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Arms Deal: Count Me Out – Saraki

SAN FRANCISCO, December 01, (THEWILL) – Senate president, Bukola Saraki has dissociated himself from the N60 billion arms deal involving the immediate past National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki. Saraki in a statement by his special adviser (media and publicity), Yusuph...

NERC Reaps N6.502bn From Market Operators In 2014, As Reps, Wage Commission Kick Against N2.7bn Severance For NERC Chairman, Others

SAN FRANCISCO, December 01, (THEWILL) – The financial records of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) showed that N6,501,845,492.52 (85.74%) was remitted by market operators in the 2014 fiscal year out of the N7,583,193,442.25 credit note. The revenue was higher...

Privatisation: PHCN Workers Demand 10% Equity Holding

BEVERLY HILLS, December 01 (THEWILL) – A fresh crisis could be brewing in Nigeria’s fragile power sector as ex-workers of the privatised Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) are haggling for a showdown with the government and the 18 succession...

OPINION: WHY THE NIGERIAN YOUTH MUST SUFFER

This title came about during a discussion I had with my friend, Daniel Lawal very recently. We were talking about how the countries of the world go about distributing its resources among its citizenry. We talked about everything from...

OPINION: NIGERIA’S TEPID RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE

President Muhammadu Buhari arrived Paris, France twenty four clear hours before the commencement of the Paris climate conference which runs till December 11th, 2015. The COP21 (as it's technically called) summit which reportedly involves nearly 200 nations, is intended to produce...

OPINION: TIME FOR GOVERNOR AYODELE FAYOSE TO STAND TRIAL

Election rigging has been an accepted practice in the voting process in Nigeria and does not change the status of the winner unless they can be seen as proven guilty in courts of law. Usually, a lengthy process that...

TEEP 2016 Calls For Entries

BEVERLY HILLS, December 01 (THEWILL) – The Tony Elumelu Foundation said on Tuesday that the second annual round of the $100m Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme (TEEP) for emerging African entrepreneurs would be launched on January 1, 2016. In 2015, TEEP empowered...

EFCC Arrests Bafarawa, Dokpesi, As Yuguda Remains Detained

... PDP Reacts BEVERLY HILLS, December 01 (THEWILL) – Alhaji Attahiru Bafarawa, former governor, Sokoto State, and Chief Raymond Dokpesi, Chairman Emeritus/founder, Africa Independent Television, were Tuesday arrested for questioning by the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)...

Many Northeast Nigeria Schools Reopen Despite Fear Of Attacks: U.N.

Hundreds of schools in northeast Nigeria have reopened for the first time in a year and a half, though many teachers and pupils are reluctant to return because of persistent violence in the region, the United Nations said on...

Lockdown In Onitsha As Pro-Biafra Protesters Make Demands

Some pro-Biafra protesters, seeking the actualisation of Biafra nation, have blocked the Onitsha-Owerri expressway in eastern Nigeria, truncating business activities in one of the nation’s major commercial cities, Onitsha. According to an eyewitness, the protesters, who were agitating for the...

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