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At Last, NJC Suspends Justices, Judicial Officers Standing Trial For Corruption

BEVERLY HILLS, November 3, (THEWILL) - Justices and judicial officers standing trial will no longer be allowed to perform judicial functions until their cases are determined, the National Judicial Council (NJC) announced Thursday, after weeks of pressure from the...

Soyinka Threatens To Destroy Green Card If Trump Wins US Election

BEVERLY HILLS, November 3, (THEWILL) - Barely five days to the US presidential election, Nobel laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka has vowed to shred his green card and leave the United States, U.S, if the Republican nominee, Donald Trump, wins...

CBN Doles $300m To Foreign Airlines

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BEVERLY HILLS, November 2, (THEWILL) - The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has released $300 million out of the $600 million airlines fund to cushion the effect of the cash squeeze affecting foreign airlines flying into Nigeria. This was disclosed...

AfDB Approves $600 Million To Support Nigeria’s Budget

BEVERLY HILLS, November 2, (THEWILL) - The board of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a $600 million loan for Nigeria on Wednesday aimed at helping the country plug its budget deficit as it grapples with its first...

Federal Government Approves Eight New Universities

SAN FRANCISCO, November 02, (THEWILL) - The Federal Government has approved eight new private universities across the country. The Minister of State for Education, Anthony Onwuka, who briefed State House correspondents, said the approval was granted on Wednesday, during a...

Oil Pipeline Blown Hours After Meeting With President

SAN FRANCISCO, November 02, (THEWILL) - Suspected militants have bombed the Trans Forcados export line near the southern Nigerian oil hub of Warri just hours after President Muhammadu Buhari met with representatives the Niger Delta to discuss how to...

Petroleum Industry Bill Passes Second Reading At Senate

SAN FRANCISCO, November 02, (THEWILL) - The Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB, on Wednesday passed Second Reading on the floor of the Senate and was consequently referred to the Committee on Petroleum (upstream and downstream) for more legislative work. The bill,...

Senate To Suspend Sittings If INEC Failed To Conduct Rivers Rerun By December 10

SAN FRANCISCO, November 02, (THEWILL) - The Senate on Wednesday resolved to suspend its sittings if the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, failed to conduct National Assembly rerun elections in Rivers state between now and December 10. The Deputy Senate...

Atiku Makes Case For Decentralisation Of Power

SAN FRANCISCO, November 02, (THEWILL) - A former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar on Tuesday argued that even if the country achieves diversification of the economy, the continued concentration of power and resources on the central government would slow...

DMO Explains Why Government Needs Proposed $30bn Proposed Loan

SAN FRANCISCO, November 01, (THEWILL) - The Director General of the Debt Management Office (DMO) Dr. Abraham Nwankwo has provided clarifications on the proposed $30bn foreign loans request submitted to the National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari last week...