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Court Varies Bail Condition For Sowore

BEVERLY HILLS, October 20, (THEWILL) - A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, has maintained the bail of N100m with two sureties in like sum, given to the convener of the RevolutionNow protests, Omoyele Sowore. The trial judge, Justice Ijeoma...

Youths Shut Down Minna-Suleja Road In Protest

SAN FRANCISCO, October 21, (THEWILL) - Some youths in Niger State have shut down the Minna-Suleja Road on Monday morning to protest what they called neglect by the Federal Government. They accused the Federal Government of neglecting federal roads in...

President Buhari Participates In Russia-Africa Summit In Sochi

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SAN FRANCISCO, October 21, (THEWILL) - President Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja on Monday to attend a three-day Russia-Africa Summit in Sochi, Russia, October 23rd – 25th, with focus on exploring and expanding opportunities in security, trade and investment,...

World Bank Approves $3bn Loan For Power In Nigeria

BEVERLY HILLS, October 20, (THEWILL) - The World Bank Group has granted Nigeria a loan of $3bn for its ailing power sector. Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed announced the development Sunday during a chat with Nigerian journalists covering the 2019...

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

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,...