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UK Nursing Council Uncovers Widespread Fraud At Ibadan Testing Centre

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...

Students To Pay More As UK Hikes Visa Fee By 286%

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...

UK Issues 132,000 Visas To Nigerians In 6 Months

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...

UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace Resigns

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...

UK Doctors Successfully Perform First-Ever Womb Transplant In UK

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...

BREAKING: UK Police Charges Diezani Alison-Madueke With Bribery

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...

British Council Announces Hike In IELTS Exams Fee

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...

Tinubu Meets UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly At Villa

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...

Wizkid Bags BRIT Billion Award For Getting One Billion Streams

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...

UK Announces Hike In Visa Fee

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...
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Lack Of Love Not Enough – Akwa Ibom Court Rejects Divorce Petition After 43-Year Marriage

An Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Uyo has dismissed a petition seeking the dissolution of a marriage that has lasted over 43 years, ruling that lack of love and mutual respect between spouses does not, on its own, constitute sufficient legal grounds for divorce.
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