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SAN FRANCISCO, September 10, (THEWILL) – Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has advocated a permanent membership status for Nigeria in the Security Council of the United Nations, stating that the country deserves it because of its contributions to...

  SAN FRANCISCO, September 10, (THEWILL) – President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday sacked the Chairman of the Federal Capital Territory Internal Revenue Service as well as the Chairmen, Secondary Education and Universal Basic Education Boards with immediate effect.   Their removal from office...

SAN FRANCISCO, September 10, (THEWILL) – President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday commiserated with the family of Alhaji Ibrahim Babankowa, a former Commissioner of Police, on his passing away. A statement by Garba Shehu, the President’s spokesman, said “President Buhari joins them...

A fire incident in Lagos State, south-west Nigeria, has claimed the lives of five members of a family. According to an eyewitness, the fire broke out overnight in Lawanson area of the Nigerian commercial city. The couple, grandmother, a little baby...

SAN FRANCISCO, September 09, (THEWILL) – The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Wednesday confirmed signing an interim Offshore Processing Agreement (OPA) with three of its joint venture companies. Reuters had earlier reported the interim deal quoting sources with knowledge of...

SAN FRANCISCO, September 09, (THEWILL) – A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday dismissed the insinuation by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that the APC-led Federal Government is dictatorial in nature. Tinubu, who was...

BEVERLY HILLS, September 09, (THEWILL) – The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Wednesday postponed the Kogi governorship primary of the party earlier scheduled for Thursday September 10, 2015. National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh, in...

SAN FRANCISCO, September 09, (THEWILL) – The Nigerian Army on Wednesday released 128 detainees after certifying that they had no link with the Boko Haram terrorists group in Borno. The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai handed over...

BEVERLY HILLS, September 09, (THEWILL) – Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has fired four Commissioners from the state cabinet. The commissioners are Chief Lucky James (Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs), Mrs. Maigida Blessing (Women Affairs), Mr. Patrick Aguinede (Basic...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), the Federal Ministry of Finance and the Debt Management Office have responded to J.P. Morgan’s delisting of bonds issued by the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN), from its Government Bond Index for Emerging...