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Troops Rescue Captives In Zamfara, Foil Sokoto Attack, Neutralise ESN Operatives In Anambra

June 24 (THEWILL) — The Nigerian Army has recorded significant operational successes across the North-West and South-East regions, rescuing kidnapped victims in Zamfara State, foiling a planned terrorist attack in Sokoto State, and neutralising three suspected members of the...

No Safe Haven For Terror Financiers – Nigeria Applauds US Sanctions On Mukhtar Muhammad, BDC Firms

June 24 (THEWILL) — Nigeria has welcomed the decision of the United States Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) to sanction alleged ISWAP financier, Mukhtar Muhammad Adamu, and three Bureau De Change (BDC) firms linked to him, declaring that...

Cardoso Unveils CBN Naira Ambassadors Club To Promote Respect For National Currency

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June 24 (THEWILL) — The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Olayemi Cardoso, has launched the CBN Naira Ambassadors Club, a new initiative to promote proper handling of the Naira and encouraging young Nigerians to become advocates...

Standard Chartered Secures IFC EDGE Green Building Certification For Lagos Headquarters

June 24 (THEWILL) — Standard Chartered Bank Nigeria Limited has received the International Finance Corporation’s (IFC) EDGE (Excellence in Design for Greater Efficiencies) Green Building Certification for its Head Office in Lagos, reinforcing its commitment to sustainable operations and...

Massive Gridlock as Truck Drivers Block Lagos-Ore-Benin Expressway Over Alleged Police Extortion

June 24 (THEWILL) — Traffic along the Lagos-Ore-Benin Expressway was disrupted on Wednesday after truck drivers blocked the Oniparaga axis of the highway in protest over alleged extortion by police officers in Ondo State. The action caused a massive...

Petrol Prices Surge 55% to N1,596 per Litre in May — NBS

June 24 (THEWILL) — The average retail price of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) rose by 55.31 percent year-on-year to N1,596.25 per litre in May 2026, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) latest report. The figure was higher...

Police Neutralise Two Suspected Kidnappers in Ogun, Rescue Abducted Victim

June 24 (THEWILL) — The Ogun State Police Command has neutralised two suspected kidnappers, rescued an abducted victim unharmed, and recovered N2.2 million suspected to be proceeds of crime during a sustained anti-kidnapping operation across the state. The Command...

Four Bye-Election Winners Officially Join Senate, Akpabio Urges Focus on National Interest

June 24 (THEWILL) — Senate President Godswill Akpabio, on Wednesday swore in four newly elected senators following their victories in the recent by-elections conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), urging them to place national interest...

Mexican Meth Cook, Four Nigerians Arrested as NDLEA Uncovers Oyo Forest Drug Lab

June 24 (THEWILL) — The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has uncovered and dismantled a sophisticated industrial-scale methamphetamine laboratory hidden deep inside a forest in Oyo State, arresting a Mexican national described as a methamphetamine production expert...

France on Alert After Doctor Returning From DR Congo Tests Positive For Ebola

June 24 (THEWILL) — France has confirmed its first Ebola case linked to the ongoing outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), after a humanitarian doctor who recently returned from the Central African nation tested positive...