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Dorsey Steps Down As Twitter CEO

November 29, (THEWILL) - Jack Dorsey announced on Monday that he Is stepping down as head of the social media platform he co-founded in 2006. Board member and former Chief Technology Officer, Parag Agrawal, was appointed CEO, effective immediately. However,...

NLC Demands Assent To New Electoral Act Amendment Bill 

November 29, (THEWILL) - The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to sign the 2021 Electoral Act Amendment Bill into law. The NLC in a letter signed by its president, Comrade Ayuba Wabba, and addressed to President Buhari,...

Omicron: U.S Announces Travel Ban On South Africa, Seven Other Countries

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November 29, (THEWILL) - The United States has restricted entry of travelers from South Africa and seven other countries as part of measures to contain the new Omicron. However, the new restriction does not ban United States citizens and lawful...

Twitter Accepts Conditions To Resume Operations In Nigeria

November 29, (THEWILL) - Microblogging platform, Twitter has agreed to all the conditions set by the Federal Government of Nigeria for it to resume operations in the country. Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, who made this known...

Petroleum Subsidy Removal: Shocking New Year Gift Awaits Nigerians

November 28, (THEWILL) - The Federal Government appears set to implement the recommendation of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on the removal of the subsidy on petrol after many years of indecision occasioned by absolute lack of the political...

THEWILL EDITORIAL: Eclipse of Nigeria-China $2.5bn Currency Swap

The success story that eluded the highly celebrated Bilateral Currency Swap Agreement (BCSA) between Nigeria and China, executed over three years ago, is a national embarrassment. It underscores the widely-held view that our policies are not often well thought...

COVID-19: WHO Renames New Variant ‘Omicron’ As Canada Bans Flights From South Africa

November 27, (THEWILL) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) has renamed the recently-discovered B.1.1.529 strain of COVID-19 "Omicron". “Based on the evidence presented indicative of a detrimental change in Covid-19 epidemiology… the WHO has designated B.1.1.529 as a variant of...

eNaira App Records 600,000 Downloads In Four Weeks – Emefiele

November 26, (THEWILL) - The Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), eNaira, has recorded 600,000 downloads on its application (App) four weeks after it was launched on October 25, 2021. It also disclosed that efforts are ongoing to encourage faster adoption...

How We Stopped Obasanjo’s Third Term Agenda –  Mbeki

November 26, (THEWILL) - Former President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, on Thursday disclosed his role alongside that of General Abdulsalami Abubakar (a former military Head of State), in halting the third term agenda of former Nigerian President,  Olusegun...

Focus On Developing Renewable Energy To Solve Problem Of Power Supply – Obasanjo Tells FG 

November 26, (THEWILL) - Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Friday, urged the federal government to focus on developing renewable energy to generate electricity in order to solve the problem of insufficient power supply in the country. Obasanjo, who disclosed this...