Sam Diala, THEWILL

Sam Diala is a Bloomberg Certified Financial Journalist with over a decade of experience in reporting Business and Economy. He is Business Editor at THEWILL Newspaper, and believes that work, not wishes, creates wealth.

DECEMBERISSAVYBE: First Bank Sponsors Kakadu The Musical

December 27, (THEWILL) - First Bank of Nigeria Limited has announced its sponsorship of Kakadu the Musical, a theatre production from the stables of Playhouse Initiative. The play, which is set to return to stage from 28 to 30...

Your Funds Are Safe – CBN Assures Depositors

December 27, (THEWILL) - The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has assured depositors that their assets in the nation’s financial institutions are safe. Apparently reacting to recent media reports traced to “leaked” information on the ongoing probe...

Union Bank Acquisition: TGI Debunks Link to Emefiele, Says Report Negative to Nigeria’s Image

December 24, (THEWILL) - Tropical General Investment (TGI) Group has debunked media reports purportedly traced to documents initiated by the Special Investigator probing activities of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) under Mr Godwin Emefiele, the immediate past governor. The...

AMCON: Dilemma Of Toxic Assets Manager– Why Multi-Million Naira Debts May Not Be Recovered

December 24, (THEWILL) - The recent altercation between the Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and other Financial Institutions and top officials of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), which led to the angered lawmakers calling for the immediate...

CBN Back-pedals, Lifts Ban on Crypto-currency Transactions

December 23, (THEWILL) - The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has lifted ban on crypto currency transactions in the country. The apex bank has thus instructed commercial banks to jettison its previous instruction on crypto transactions. The information...

FG Records Breakthrough in Oil and Gas R&D, Commissions Gas Leak Detection Device

December 21, (THEWILL) - The Federal Government through the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) on Thursday (December 21, 2023) marked a breakthrough in the research and development landscape of the Nigerian oil and gas industry with the...

NCDMB: Local Content Policy Boosts Exports In Q3’23

December 17, (THEWILL) - The Local Content Policy, administered by the Nigerian Content Development and Management Board (NCDMB), was significantly instrumental to the boost in Exports recorded in the nation’s Merchandise Trade for the third quarter of this year...

Nigeria’s Inflation Climbs to 28.20% As Food Prices Rise

December 15, (THEWILL) – Nigeria’s annual inflation rate rose to 28.20 percent in November from 27.33 percent in the previous month, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Friday. The statistics office said the November 2023 headline inflation rate showed...

Omatsola Ogbe Assumes Office As Exec Sec NCDMB, Charges Staff on High Performance

December 15, (THEWILL) - The newly appointed Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Engr. Felix Omatsola Ogbe has assumed office and held his first official meeting with the Directors and management of the...

FG Bows To Pressure, Resolves To Audit NNPCL Accounts

December 14, (THEWILL) - Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Wale Edun has disclosed plans by the Federal government to audit the accounts of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL). Edun disclosed this after the release...