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BEVERLY HILLS, July 9, (THEWILL) - Since President Muhammadu Buhari assumed office in May last year, there have been concerns about his choice of appointments into key federal portfolios. The arguments are that those appointed were mainly from the northern...

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has announced Tokunmbo Abiru as the new Chief Executive Officer, CEO, of Skye Bank, shortly after Timothy Oguntayo resigned as the bank’s Managing Director, ahead of a pronouncement by the apex bank on Monday over...

SAN FRANCISCO, July 04, (THEWILL) - President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of a new Group Managing Director (GMD) for the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). He is Dr. Maikanti Kacalla Baru. He replaces Dr. Ibe Kachikwu who until...

BEVERLY HILLS, July 1, (THEWILL) - Nigerian oil trader, Mr. Walter Wagbatsoma, Managing Director of Ontario Oil and Gas Ltd, has been charged in the United Kingdom by the Economic Crime Unit of Lincolnshire Police, in connection with a...

BEVERLY HILLS, July 01, (THEWILL) - Nigeria’s secret police, the Department of State Services (DSS) Friday announced the arrest of two close associates of wanted former militant commander, Mr. Government Ekpemupolo, popularly called Tompolo, who are allegedly behind the...

BEVERLY HILLS, June 30, (THEWILL) - The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has issued a certificate of return to Uche Ogah, who came second in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, December 2014 governorship primary in Abia state, declaring him...

The Rivers State Government, led by Nyesom Wike, has expressed sadness over the death of Nigeria’s literary Icon, Captain Elechi Amadi, describing his passage as a loss to the country. Amadi, who wrote famous books like The Concubine, Isiburu, Sunset...

Chief Ojo Maduekwe, a former Minister of Transport, Foreign Affairs and ex-Nigerian High Commissioner to Canada died Wednesday at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja. THEWILL gathered that the politician slumped and was confirmed dead at a private hospital...

Without prejudice to the on-going litigation surrounding President Muhammadu Buhari’s certificate saga, it is amazing that what looked ordinary on the surface is now assuming a worrisome dimension. An Abuja-based lawyer, Nnamdi Nwokocha-Ahaaiwe had gone to court, challenging the president’s eligibility in contesting...

Officers of the police force have cordoned off the entrance to the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin City by Akenzua junction with vehicles and locked up the facility. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the stadium is the...