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BEVERLY HILLS, December 02 (THEWILL) –As Bayelsa State prepares for Saturday’s governorship election, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Wednesday charged the people of the State to resist rigging by all means. PDP National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh, gave the...

BEVERLY HILLS, December 02 (THEWILL) –The Comptroller - General, Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Col. Hameed Ali (rtd), Wednesday, warned that he would either discipline, dismiss or jail any officer found guilty of corrupt practices. Ali gave the warning while addressing...

SAN FRANCISCO, December 02, (THEWILL) – The authorities of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun State, have closed down the school after 48 hours of students’ unrest. The institution was shut down on Tuesday after an emergency meeting of the...

SAN FRANCISCO, December 02, (THEWILL) – A former Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on Wednesday distanced herself from the alleged $2.1 billion arms procurement scandal involving the embattled former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd). This was...

SAN FRANCISCO, December 02, (THEWILL) – The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Seme Command, Tuesday said it generated N1.2bn as revenue for November. Spokesman for the command in Seme, Badagry, Mr. Selechang Taupyen, said that the revenue was the highest the...

Update: *** The 4-year old lion has been shot dead by the police after it turned hostile and refused to return to its cage. The killing was greeted with outrage by the public. They argue that the animal should...

SAN FRANCISCO, December 03, (THEWILL) – An Ikeja Chief Magistrate Court Wednesday remanded in prison custody two men, Elijah Adeyemi, and Adebola Obafunwa, docked over illegal possession of arms and conspiracy to commit armed robbery. At their arraignment, the accused...

BEVERLY HILLS, December 02 (THEWILL) – Despite President Muhammadu Buhari’s famed determination to wrestle corruption, a new study conducted by Transparency International, TI, and Afrobarometre claims that a great majority of Nigerians think corruption is on the rise with...

BEVERLY HILLS, December 02 (THEWILL) – A counter-offensive by the military, lasting well over six hours, has led to the killing of several insurgents in Gulak, a town in Madagali Local Government Area of Adamawa State. The village head of...

BEVERLY HILLS, December 02 (THEWILL) – Rampaging Fulani herdsmen, armed with machetes, bows and arrows, Sunday afternoon, sacked Polido village in Billiri local government area of Gombe State as they killed a man and injured four others before setting...