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Naira Rallies Again, Settles At N208 – $1 In Parallel Market

SAN FRANCISCO, August 21, (THEWILL) – Nigeria’s naira has sustained the gains recorded this week, edging higher on Friday against the U.S dollar at the parallel market -- N208 / $1 -- having traded at N223 on Monday and...

Buhari Suspends Immigration Boss Over Visa Issued To Wanted Terrorist

BEVERLY HILLS, August 21, (THEWILL) – President Muhammadu Buhari has suspended from office the Comptroller-General of Nigeria’s Immigration Service, Mr. David Parradang, over the visa issued to a wanted terrorist, Sheikh Ahmed Al-Assir, a Lebanese Sunni Muslim extremist and...

Crisis: Buhari Appoints Obasanjo Special Envoy To Guinea Bissau, Urges Respect For Constitutional Order

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SAN FRANCISCO, August 21, (THEWILL) – President Muhammadu Buhari Friday appointed former President Olusegun Obasanjo as his Special Envoy to mediate and help find a solution to the crisis brewing in Guinea Bissau. This followed the unfolding political situation in...

Troops Retake Borno Town From Boko Haram, 2 Soldiers Killed By Landmines

BEVERLY HILLS, August 21, (THEWILL) – As part of the continued offensive operations against Boko Haram terrorists, troops of 7 Brigade Friday entered and cleared Gudumbali town, Kukawa Local Government Area of Borno State. During the operation, quite a number...

Bristow Chopper Crash: AIB Publishes Names Of Passengers

SAN FRANCISCO, August 20, (THEWILL) – The Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) Thursday made public the 12-passenger manifest of the ill-fated helicopter that crashed into the lagoon last week in Oworonshoki area of Lagos, killing at least six persons. The passengers...

Recruitment: Don’t Extort Applicants, Buhari Warns Police, Orders Reduction Of Policemen Attached To VIPs

SAN FRANCISCO, August 20, (THEWILL) – President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Abuja warned that he would not tolerate any irregularities or extortion of money from unemployed Nigerians in the coming recruitment into the police. He also directed the Inspector-General of...

Why We’re Destroying Fayemi’s ‘Legacies’ – Fayose

Ekiti State governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, has said that his government was destroying the legacies of huge debt, unpaid salaries, white elephant projects, bad governance and corruption left behind by the All Progressives Congress (APC) government of Dr. Kayode...

Nigeria’s Fuel Subsidy Unsustainable: State Oil Head

The new head of Nigeria's state oil company said on Thursday the country's fuel subsidy was an unsustainable drain on the economy, calling for deregulation of the oil and gas sector. "Subsidy creates distortions in government revenue distribution," Nigerian National...

Rivers: Amaechi Loses Bid To Stop Probe

BEVERLY HILLS, August 20, (THEWILL) – Former Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, Thursday, lost the bid to stop the probe of his Administration as Justice Simeon Amadi of the State High Court dismissed the suit he filed challenging the...

Core Investor, Afriland Faults Ambode’s Cancellation Of Falomo Shopping Centre JV

SAN FRANCISCO, August 20, (THEWILL) –  Afriland Properties, a company promoted by billionaire-philanthropist and Chairman of UBA, Mr. Tony Elumelu has faulted Governor Akinwunmi Ambode’s cancellation of the joint venture deal it entered with the government of Lagos State...