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April 16, (THEWILL) — First City Monument Bank is leveraging cultural platforms to drive small business growth, financial inclusion, and broader market access, positioning events like the Ibadan Cultural Festival as viable economic hubs. The bank, a lead partner of...

April 16, (THEWILL) — A Federal Capital Territory High Court, on Thursday, issued a bench warrant for the arrest of former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq, after she failed to appear before...

April 16, (THEWILL) — The Nigerian Muslim Congress, Northern Elders Political Development Group, and Youths Vanguard for Peaceful Co-existence of Nigeria have criticised recent calls by a United States lawmaker, Kimberly Daniels, for the redeployment of the Minister of...

April 16, (THEWILL) — A United Kingdom court has jailed a Nigerian couple, Luciana and Femi Akanbi, for orchestrating a large-scale fraud scheme that exploited stolen personal data of employees of Transport for London (TfL), resulting in losses exceeding...

April 16, (THEWILL) — Following concerns raised by members of the public, the Kano State government has now constituted an 18-member Media and Information Policy Drafting Committee to ensure accurate dissemination of information in the state. The committee was inaugurated...

April 16, (THEWILL) — The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has dismissed as null and void the purported suspension of former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, and former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, by a faction of...

April 16, (THEWILL) — Israel and Lebanon have agreed to a 10-day ceasefire following high-level diplomatic engagement led by the United States. The announcement was made on Thursday by United States President, Donald Trump, who disclosed that both countries consented...

April 16, (THEWILL) — The Dangote Petroleum Refinery exported about 434 million litres of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) in March 2026, after production significantly outpaced domestic consumption, according to data from the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority. Figures...

April 16, (THEWILL) — South African opposition leader and Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) commander, Julius Malema, has been sentenced to five years' imprisonment after being found guilty of illegal possession of a firearm and the public discharge of a...

April 16, (THEWILL) — The Nigerian equities market sustained its bullish momentum as investors continued to accumulate fundamentally strong stocks, pushing key performance indicators higher at the close of trading. The market capitalisation opened the session at ₦134.772 trillion and...