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BREAKING: Tinubu Nominates Oyedele As Minister Of State For Finance, Moves Uzoka-Anite To Budget Ministry

March 03, (THEWILL) — President Bola Tinubu has nominated Taiwo Oyedele as the new Minister of State for Finance, replacing Dr Doris Uzoka-Anite in a fresh cabinet reshuffle to strengthen the nation’s fiscal management framework. The President has also redeployed...

CBN Targets ₦1.05trn at Treasury Bills Auction

March 03, (THEWILL) — The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has opened a primary market auction for ₦1.05 trillion worth of Treasury bills, aimed largely at refinancing about ₦799 billion of maturing T-bills due at the end of...

Dangote Cement Breaks Corporate Record with Historic ₦760bn Dividend

March 03, (THEWILL) — Dangote Cement Plc has declared the highest dividend payout ever recorded in Nigeria’s corporate history, following a record-breaking financial performance for the year ended December 31, 2025. The company announced a final dividend of ₦45 per...

Middle East War: 36 CPs, N/East, N/west, N/Central Zones Placed on Alert for Violence

March 02, (THEWILL) — The violence-prone Northeast, Northwest and Northcentral geopolitical zones of the country, in particular and the 36 states in general have been placed on security alert, following the ongoing war in the Middle East.   The development is...

Kano Ex-Commissioners Tackle Gov. Yusuf Over Vehicle Recovery

March 02, (THEWILL) — The five commissioners who voluntarily resigned from the Kano State Executive Council have reacted to the recovery of their official vehicles by the Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission, alleging intimidation and trespass on...

Nigeria’s Jobless GDP Growth Eclipses Impending Food Crisis, Worsening Poverty

March 02, (THEWILL) — Nigeria's real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) recorded a year-on-year growth of 4.07 percent in the fourth quarter of 2025, which is being hailed as the highest quarterly growth rate since Q4 2024. However, this figure...

THEWILL EDITORIAL: State Police, at Last

March 02, (THEWILL) — President Bola Tinubu finally picked up the gauntlet last Wednesday and directed the National Assembly to amend the 1999 Constitution to accommodate the establishment of State Police - a decentralised police force that can exist...

With Endorsement of 33 out of 36 Governors, Tinubu Tidies Re-election Ambition

March 01, (THEWILL) — Incumbent President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, APC, looks unstoppable ahead of the 2027 General Election, which the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, said in a revised timetable will take between January 16...

Deputy Gov Akpe’s Coming Calms Tension in Bayelsa

March 01, (THEWILL) — Although the Constitution confers no specific authority on Deputy Governors, their presence in government fulfils some political calculations as they represent constituencies and thereby make room for political inclusiveness. Newly sworn-in Deputy governor of Bayelsa...

New Moniepoint Report Validates NIBSS’s Critical Role in e-Payment Evolution

March 01, (THEWILL) — A recent case study conducted by Moniepoint has uncovered the growing prevalence of electronic transfers as a payment method throughout both urban and rural areas of Nigeria, while cash transactions are gradually fading away. This...