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Bayelsa: Court Restrains APC From Going Ahead With Direct Primaries

BEVERLY HILLS, August 29, (THEWILL) - The Bayelsa High Court has granted an order restraining the National Executive Committee (NEC) of All Progressives Congress (APC) from adopting direct primary in selecting the party’s flag-bearer for Nov.16 governorship elections in the...

El-Zakzaky Is Conniving With Iran To Islamize Nigeria – FG

BEVERLY HILLS, August 29, (THEWILL) - The Federal Government is alleging that the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, has the sole aim of establishing an Islamic State in Nigeria. In a counter-affidavit filed on...

TICAD7: Nigeria Offers Attractive Investment Opportunities – Buhari

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SAN FRANCISCO, August 28, (THEWILL) - “Nigeria has very attractive investment opportunities with some of the highest Returns-on-Investment,” President Muhammadu Buhari declared in Yokohama, Japan on Thursday. Presenting the country’s Statement at Plenary Session Three on “Public-Private Business Dialogue” at the...

Nigeria Caves, Cuts Visa Fees For Americans

SAN FRANCISCO, August 28, (THEWILL) - Nigeria has announced a cut in visa fees for US citizens after the American government Tuesday increased visa fees for Nigerian passport holders in retaliation to a previous increase by the President Muhammadu...

Court Refuses To Hear Sowore’s Application Challenging Detention

SAN FRANCISCO, August 28, (THEWILL) - A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has refused to hear the application challenging the detention of the convener of #RevolutionNow, Omoyele Sowore by the Department of State Security Services (DSS) filed by...

Lagos Assembly Sets Up Panel To Probe Ambode

SAN FRANCISCO, August 28, (THEWILL) - The Lagos State House Assembly has set-up a committee to investigate the purchase of 820 buses by the administration of former Governor Akinwunmi Ambode. Members of the Assembly constituted the panel on Tuesday during...

$9.6bn Judgment: FG Seeks Stay Of Execution

SAN FRANCISCO, August 27, (THEWILL) - The Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, has revealed that the Federal Government is seeking a stay of execution on the award of 9.6 billion dollars by a British Court, against Nigeria to Irish company,...

Buhari Reconstitutes NDDC Board

SAN FRANCISCO, August 27, (THEWILL) - President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the reconstitution of the Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission NDDC, with Bernard Okumagba, a former Commissioner for Finance in Delta State as Managing Director and a former...

AfCFTA Signing Could Present New Security Threat – IGP

SAN FRANCISCO, August 27, (THEWILL) - The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mohammed Abubakar Adamu, has said that the signing of the African Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) within the ECOWAS framework could present new sets of security threats in the...

US Increases Tourism Visa Cost For Nigerians In Reciprocation

SAN FRANCISCO, August 27, (THEWILL) - The United States has increased the cost of visa application for Nigerians explaining that it was “reciprocating” the extra visa fee the Nigerian government charges American citizens. The US Consulate announced this in a statement...