Aina Ojonugwa, THEWILL

February 17, (THEWILL) - The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arrested an accountant of Oando Filling Station, Dutse Alhaji, in Abuja, over alleged racketeering of the new Naira notes. This latest arrest followed the continued...

February 17, (THEWILL) - The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has refuted media reports that it had authorised the Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) to collect the old N500 and N1,000 banknotes from customers and members of the public. CBN Director,...

February 17, (THEWILL) - Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has commended President Muhammadu Buhari, over the naira redesign policy. Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, disclosed the development in a statement. He said the former President...

February 17, (THEWILL) - The Ogun state Police Command has warned protesters against disrupting public peace on Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway. Spokesperson of the Command, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, who issued the warning in a chat with newsmen on Friday, noted that...

February 17, (THEWILL) - The Supreme Court has declared Lawal Adamu Usman, as authentic candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the Kaduna Central Senatorial District. In a unanimous judgement of a five-member panel of Justices, led by...

February 17, (THEWILL) - Violent protests erupted in parts of Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital on Friday morning, over the scarcity of Naira notes. Mostly hit by the protest were Ikwerre Road and Diobu axis of the state capital, especially...

February 17, (THEWILL) - Protests over the scarcity of Naira notes erupted in some parts of Lagos State Friday morning. In the Ojota, Ketu and Mile 12 areas of the State, irate youths blocked the Ikorodu expressway and stopped...

February 17, (THEWILL) - Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has endorsed Peter Obi, Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), for the February 25 election. Ortom is one of the five aggrieved governors of the Peoples Democratic Party...

February 17, (THEWILL) - Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has declared the old N200, N500 and N1000 notes legal tenders, and directed residents in the state to continue to use them, despite President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive that the...

February 16, (THEWILL) - Edo residents have hailed the intervention of the Governor Godwin Obaseki-led administration to ameliorate the hardship faced accessing the redesigned naira notes. Government officials led the staff of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to major...