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A new migration report shows that 49,498 Nigerians secured UK work permits over five years. The total number of annual approvals collapsed dramatically from 28,495 down to just 2,851. Tighter rules stopped overseas employees from bringing their direct...

NDLEA intercepts 1.63 million tramadol pills hidden in specially fabricated compartments of two trailers heading to Kano, disrupting what investigators describe as a major cross-border drug trafficking operation. Intelligence-led investigations uncover a transnational drug syndicate operating along the...

SERAP has urged the National Assembly to immediately withdraw the proposed Nigeria Data Protection (Amendment) Bill, 2026. The rights group says the bill would compel social media platforms to establish physical offices in Nigeria and empower the Nigeria...

Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya (SAN) has been elected President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) after polling 12,317 votes to defeat two fellow Senior Advocates of Nigeria in a nationwide electronic election. The 24-hour online voting exercise recorded 26,106 valid...

July 19, (THEWILL) — For the first time in several years, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) possesses a significantly larger arsenal to defend the naira without resorting to administrative controls that previously distorted the foreign exchange market. The...

July 19, (THEWILL) — Public accountability. Transparent and independent investigation. Verifiable autopsy. These are strong words being used by stakeholders across the social strata in Nigeria to address the controversy surrounding the death of Mary Habila, a 26- year-...

July 19, (THEWILL) — Despite the tax reform framework in Nigeria and the associated laws, the initiative has not delivered the expected relief to the business environment, consequently compromising the operational landscape to the detriment of logistics and courier...

July 19, (THEWILL) — Nigeria’s equities market closed the week on a mixed note as sustained buying interest in banking stocks lifted market capitalisation, while the benchmark index posted a marginal decline amid profit-taking in selected industrial and consumer...

July 19, (THEWILL) — The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Heritage Energy Operational Services (HEOS), and DBN Energies on Wednesday in Port Harcourt graduated 14 young engineers and geologists under the Nigerian Content Human Capital Development (NC-HCD)...

July 19, (THEWILL) — HBM Nigeria Plc, formerly Lafarge Africa Plc, says its transition to a new corporate identity marks a new phase in its growth journey and strengthens its commitment to long-term competitiveness and advancement of Nigeria’s infrastructure....