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June 20, (THEWILL) — This Saturday, eligible voters in Ekiti State will file out to polling units across the 16 local government areas as the governorship election gets underway under heavy security, with the electorate deciding whether to...

June 19 (THEWILL) — President Bola Tinubu has approved a final six-month tenure extension for the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Adewale Adeniyi, moving his retirement date to February 2027. The extension, according to a State House statement...

June 19 (THEWILL) — The Nigerian Exchange (NGX) ended Friday’s trading session on a negative note as sustained profit-taking in major banking and industrial stocks extended the market’s losing streak, eroding approximately ₦939 billion from investors’ wealth. Market capitalisation declined from...

June 19 (THEWILL) — The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Friday ordered an accelerated hearing in a fresh suit filed by the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), led by former Senate President Adolphus...

June 19 (THEWILL) — The Petroleum Products Retail Outlets Owners Association of Nigeria (PETROAN) has called on refiners, depot owners, and petroleum products importers to reduce ex-depot and retail pump prices in line with the recent decline in global crude...

June 19 (THEWILL) — The Benue State Income and Expenditure Commission of Inquiry 2015 instituted by Governor Hyacinth Alia has summited it findings. It revealed that over N139.8 billion was unaccounted for by the then government of Samuel Ortom who...

June 19 (THEWILL) — The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Friday convicted and sentenced the mother and sister of late bandit kingpin, Kachallah Ibrahim Battujo, to 40 years imprisonment each for terrorism-related offences, marking one of the most...

June 19 (THEWILL) — Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force in Lagos State have arrested 26 foreign nationals after investigations into an alleged kidnapping case uncovered what authorities described as a false report that ultimately exposed a network of undocumented...

June 19 (THEWILL) — The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) have commenced weeklong activities to commemorate the 2026 World Drug Day, pledging a sustained and coordinated offensive against...

June 19 (THEWILL) — Israel and the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah have agreed to a ceasefire, a senior United States official has confirmed, bringing a temporary halt to days of deadly escalation across the Israel–Lebanon border. According to the BBC,...