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BEVERLY HILLS, November 24, (THEWILL) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Tuesday announced that it would conduct supplementary elections for the inconclusive Kogi State governorship election on December 5, 2015, the same day as the governorship election in...

Nigeria’s Central Bank on Tuesday cut policy interest rate for the first time in almost four years. At the end of its two-day rate setting meeting, the CBN Chief, Godwin Emefiele announced a 2 points cut to 11% in headline...

The Turkish military has reportedly shot down a Russian military aircraft on the border with Syria. Russia's defence ministry said an Su-24 had crashed on Syrian territory after being hit by fire from the ground. But Turkish military officials said Turkish...

BEVERLY HILLS, November 23, (THEWILL) – Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, on Monday urged President Muhammadu Buhari to ensure adequate budgetary provision for the resettlement of millions of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the 2016 budget...

BEVERLY HILLS, November 23, (THEWILL) – The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) said Monday that tax revenue would double in the next 12 months if all stakeholders cooperate adequately. The current petroleum profit tax is N1 trillion down from N3...

BEVERLY HILLS, November 23, (THEWILL) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday said it would apply available legal provisions on the recent development over Saturday’s governorship election in Kogi State. Deputy Director of Publicity of the commission, Mr....

BEVERLY HILLS, November 23, (THEWILL) – Imo State governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, Monday, denied that he accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, of causing the death of the party’s governorship candidate in Kogi State,...

BEVERLY HILLS, November 23, (THEWILL) – There was excitement in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, Monday, as public schools in the state which were shut last year because of the Boko Haram insurgency were re-opened for academic work. The turn-out...

BEVERLY HILLS, November 23, (THEWILL) – The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) said on Monday that it has deployed 2,200 corps members to Borno State for the 2015/2016 service year. The Public Relations Officers of NYSC in the state, Mr....

BEVERLY HILLS, November 23, (THEWILL) – The Department of State Services (DSS) Monday asked a Wuse Zone 2 Senior Magistrates’ Court in Abuja to discontinue trial of Nnamdi Kanu, the purported Director of Radio Biafra, being prosecuted over offences...