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January 19, (THEWILL) — Another dimension to kidnapping for ransom has been uncovered by the Police in Lagos. The dramatis personae are different, not the usual run-of-the-mill criminals armed with dangerous weapons or terrorists; but ordinary people driven by...

January 19, (THEWILL) — An average Nigerian hospital operates like a mortuary, just as an average Nigerian ambulance is essentially a casket in motion. The recent tragedy shared by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie—the avoidable loss of her 21-month-old son—has once...

Says digitisation is pulling more youths into the stock market January 19, (THEWILL) — The Group Managing Director of Afrinvest (West Africa) Limited, Dr. Ike Chioke, has explained that the decision to rename the firm’s digital investment platform from Optimus...

January 19, (THEWILL) — The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has clarified that fund and portfolio managers will be required to hold 0.1% of Assets Under Management (AUM) as regulatory capital and not 10% as initially stated in its...

January 19, (THEWILL) — Some traders, business owners now prefer cash payment from customers for goods and services rendered. This followed implementation of the new tax law, a News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) study reveals. Some of the traders...

January 18, (THEWILL) — After 16 years of negotiations, the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, signed what has been described as a landmark agreement. According to the Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, who unveiled...

January 18, (THEWILL) — The Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) has admitted an additional 3.16 billion ordinary shares of United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc to its Daily Official List, signalling a major enhancement of the bank’s market capitalisation whilst...

January 16, (THEWILL) — As a country, Nigeria shall be 66 years old come October this year. On January 15, 1966, six years after political independence, the military, led by Major Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogu, seized power from the democratically...

January 15, (THEWILL) — The Dangote Petroleum Refinery has said that fuel scarcity in Nigeria has effectively ended with the removal of petrol subsidy, noting that the facility is now delivering world-class fuels to meet domestic demand. According to the...

January 15, (THEWILL) — The Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) has projected that Nigeria’s inflation rate could fall to single-digit levels by 2029, contingent on the sustained implementation of key macroeconomic and structural reforms. NESG noted that the outlook depends...