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BEVERLY HILLS, June 16 (THEWILL) – The Southwest chapter of the League of Imams and Ulama has announced that the year 2015 Ramadan will start on June 18 based on the expected sighting of the moon on June 17. A...

BEVERLY HILLS, June 15 (THEWILL) – Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode Monday dissolved the boards of all parastatals and agencies in the state with “immediate effect”, a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Habib Aruna, said. The statement however...

Former Jigawa State Governor, Dr. Sule Lamido, returned to Nigeria after about two weeks abroad and promised to submit himself to investigators at the headquarters of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) in Abuja this Thursday. The EFCC is...

Nigeria's new leaders will meet the head of a leading global watchdog on corruption to see how billions of dollars in oil revenue leakage can be curbed. The head of Oslo-based the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) is expected to...

SAN FRANCISCO, June 15, (THEWILL) – The construction of the Calabar-Ikom-Ogoja-Obudu dual carriage super highway is set to commence any moment from now with the Cross River State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade finalizing a deal on quality control for...

SAN FRANCISCO, June 15, (THEWILL) – The Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) Monday announced that it has pulled out of the controversial pipelines surveillance agreement it entered into with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), saying its men guarding the...

SAN FRANCISCO, June 15, (THEWILL) – The Rivers State chapter of the Association Of Local Governments In Nigeria (ALGON) has raised the alarm over alleged plans by the state governor, Mr. Nyesom Wike, to replace the newly-elected Local Government...

… Says Not In A Hurry To Form Cabinet SAN FRANCISCO, June 15, (THEWILL) – President Muhammadu Buhari Monday attributed the delay in his appointment of ministers to the late submission of the report of the transition committee. Buhari disclosed this...

Political Economist, Prof Pat Utomi, on Monday advised the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) to adhere to public service structure in reviewing public office holders’ salaries and allowances. The RMAFC had said it was reviewing salaries and allowances...

SAN FRANCISCO, June 15, (THEWILL) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Monday arraigned Ebiechina Chikeluba (aka Lisa T. Jackson) before Justice O. A. Ipaye of the High Court of Lagos State, Ikeja on a 17-count charge bordering...