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FG Directs Telecom Operators To Suspend N4 Charge On USSD Transactions

SAN FRANCISCO, October 20, (THEWILL) - The Federal Government has asked MTN Nigeria and other mobile operators to suspend the four naira (N4:00) charge per 20 seconds on USSD access to banking services. The directive was issued by the Minister...

IMF Backs Nigeria On Border Closure

BEVERLY HILLS, October 19, (THEWILL) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has backed Nigeria’s closure of its borders with some neighbouring countries over issues bordering on illegal trade. Abebe Selassie, the Director of the African Department at the IMF, gave...

Kogi: Yahaya’s Running Mate, Onoja Emerges New Deputy Governor

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SAN FRANCISCO, October 19, (THEWILL) - Chief Edward Onoja, the running mate of Governor Yahaya Bello in the forthcoming November 16, 2019 governorship election, will be sworn in a few hours as the new Deputy Governor of the state...

CBN Stress Test: Seven Banks Fall Short

SAN FRANCISCO, October 18, (THEWILL) - The result of the Central Bank of Nigeria stress test on banks has revealed that the funding positions of seven commercial banks are inadequate. The affected banks were not publicly identified by the apex...

Kogi Deputy Governor, Achuba Impeached

SAN FRANCISCO, October 18, (THEWILL) - The Deputy Governor of Kogi, Mr Simon Achuba, has been impeached by the state’s House of Assembly. He was impeached Friday shortly after the House received and considered the report of a judicial panel of...

FRSC To Close Another Section Of Lagos–Ibadan Expressway On Monday

SAN FRANCISCO, October 18, (THEWILL) - The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has said that it intends to extend the reconstruction work on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway from Magboro to The PUNCH section of the road from October 21 to January 31,...

NUJ Planning To Sponsor Bill Against Owing Journalists’ Salaries

SAN FRANCISCO, October 18, (THEWILL) - The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) is planning, in collaboration with newspaper owners, to sponsor a bill to penalise media establishments that owe journalists. Mr Christopher Isiguzo, National President of NUJ, stated this in Makurdi...

PDP Names Supreme Court Justices It Says Must Hear Atiku’s Appeal

SAN FRANCISCO, October 18, (THEWILL) - The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the House of Representatives has insisted that Justices Mary Odili, Slyvester Ngwuta, Bode Rhodes-Vivour and three other senior justices of the supreme court must be appointed to...

Finally Labour, FG Agree On New Minimum Wage Adjustment

BEVERLY HILLS, October 18, (THEWILL) - The Federal Government and organised labour have finally reached an agreement on the percentage increase on the consequential adjustment in workers’ salaries for the payment of the N30,000 minimum wage. The agreement was reached...

Buhari Orders Forensic Audit Of NDDC, Operations

BEVERLY HILLS, October 17, (THEWILL) - Worried by the persistent criticisms of the operations of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered a forensic audit of the operations of the organisation from 2001 to 2019. ...