Visa Ban

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...

November 15, (THEWILL) - Nigeria's leading airline, Air Peace, has reacted to the visa cancellation of 177 Nigerians out of the 264 passengers that flew with the airline to Jeddah on November 12, 2023, stating that it was not...

November 14, (THEWILL) - The Federal Government on Tuesday, is investigating the cancellation of visas of 264 passengers by Saudi authorities. THEWILL reports that authorities in Saudi Arabia on Monday asked an Air Peace aircraft with 264 passengers to return...

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...

August 24, (THEWILL) - President Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, directed that the issues affecting relations with the Emirates Airline and issuance of visas by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to Nigerians should be ‘immediately’ resolved. Receiving the Letter of Credence...

July 27, (THEWILL) - The factional leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Simon Ekpa, has written to the European Union (EU) and the United States (US), to impose a visa ban on Enugu State governor, Peter Mbah. The...

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...