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House Seeks Adequate Funding for NAPTIP

BEVERLY HILLS, CA, November 13, (THEWILL) - Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Human Rights, Hon. Beni Lar, Wednesday called for increased funding for the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP). Lar, who made the call...

Emergency Rule: House Summons Service Chiefs

BEVERLY HILLS, CA, November 13, (THEWILL) - The House of Representatives Wednesday invited the Service Chiefs to appear before it on Thursday, November 14 to brief lawmakers on the state of security in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa States. The resolution...

House Approves NDDC’s N315 bn Budget

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BEVERLY HILLS, CA, November 13, (THEWILL) - The House of Representatives Wednesday passed the 2013 budget of N315 billion for the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Details of the budget shows that N15 billion was approved for recurrent expenditure, while...

Nigeria’s Banks Seek New Avenues To Make Money After Profit Hit

Nigeria's banks are facing a profit squeeze this year as a result of new measures to help the country's economy that are also partly designed to get them to lend more to domestic businesses and consumers. The banking sector, which...

House Investigates Prison Services for Tax Evasion

BEVERLY HILLS, CA, November 13, (THEWILL) - The House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts is to investigate allegations of evasion of taxes and non-remittances of taxes to the Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS) by the Nigeria Prison Services...

At Last, US Declares Boko Haram, Ansaru Terrorist Organisations

SAN FRANCISCO, November 13, (THEWILL) - The Department of State has announced the designation of Boko Haram and Ansaru as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTO) under Section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended, and as Specially Designated...

Why Amaechi Is Being Persecuted – Senator Abe

BEVERLY HILLS, CA, November 13, (THEWILL) – The Senator representing Rivers South-East Senatorial District, Magnus Abe has attributed Governor Amaechi’s persecution in the current political dispensation to his resilience and doggedness in defense of Rivers State. Senator Abe disclosed this...

nPDP Chairman, Baraje Resigns As Chairman Of NRC

BEVERLY HILLS, CA, November 12, (THEWILL) – The National Chairman of the faction of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that calls itself the new PDP, Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje, has resigned from his position as Chairman of the...

Okadigbo’s Estate: Court Fixes Judgment For Feb.4

BEVERLY HILLS, CA, November 12, (THEWILL) – Judgment in the dispute over the management of the assets of the late Senate President, Chuba Okadigbo, who died over 10 years ago, has been fixed for February 4. An Abuja High Court...

THEWILL EDITORIAL: Condemning The Assassination Attempt On Delta House Speaker

SAN FRANCISCO, November 12, (THEWILL) - Indigenes and residents of the relatively peaceful and calm Delta North senatorial zone of Delta State were jolted by the news of the attempted assassination of the Speaker of the Delta State House...