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Herdsmen, Kidnapping, Terror: Senate Suspends Security Summit

LAGOS, January 30, (THEWILL) - The Senate has suspended the national summit on security in honour of the late former Vice President, Alex Ekwueme who will be buried this Saturday. The summit, scheduled to hold on February 1 and 5...

Aiteo CEO, Benedict Peters Issues Terse Warning On Link To “Third Force”

BEVERLY HILLS, January 26, (THEWILL) - Mr. Benedict Peters, the oil billionaire and Executive Vice-Chairman of Aiteo Group, one of Nigeria’s leading indigenous oil companies and operators of OML 29, has described as fake news a tweet naming him...

Deji Tinubu, Special Adviser To Governor Ambode Slumps, Dies At State Cabinet Retreat

LAGOS, January 25, (THEWILL) - Mr. Deji Tinubu, the Special Adviser to Governor Akinwunmi Ambode on Sports and a sibling of Oando CEO, Wale Tinubu, slumped and died late Thursday evening after participating in a soccer game at the...

Nigeria To Monitor Social Media To Tackle Hate Speech By Influential Persons

SAN FRANCISCO, January 25, (THEWILL) - Nigeria has vowed to crackdown on hate speech particularly, on social media and will target influential persons who propagate them. Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali directed security agencies to tackle those propagating hate speeches. A...

Nigeria Responds To Former President Obasanjo’s Statement {Full Text}

BEVERLY HILLS, January 24, (THEWILL) - The Government of Nigeria Wednesday responded to Tuesday’s statement by former President Olusegun Obasanjo, where he urged President Muhammadu Buhari not to seek reelection citing poor leadership. Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed issued the...

Malabu: Federal Government Sues JP Morgan, Demands Over $875m For Negligence

BEVERLY HILLS, January 18, (THEWILL) - The President Muhammadu Buhari administration has sued US banking giant, JP Morgan Chase claiming more than $875 million and accusing it of negligence in transferring funds from a disputed 2011 oilfield deal to...

Boko Haram’s Major Factional Leader, Nur “Fatally Injured” – Nigerian Army

BEVERLY HILLS, January 5, (THEWILL) - The Nigerian Army Friday said, the major factional leader of the terrorist group, Boko Haram, Mamman Nur has been “fatally injured” by federal troops during a counter-insurgency operation. The army in a statement said...

OPAN Condemns Nigeria’s Police Over Arrest Of Online Journalists, Tim & Daniel Elombah

BEVERLY HILLS, January 02, (THEWILL) - The Online Publishers Association of Nigeria, OPAN, Nigeria’s premier association of digital/new media publishers, has strongly condemned the brazen arrest of the duo of Daniel Elombah and Tim Elombah, the Publisher and Editor...

Emefiele’s Ingenuity Makes Nigeria’s Equity Market One Of World’s Top Performers In 2017  – CNN Report

BEVERLY HILLS, December 27, (THEWILL) - The ingenuity of Governor Godwin Emefiele, the head of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, in the management of the foreign exchange market helped notch Nigeria’s stock market to be amongst the five...

Update: Former SGF, Gidado Idris Dead

SAN FRANCISCO, December 15, (THEWILL) - A former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, and ex-Secretary to the defunct Armed Forces Ruling Council, Alhaji Gidado Idris, GCON, 82, is dead. The octogenarian died in Abuja late Friday night...

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