first womb transplant. The surgeons successfully transplanted a sister’s womb to her 34-year-old sibling in an operation...

August 22, (THEWILL) - Former Minister of Petroleum, Diezani Alison-Madueke, has been charged with bribery offences, relating to her time as Nigeria's oil minister, the UK National Crime Agency (NCA), said on Tuesday. Alison-Madueke, 63, has been on bail...

August 10, (THEWILL) - The British Council on Thursday, said Nigerians will pay N107,500 for academic International English Language Testing System (IELTS) examinations from September 2023. The United Kingdom requires citizens of any country willing to relocate to the UK...

August 02, (THEWILL) - President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Wednesday, at the State House, Presidential Villa, met with the United Kingdom (UK) Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, James Cleverly. Cleverly was accompanied to the State House...

August 01 (THEWILL) - Nigerian superstar, Ayodeji Balogun, aka Wizkid, is the latest global artist to receive an award celebrating over one billion streams in the United Kingdom. On Monday, the BRIT Billion Award organisers, in an Instagram post, announced...

July 14, (THEWILL) - The United Kingdom has announced plans to increase visa fee for applicants from across the world. Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, who confirmed the increase, said those who intend to visit the country will now have to...

July 09, (THEWILL) - FOREIGN Investors Network (FIN), a key driver of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) for Africa and other developing economies, has nominated the Managing Director/CEO of Ibom Power Company Limited, Engr. Meyen Etukudo for its FIN -Award...

The Chartered Institute of Educational Practitioners, United Kingdom (CIEPUK) on Friday said it will offer university scholarships to the children of public and private sector workers across the country. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that CIEPUK had earlier...