News

Ayade Lauds Buhari Over CNS Appointment

BEVERLY HILLS, July 14, (THEWILL) – Cross River State Governor, Professor Ben Ayade, has lauded President Muhammadu Buhari for the appointment of Rear-Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas as the new Chief of Naval Staff. Ayade conveyed the gratitude of his administration and...

FG Pegs $1 @ N160 For Pilgrims To Israel, Saudi In 2015

SAN FRANCISCO, July 13, (THEWILL) – The Federal Government has pegged the dollar at N160 - $1 for intending pilgrims to Israel and Saudi Arabia in 2015, Mr. John-Kennedy Opara, the Executive Secretary, Nigerian Christian Pilgrims Commission (NCPC), said...

Revealed: Why EFCC Is After Oronsaye

Ask ZiVA 728x90 Ads
BEVERLY HILLS, July 13, (THEWILL) – Though temporary relief came Monday for former Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Mr. Stephen Oronsaye, who was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) before a Federal High Court...

Petroleum Subsidy Can Only Be Removed By Amending Price Control Act 1977, Says House Speaker

SAN FRANCISCO, July 13, (THEWILL) – Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara, Speaker of the House of Representatives, says any call for removal of petroleum subsidy can only be done through the amendment of Price Control Act 1977. He said the...

WDC: Fayose Is Honouring Fayemi’s Late Deputy, Not Desecrating Her Tomb – Ekiti Govt

SAN FRANCISCO, July 13, (THEWILL) – The Ekiti State Government has described the claim by the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state that the State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, was desecrating the tomb of the late deputy governor...

Niger Delta: I’ll Build On The Gains Of Amnesty Programme – Buhari

... Says Oil Sector Reforms Will Boost Accountability President Muhammadu Buhari Monday in Abuja assured that rather than scrap the Amnesty Programme in the Niger Delta as being advocated in some quaters, his administration would build on the good aspects...

N2bn Fraud: Oronsaye’s Trial Begins October 28, Court Orders Release From Custody

SAN FRANCISCO, July 13, (THEWILL) – Justice Gabriel Kolawole of the Federal High Court, Abuja, Monday fixed the trial of a former Head of Service, HoS, Mr. Stephen Oronsaye, and two others who were brought before it by the...

Abia Guber: Tribunal Again Adjourns Hearing Of Pre-Trial Petition Till July 24

BEVERLY HILLS, July 13, (THEWILL) – There appears to be no end to the delay game as the Abia State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Umuahia, the state capital, again on Monday adjourned the commencement of pre-trial of...

Suicide Bomber Hits Checkpoint, Dies, Injures Four Others In Nigeria

BEVERLY HILLS, July 13, (THEWILL) – It was a mission gone awry Monday as a suicide bomber on a deadly mission to Maiduguri rocked a checkpoint, killing himself rather than being arrested and injured four others in the process. A...

UPDATE I: Buhari Appoints New Service Chiefs, NSA

A statement by Mr. Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President on Media & Publicity said, “The new Chief of Defence Staff, Maj.-Gen. Olonisakin (N/6901) hails from Ekiti State. Until his appointment as Chief of Defence Staff today, he was the Head of...