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Ex-Abia Gov Orjih, 2 Sons Quizzed By EFCC Over N550bn

August 19, (THEWILL) - The Former Governor of Abia State, Senator Theodore Orji, has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). This arrest follows an earlier one in February 2020, which saw the Senator quizzed but later...

Buhari Debriefs Security Chiefs At Security Meeting

August 19, (THEWILL) - President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday morning began presiding over a crucial security meeting with all the nation’s security chiefs and relevant cabinet ministers in attendance. The Presidency said the meeting will see security chiefs updating Buhari...

Court Okays CBN Freezing Accounts Of Suspected Illegal Forex Dealers

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August 19, (THEWILL) - The Federal High Court in Abuja has granted the request of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to freeze 86 accounts of some companies and individuals allegedly involved in fraudulent foreign exchange activities. The request, granted by...

Reps Demand MTN’s 9-Year Tax Receipts Over ₦451bn Backlog

August 19, (THEWILL) - The House of Representatives Committee on Finance has asked the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) to submit the receipts of the tax payments made by MTN to the agency for 2007 and between 2010 and 2017. The...

Govt Approves N21.11bn For Aviation, Education, 4 Other Agencies 

August 18, (THEWILL) - The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved N21,107,212,510 for projects in the aviation and education ministries as well as some Federal agencies. This was disclosed at the end of the council’s virtual meeting presided over by President...

Supreme Court Denies List Of New SANs In Circulation

August 18, (THEWILL) - The Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee (LPPC) has described as fake and untrue the list of candidates for the award of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) published by an online newspaper. The committee, in a statement by the...

Govt Appeals Ruling Forbidding Igboho’s Arrest, Bank Freeze

August 18, (THEWILL) - The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami (SAN), on Wednesday filed an application before an Oyo State High Court praying to vacate the order stopping the arrest and freezing the accounts of Sunday Adeyemi,...

Buhari Appoints Timipre Sylva To Head Committee On Petroleum Industry Act (PIB) Implementation

August 17, (THEWILL) - President Muhammadu Buhari has approved a Steering Committee to over see the process to kick-start the implementation of the newly signed Petroleum Industry Act (PIA). The Steering Committee is headed by the Honourable Minister of State,...

Fuel Remains N162 Per Litre, As President Addresses Oil Bill (PIB) Saga On Wednesday 

August 17, (THEWILL) - The Federal Government has declared the pump price of petrol will remain at N162 until it agrees with the Organised Labour for full deregulation of the downstream petroleum sector. Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre...

CBN, Police Going After Naira Abusers 

August 17, (THEWILL) - The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has warned that abusers of naira notes will be prosecuted by the financial regulator in collaboration with other regulatory bodies. The warning, according to the CBN, was necessitated by the activities...