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Lufthansa Flights Hit As Crew Start Longest-Ever Strike

German airline Lufthansa (LHAG.DE) canceled hundreds of flights on Friday and warned of more disruption on Saturday after a cabin crew union started a series of walkouts that could become the longest ever strike at the carrier. On the first...

Exclusive: Toshiba Tries To Sell Down $7 Billion U.S. Gas Commitment

Japan's Toshiba, struggling with a major accounting scandal, is trying to sell down a $7.4 billion commitment to U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG), which it signed two years ago as part of a plan to sweeten sales of turbines...

Nissan Joins Automakers Dropping Takata Air Bag Inflators

Nissan Motor Co (7201.T) said on Saturday it will not use air bag inflators made by Japanese auto parts supplier Takata Corp (7312.T) in its cars. Nissan joins most major automakers, including Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) and Honda Motor Co...

Taraba: Tribunal Sacks Ishaku, Declares Senator Aisha Alhassan As Governor

BEVERLY HILLS, November 07, (THEWILL) – The governor of Taraba State, Mr. Darius Dickson Ishaku, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) , has been sacked. The State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting at the Appeal Court in Abuja sacked the...

Nigeria Proposes 2016 Budget Of 7 To 8 Trillion Naira – Vice Presidency Document

The Nigerian government is proposing a budget of 7 to 8 trillion naira for 2016, up from 4.4 trillion this year, a document from the office of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo seen by Reuters showed on Friday. Nigeria, which has...

Pro-Biafra Protest Shuts Down Benin-Asaba Expressway

SAN FRANCISCO, November 07, (THEWILL) – Pro-Biafra protesters on Friday shut down traffic at the ever-busy Benin-Asaba expressway Friday as they staged a massive protest over the continued detention of the Director of Radio Biafra, Mr. Nnamdi Kanu. The protesters...

OPINION:  A SOJOURNER AMONG LIARS

Professor Wole Soyinka was quoted saying his latest book is the “nastiest” that he has written so far. InterInventions: Between Defective Memory and the Public Lie- A Personal Odyssey in The Republic of Liars (Ibadan: Bookcraft, 2015, 136pp) is...

OPINION: SARAKI’S OPEN DOOR POLICY HAS CHANGED LEGISLATION IN NIGERIA

Since the inception of Nigeria's Fourth Republic in 1999, compared to other Assemblies, the 8th Senate stands heads and shoulders above others in many regards. Senate President, Bukola Saraki, well known for understanding the need to engage the electorate and...

OPINION: NIGERIA AND THE TRIUMPH OF POLITICS

The Managing Director of Julius Berger Nigeria Limited, Detlev Lubasach, said that Nigeria's current financial struggles may lead to massive job cuts in the country’s construction sector. He also said that on the account of huge debts owed his company...

OPINION: MONETIZATION OF NONPERFORMING ASSETS OF NIGERIANS IN DIASPORA, PANACEA TO REVIVING NIGERIA’S RECESSION-BOUND ECONOMY

I am not questioning the validity or the intent of BVN Program that just ended on October 31st 2015, although I was recently informed that a new date of January 1st 2016 to accommodate Nigerians in Diaspora has been established,...

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