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Nigerian Navy Frustrates Hijack Of Merchant Ship, Saves 25 Foreigners

SAN FRANCISCO, February 07, (THEWILL) – Officers of the Nigerian Navy has frustrated an attempt by suspected sea pirates to hijack and abduct 25 foreign nationals aboard a Maersk merchant ship, Safmarine Kuramo, carrying general cargo to Nigeria. Briefing journalists...

Borno Is Half Nigeria, Half Boko Haram Territory

SAN FRANCISCO, February 07, (THEWILL) – Baba Kaka Garbai, the senator representing Borno Central in the upper chamber of the National Assembly has insisted that Borno State is equally shared between the terrorist sect, Boko Haram and the Nigerian...

Resign! Falana Counsels Saaki

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SAN FRANCISCO, February 07, (THEWILL) – Popular human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has counseled the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, to resign his position in order to preserve the integrity of the National Assembly. In an interview with Punch, he hailed...

SERAP Tackles World Bank Over Abacha Loot

BEVERLY HILLS, February 07, (THEWILL) – The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has condemned the World Bank for providing insufficient information on the spending of the recovered loot by former military ruler, Sani Abacha, by the federal government...

Budget Mess: Buhari Furious With ‘Budget Mafia’ Over Inflated Figures

BEVERLY HILLS, February 07, (THEWILL) – President Muhammadu Buhari is said to be furious with a group of top civil servants called ‘Budget Mafia’ for allegedly attempting to inflate the 2016 budget by over N1.7trillion. According to sources in the...

Borno Residents Flee Homes As Boko Haram Intensifies Attacks

SAN FRANCISCO, February 06, (THEWILL) – Thousands of residents of communities neighbouring Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, have fled their homes as Boko Haram insurgents intensified their attack on the state on Friday night. The insurgents, who killed 65 persons...

No Going Back On CBN Restriction Of Forex On Imported Goods – Saraki

SAN FRANCISCO, February 06, (THEWILL) – President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki has foreclosed the possibility of a reversal of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, policy excluding some imported goods and services from the list of items...

Shocking: 11-Year-Old Boy Convicted Of Killing 8-Year-Old Girl

BEVERLY HILLS, February 06, (THEWILL) – An 11-year-old boy, Benny Tiller has been found guilty of murdering an eight-year-old girl after she and her sister refused to let him see their puppies. His grandmother told CBS affiliate WVLT he was...

ICPC Boss Reveals Why War Against Corruption Is Gaining Momentum

BEVERLY HILLS, February 06, (THEWILL) – Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission, ICPC, Mr. Ekpo Nta, has revealed that the ongoing war against corruption is gaining momentum because of the anti-corruption disposition of President...

We Were Not Sacked By Supreme Court – Uba, Oduah, Others Officially Inform INEC

BEVERLY HILLS, February 06, (THEWILL) – Peoples Demo­cratic Party, PDP, lawmakers representing Anambra State in the National Assembly have officially informed the National Assembly and the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, that they were not sacked by the Supreme...