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Oil is being stolen on an “industrial scale” in Nigeria, the world’s 13th largest producer, and the country’s politicians and security officials are among those profiting, according to a new report from a prominent British research group. Thieves steal an...

SAN FRANCISCO, September 19, (THEWILL) –  A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Thursday discharged and acquited a former Executive Secretary of the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Professor Bridget Omotunde Sokan, and six others who had been...

SAN FRANCISCO, September 19, (THEWILL) –  The Senate on Thursday summoned the Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala,  to appear before its committee on Finance. She is to defend reported statements credited to the...

SAN FRANCISCO, September 19, (THEWILL) –  The new Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) led by Alhaji Kawu Baraje on Thursday warned against the plot to sack the leadership of the National Assembly, saying such plot will boomerang. It however advised  the...

SAN FRANCISCO, September 19, (THEWILL) –  The Borno State Environmental Protection Agency (BOSEPA) on Thursday said it had so far recovered 142 corpses from the highway and surrounding bushes in Benisheikh after Tuesday's ambush by Boko Haram gunmen  on...

....Backs down on scrapping EFCC, JAMB, FRSC, NYSC, 34 Others SAN FRANCISCO, September 19, (THEWILL) – There are strong indications that the Federal Government may have  dumped the contentious Steve Orosanye report on rationalisation of federal parastatals and agencies. The report...

GOVERNOR IBRAHIM GEIDAM   SAN FRANCISCO, September 19, (THEWILL) –  Alhaji Ibrahim Geidam, the Governor of Yobe State, Thursday fired at least five Commissioners from the state’s cabinet over what he described as their “inefficiency” in the discharge of their portfolios. The...

... Registrar attributes improved results on stakeholders' resolve SAN FRANCISCO, September 19, (THEWILL) –  The National Examinations Council (NECO) on Thursday released the results of the June/July 2013 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) examination results, indicating a marked improvement on...

SAN FRANCISCO, September 19, (THEWILL) –  The House of Representatives will, from Tuesday, proceed on a one week oversight mission to all ministries, departments and agencies of government (MDAs) to assess the level of implementation of the 2013 Appropriation...

SAN FRANCISCO, September 19, (THEWILL) –  The leadership of the ruling  Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has faulted the position of the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) lawmakers on the management of the Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF), describing it as...