Aina Ojonugwa, THEWILL

TETFund Ups Budget By 40% To N500bn For Tertiary Institutions In 2022

BEVERLY HILLS, February 19, (THEWILL) - The Chairman Board of Trustees of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Kashim Ibrahim Imam, has said the intervention agency would require the sum of N500 billion for its activities in 2022, an increase...

Gunmen Kill 7 In Edo

BEVERLY HILLS, February 19, (THEWILL) - Edo State police command has confirmed the killing of seven persons, including farmers, in Ovia North-East Local Government Area, by gunmen suspected to be criminal herdsmen. The victims were killed on Wednesday, at Ugboke,...

Osun Shuts School Over Invasion By Cultists

BEVERLY HILLS, February 18, (THEWILL) - The Osun State Ministry of Education has ordered the closure of Ifeoluwa Grammar School in Osogbo, the state capital, after armed cultists invaded the premises. A statement by the Coordinating Director, Ministry of Education, Kehinde...

IMF Supports Nigeria’s Ban On Cryptocurrencies, Cautions On Country’s Debt Profile

BEVERLY HILLS, February 18, (THEWILL) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has confirmed that some cryptocurrencies were being used for money laundering and drug trafficking. Taking a similar stance on cryptocurrency as the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), the IMF cautioned...

Pensioners’ Verification Resumes

BEVERLY HILLS, February 17, (THEWILL) - The Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD) today said it had resumed the verification of mop-up/in house exercise previously postponed. A statement by Gbenga Ajayi, PITAD’s Head of Corporate Communications in Abuja today, said the verification...

Lai Mohammed Now Biggest Problem To Buhari Administration – APC Dep Spokesman

BEVERLY HILLS, February 17, (THEWILL) - Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Yekini Nabena, has described the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed as a total failure in the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. Nabena...

56.1m Poor Nigerians Not Captured In National Social Register

BEVERLY HILLS, February 17, (THEWILL) - The Federal Government has said that a total of 56.1 million poor and vulnerable Nigerians had yet to be identified and registered in the National Social Register (NSR), as at January 31, 2021 The...

Invictus Bags 10-Years Jail In US For $11m Fraud

BEVERLY HILLS, February 17, (THEWILL) - A United States Chief District Judge, Rebecca Smith, yesterday ruled that international fraudster, Obinwanne Okeke, should spend 10 years in jail following his conviction for fraud. Okeke, popularly known as Invictus Obi, was involved...

Group Drums Support For Proposed EFCC Chair, Abdulrasheed Bawa

...'His nomination Shows Buhari Is Serious About Fighting Corruption' BEVERLY HILLS, February 17, (THEWILL) - The Coalition for Probity and Accountability in Nigeria (CPAN) has commended President Muhammad Buhari for the nomination of Mr. Abdulrasheed Bawa as new Chairman of...

COVID-19 Vaccines Carry A Certain Amount Of Risk – Ehanire

BEVERLY HILLS, February 16, (THEWILL) - Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, has said that COVID-19 vaccines carry a certain amount of risk. Nigeria is expected to receive its first batch of allocated doses by the end of February. On February 11,...

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