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BEVERLY HILLS, June 30 (THEWILL) – President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Mrs. Amina Bala Zakari as the Acting National Chairman of Nigeria’s electoral body, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), following Tuesday’s retirement of Professor Attahiru Jega, its former chairman.   Until her...

SAN FRANCISCO, June 30, (THEWILL) – Many displaced residents of Borno State who had no hope of where the next meal would come from are now being fed by the State Government. However, with the present economic downturn, further...

SAN FRANCISCO, June 30, (THEWILL) – A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja Tuesday granted permission to the new Senate Leader, Senator Ali Ndume, to travel to Saudi Arabia for the annual lesser Hajj (umra). Ndume, who is being tried...

BEVERLY HILLS, June 30 (THEWILL) – The Osun State Government said on Tuesday that it has begun the process of paying the outstanding salaries of civil servants in the state. A statement issued by the Governor’s Office said the Government would...

BEVERLY HILLS, June 30 (THEWILL) – President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday in Abuja applauded steps being taken by the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) and other agencies of government to rehabilitate victims of terrorism and violent extremism in Nigeria. Speaking...

BEVERLY HILLS, June 30 (THEWILL) – The Standing Orders of the House of Representatives are set to be reviewed with a view to record efficient and improved process of legislation. The Speaker of the House, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, Tuesday, inaugurated a...

BEVERLY HILLS, June 30 (THEWILL) – President Muhammadu Buhari said Tuesday in Abuja that his administration will undertake appropriate reforms and implement fresh policies to boost national income from oil and gas production. Speaking at separate meetings with delegations from Exxon-...

SAN FRANCISCO, June 30, (THEWILL) – Former Coordinating Minister of the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has denied spending without authorisation $2.1 billion from the Excess Crude Account, saying the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) approved...

A Chadian Public Prosecutor, Alghassim Khamis, said on Tuesday that one of the key Boko Haram leaders, Baana Fanay, who has been coordinating trafficking of weapons in Nigeria, Cameroon and Chad was arrested on Sunday in N'Djamena. Khamis said Fanay...

BEVERLY HILLS, June 30 (THEWILL) – The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has extended the Bank Registration Verification (BVN) deadline to Oct. 31, to accommodate customers who had thronged the banks to beat this week’s deadline. The extension was announced Tuesday...