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Nigerian Governors Set Up Committee On State Police

SAN FRANCISCO, July 20, (THEWILL) - The Nigeria Governors’ Forum, NGF, has resolved to constitute a six-man committee that would consider the vexed issue of state police in the country, which is one of the major items in the proposed...

Separate CRK And IRK In New Curriculum – FG Orders NERDC

BEVERLY HILLS, July 20, (THEWILL) - The Federal Government has directed the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC) to separate the Christian Religious Knowledge (CRK) and Islamic Religious Knowledge (IRK) subjects in the basic education curriculum. THEWILL recalls that the...

Court Orders Seven Banks To Remit $793m To TSA

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BEVERLY HILLS, July 20, (THEWILL) - Seven commercial banks in the country have been ordered by a Federal High Court in Lagos to temporarily remit a total of $793, 200, 000 allegedly hidden with them in contravention of the Federal...

Budget: Osinbajo Writes National Assembly, Seeks Virement Of N135.6bn

BEVERLY HILLS, July 20, (THEWILL) - The Acting President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo has submitted a virement proposal of N135.6bn to the National Assembly. The money is meant to cover projects in the Ministry of Power, Works and Housing as well...

Nnamdi Kanu Says He Was Offered Biafra But Rejected It Because…

BEVERLY HILLS, July 20, (THEWILL) - Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, on Wednesday claimed that he was allowed a sovereign Biafran state while in detention, but he rejected it because there was no Rivers and...

Restructuring Will Take Power From Elite To The Grassroots – Atiku

BEVERLY HILLS, July 201, (THEWILL) - Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar on Wednesday disclosed that he is throwing his weight behind the country's restructuring because of his conviction that it would guarantee a united Nigeria and take power from...

Court Suspends Planned Promotion By Nigerian Immigration Service

BEVERLY HILLS, July 19, (THEWILL) - The National Industrial Court in Abuja has ordered the Comptroller-General of Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), the Civil Defence, Fire, Immigration and Prisons Services Board (CDFIPSB) and the NIS to suspend their planned promotion exercise...

Court Orders Temporary Forfeiture Of Diezani’s Banana Island Property, Funds

BEVERLY HILLS, July 19, (THEWILL) - Justice Chuka Obiozor-led Federal High Court has ordered the interim forfeiture of an estate in Banana Island, Lagos reportedly bought for $37.5m in 2013 by ex-minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke. According to...

Senate Vows To Create Law Granting NFIU Autonomy From EFCC

BEVERLY HILLS, July 19, (THEWILL) - The Senate on Wednesday resolved to pass a law that would make the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit, NFIU, independent of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The upper legislative chamber also resolved to empower...

Nigerians Spend $5bn Generating Their Own Electricity – Dogara

BEVERLY HILLS, July 18, (THEWILL) - The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, has stated that Nigerians annually spend an estimated $5 billion to power their generating sets, assuring that the House would support the Executive to find...