The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiatives (NEITI), says Nigeria earned 21 billion dollars from the oil and gas sector in 2017.
NEITI disclosed this in its 2017 oil and gas industry report released in Abuja.
It said that the figure showed...
SAN FRANCISCO, November 27, (THEWILL) - Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Tuesday in Addis Ababa backed President Muhammadu Buhari’s stance on border closure, urging Benin Republic to change its ways for a harmonious bilateral relationship with Nigeria.
Obasanjo, speaking at...
Civil society groups are currently protesting against the proposed Hate Speech Bill, Social Media Bill and are demanding the immediate release of Mr. Omoyele Sowore who has been in the custody of the Department of State Services despite being...
SAN FRANCISCO, November 27, (THEWILL) - President Muhammadu Buhari has ratified the Protocol to Amend the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft (Hague Convention of 1971) (Beijing Protocol 2010).
President Buhari also ratified the Protocol to Amend...
BEVERLY HILLS, November 26, (THEWILL) – The Zamfara House of Assembly has repealed the law approving jumbo pensions for former state governors, deputies as well as Speakers and deputy speakers.
The bill was passed and signed into law under the...
SAN FRANCISCO, November 26, (THEWILL) -Â The Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami says international oil companies (IOCs) must do the right thing and pay up $62.1billion in unpaid arrears estimated to the federal...
SAN FRANCISCO, November 26, (THEWILL) -Â Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja, Tuesday adjourned until February 25, 2020 for judgement in the case involving the former national publicity secretary of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa Metuh, who...
SAN FRANCISCO, November 26, (THEWILL) -Â The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal office, has arrested the duo of Emmanuel Oluwaniyi, a Deputy Controller, DC, Nigerian Correctional Service, NCS, and Hemeson Edson Edwin, also a DC, for allegedly...
SAN FRANCISCO, November 26, (THEWILL) -Â A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has threatened to jail the Director General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Yusuf Bichi, over the continued detention of the convener of the #revolutionnow movement,...
SAN FRANCISCO, November 26, (THEWILL) -Â The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has retained the Monetary Policy Rate at 13.5%.
This was disclosed by the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, during...