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April 10, (THEWILL) — Lafarge Africa Plc will ask shareholders to approve a change of its corporate name to “HBM Nigeria Plc” at its 67th Annual General Meeting scheduled for April 30, 2026, in Lagos. The proposal was disclosed in...

April 10, (THEWILL) — The Headquarters of Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK) has dismissed what it described as "false and exaggerated" reports on casualties from the recent terrorist attack in Benisheikh, Borno State, confirming that two officers and two soldiers were...

April 10, (THEWILL) — Champion Breweries Plc has fully redeemed its ₦15 billion inaugural Commercial Paper issuance, marking a significant milestone in its debt capital market activities and reinforcing investor confidence in the company. In a statement released on Thursday,...

April 10, (THEWILL) — President Bola Tinubu has unveiled a new national platform designed to strengthen support for Nigerian businesses, deepen engagement between government and entrepreneurs, and improve the responsiveness of economic policies to real-sector realities. The initiative, known as...

April 10, (THEWILL) — Nigeria’s poverty rate rose to 63 percent in 2025, despite a noticeable slowdown in inflation, underscoring the limited impact of macroeconomic improvements on household welfare, according to the World Bank. The figures were published in the...

April 10, (THEWILL) — Nigeria’s agent banking ecosystem is entering a new phase, following updated guidelines by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), to address long-standing issues such as fraud, failed transactions, and inconsistent service delivery. Introduced on April...

April 10, (THEWILL) — In a rare moment of restraint in the prolonged conflict between Russia and Ukraine, Russian President, Vladimir Putin, has announced a 32-hour Orthodox Easter ceasefire, offering a temporary pause in hostilities that has raised cautious...

April 10, (THEWILL) — The Federal Government has approved the nationwide deployment of a contactless biometric passenger verification system known as VPASS across Nigeria’s domestic airports, in a major reform to strengthen aviation security, eliminate identity discrepancies, and boost...

April 10, (THEWILL) — The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has debunked viral claims suggesting the introduction of a ₦5,000 banknote featuring the portrait of President Bola Tinubu, describing the widely circulated image as fake and misleading, while...

April 10, (THEWILL) — The Federal Government has officially launched a nationwide Learner Identification Number (LIN) system, a landmark digital reform designed to assign every Nigerian student a permanent academic identity, in a bold move to transform the education...