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Update: Budget Padding: FG Redeploys 22 Directors From Budget Office, 162 Officials From MDAs

BEVERLY HILLS, March 10, (THEWILL) –  Twenty two senior staff of the Budget Office in the Ministry of Budget and National Planning have been redeployed to other ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) in a renewed effort to reposition the...

Major Overhaul At NNPC With Dozens Of New Appointments

BEVERLY HILLS, March 10, (THEWILL) – The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Thursday announced the appointment of dozens of officers to new roles in a major overhaul of its structure as part of its reorganization. A statement by the oil giant,...

Senate Fault MTN Part Payment into Recovery Account, Chides AGF

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BEVERLY HILLS, March 10, (THEWILL) – The Senate has faulted the part payment of MTN Nigeria’s fine by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) into a 'Recovery Account' as against the Treasury Single Account (TSA). The Senate Committee on Communications also...

Lagos State Ends Sponsorship of Pilgrims

SAN FRANCISCO, March 10, (THEWILL) - Lagos State Government has said it will no longer sponsor pilgrims to Jerusalem and Mecca. This step was taken to ensure prudency in this harsh economic situation being faced in the country, Abdulateef Abdulhakeem,...

Update: Like Oluremi, Tinubu’s Daughter Cries Foul, Leads Protest Against Buhahi-Led APC

SAN FRANCISCO, March 10, (THEWILL) – The Iyaloja General of Nigeria, Chief Folasade Tinubu-Ojo, has led market women to protest the non-inclusion of market women in President Muhammadu Buhari-led All Progressives Congress administration. Tinubu-Ojo who is also the daughter of...

MTN Proposes To Pay $1.5 Billion To Settle Nigerian Penalty

...Phone company offers to spread cash payments over five years ...MTN would purchase government bonds, allow access to network MTN Group Ltd. has proposed to pay 300 billion naira ($1.5 billion) to settle a record $3.9 billion fine in Nigeria for...

Aftermath Of Building Collapse: Lekki Gardens CEO Detained

SAN FRANCISCO, March 10, (THEWILL) – The Managing Director of Lekki Gardens, Mr. Richard Nyong, has been detained by the police following Tuesday’s collapse of a 5-storey building that was still under construction in the Lekki area, with death...

Anyaoku Says No To Biafra’s Appointment

SAN FRANCISCO, March 10, (THEWILL) – Chief Emeka Anyaoku, a former Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, has rejected his nomination as one of the representatives to negotiate and discuss on behalf of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB). IPOB had on...

Buhari Warns Against Collapse Of South Sudan Peace Agreement

SAN FRANCISCO, March 10, (THEWILL) – President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged that he and other members of the African Union High-Level Consultative Committee on South Sudan will do their best to ensure that the peace agreement signed by the...

THEWILL Editorial: Enough Of These Raids, Killings By Fulani Herdsmen!

BEVERLY HILLS, March 10, (THEWILL) – The perennial clash between Fulani herdsmen and farmers over grazing lands has assumed a frightening dimension across the country. While the herdsmen of old were known to carry bows and arrows to defend their...