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Aiteo Plans $5b Investment, To Double Oil Production

BEVERLY HILLS, July 3, (THEWILL) - Aiteo Eastern Exploration and Production Company, Nigeria’s largest independent oil producer plans to spend as much as $5 billion to boost its oil and natural gas production in the next five years. The company...

Nigeria Adopts NEC’s National Livestock Transformation Plan After Dumping RUGA

BEVERLY HILLS, July 03, (THEWILL) - The Nigerian government has adopted the National Economic Council (NEC)’s National Livestock Transformation Plan (NLTP) after President Muhammadu Buhari suspended the `RUGA Settlement’ Programme initiated by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture following the...

Obaseki Reshuffles Cabinet, Fires 8 Commissioners

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BEVERLY HILLS, July 03, (THEWILL) - Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has reshuffled his cabinet, dropping eight Commissioners, nominating six replacements and appointing five Special Advisers. The Commissioners that were fired are allies of Adams Oshiomhole, a former governor...

Buhari To Sign AfCFTA – Aide

BEVERLY HILLS, July 03, (THEWILL) - President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the recommendations of the Presidential Committee on the Impact and Readiness Assessment of the African Continental Free Trade Area, AfCFTA, agreement, Garba Shehu, his spokesman said Wednesday in a...

Federal Government Suspends Planned Ruga Programme

SAN FRANCISCO, July 03, (THEWILL) - The Federal Government has suspended the planned Ruga Programme. An aide in the presidency confirmed this to Channels Television on Wednesday but said the Governors Forum will be speaking on the matter soon. The news came...

Nigeria To Sign AfCFTA At AU Summit – FG

SAN FRANCISCO, July 03, (THEWILL) - The Federal Government has revealed that President Muhammadu Buhari will sign the landmark African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) at the upcoming Extraordinary Summit of the African Union in the Nigerien capital city,...

Swift Prosecution Of Electoral Offenders Will Deepen Democracy – INEC Chair

SAN FRANCISCO, July 03, (THEWILL) - Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has declared that swift prosecution of electoral offenders in the country will deepen democracy. Professor Yakubu who spoke during the review of the 2019...

Police IG Orders Arrest Of Sen. Elisha Abbo For Assaulting Sales Girl

SAN FRANCISCO, July 03, (THEWILL) - The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the arrest of the Senator Elisha Abbo and his orderly for allegedly attacking a sales girl in Abuja. The IGP revealed that investigations are currently...

Principal Officers For Ninth Senate Revealed

BEVERLY HILLS, July 02, (THEWILL) - Senate President Ahmad Lawan has announced the list of principal officers of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the ninth Senate. Lawan named Senator Abdullahi Yahaya as Senate Leader...

Nigeria’s Barkindo Re-Elected As OPEC’s Secretary General

SAN FRANCISCO, July 02, (THEWILL) - The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC ) has announced the re-election of Nigeria’s Mohammed Barkindo as Secretary General for a three-year tenure. Barkindo, who is an accomplished oil technocrat with a wealth of...