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Court Sacks NBA President

SAN FRANCISCO, March 31, (THEWILL) - A federal high court in Abuja has voided the 2015 constitution of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA through which Abubakar Mahmoud was elected as President of the Association in July 2016. The court gave...

Buhari Approves Executive Management Of NTA, Others

SAN FRANCISCO, March 31, (THEWILL) - President Muhammadu Buhari has approved appointments into the executive management of some government agencies and parastatals. According to a statement released by Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President on Media and publicity, the...

Buhari Deploys Three Ambassadors To UN, One To AU

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BEVERLY HILLS, March 31, (THEWILL) - President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the deployment of four out of the 45 ambassadors whose nomination was confirmed last week by the upper chamber of the National Assembly. The Special Adviser to the President...

CBN Confirms THEWILL Exclusive, Increases Forex Sale To BDCs

BEVERLY HILLS, March 30, (THEWILL) - In continuation of its determination to sustain liquidity in the foreign exchange market, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)Thursday announced that it commence twice-weekly forex sales to Bureau de Change (BDCs) from Monday,...

2019 Elections: Senate Amends Electoral Act, Approves Electronic Voting, Legalises Card Reader

BEVERLY HILLS, March 30, (THEWILL) - The Senate has passed amendments to the Electoral Act 2010 thereby approving the use of electronic voting in the 2019 general elections and other future elections and empowers the Independent National Electoral Commission...

Meningitis Outbreak Claims 282 Lives In Five Nigerian States

BEVERLY HILLS, March 30, (THEWILL) - The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has confirmed the outbreak of Cerebro Spinal Meningitis, CSM, in five states with at least 282 deaths related to the disease. The Chief Executive Officer of the...

Recession: Buhari Says Nigeria’s Economy Is Gradually Recovering

BEVERLY HILLS, March 30, (THEWILL) - President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday observed that Nigeria's economy is gradually recovering from the economic recession it  has been grappling with. The President was reported in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media...

Boko Haram Faction Seeks Grassroots Support In Northeast

BEVERLY HILLS, March 30, (THEWILL) - A Boko Haram faction led by the son of the group’s founder is trying to win over civilians by shunning the indiscriminate violence of its longtime figurehead that has alienated locals. Eyewitnesses to a...

We Won’t Reveal Amount Spent On Buhari’s Health – Lai Mohammed

SAN FRANCISCO, March 29, (THEWILL) - The Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, has declared that the Federal Government has no intention of disclosing how much President Muhammadu Buhari spent on his medical vacation in the United Kingdom. THEWILL recalls that...

UTME: JAMB Reduces Exam Duration By One Hour

SAN FRANCISCO, March 29, (THEWILL) - The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has stated that candidates sitting for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, would from this year onwards spend two hours instead of the three hours that...