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The global price of oil hit a record low since the 2009 recession dip. Settling at $35 last week, Nigeria is earning about a quarter what it did in the past five years, and the forecast remains bleak. Oil...

Biafra Republic! Niger Delta Republic! Ijaw Republic! Boko Haram Republic! This is senseless. How many countries will emerge if Nigeria is to be broken into pieces? God forbid. Even if we are to go by the six geopolitical zones,...

The events of the last few days regarding the political situation in Rivers State were expected in view of the body language of those bent on circumventing the will of the people. If anyone was in doubt, the Bayelsa situation...

The inconclusive governorship election in Bayelsa State must have come as a surprise to many Nigerians for a diversity of reasons. First is the strong showing of the candidate of All Progressives Congress, Chief Timipre Sylva. Second is the level...

The power, impact and influence of China was evident last Friday in Johannesburg when it met over forty African leaders. It is instructive that a single country which in the 1980s was still considered a Third World country, could...

SAN FRANCISCO, December 13, (THEWILL) – Soldiers have arrested the controversial leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, Sheik Ibraheem El-Zakzaky after a lengthy siege at his Zaria, Kaduna residence following Saturday’s deadly confrontation between members of the sect...

Sheik Muhammad Turi, the second in command to the leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, Sheik Ibrahim Zakzaky and the group’s spokesman, Ibrahim Usman have been killed by soldiers. Sheik Turi and Usman were said to have been shot...

... Plans To De-risk Agric Value Chain BEVERLY HILLS, December 13, (THEWILL) – In an effort to grow and diversify the economy from oil, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) have set aside N300...

BEVERLY HILLS, December 12, (THEWILL) – Obi Mbanuzuo, chief operating officer of Dana Airlines, laments the falling value of the naira, saying it has brought untold hardship to airlines in the country. The situation has led to astronomical rise in...

... As Egbin Inaugurates 220mw BEVERLY HILLS, December 13, (THEWILL) – Minister of Power, Housing and Works, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, has advocated for willing buyers and sellers arrangement in the power sector, saying the arrangement will spur up other investors...