Nigeria

BEVERLY HILLS, February 14, (THEWILL) - The Nigerian government says it will convert the N10 trillion loans it owes the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) into a 30-year bond. The ‘indebtedness’ to the CBN was largely by Ways and Means advances...

BEVERLY HILLS, February 14, (THEWILL) - Veteran Nollywood actor, Richard Mofe-Damijo, RMD, has reacted to the arrest of Mr Macaroni and other protesters during the #OccupyLagos demonstration. THEWILL had earlier reported that security operatives deployed to Lekki toll gate had arrested...

...Agrees To Refund Over 2m Barrels Of Crude ...Accepts Infraction, Fine BEVERLY HILLS, February 14, (THEWILL) - This is not the best of times for Nigeria’s leading oil firm, Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC), a subsidiary of Royal...

BEVERLY HILLS, February 13, (THEWILL) - Police today arrested dozens of #OccupyLekkiTollGate protesters at the Lekki Tollgate in Lagos, sparking off a rash of harsh criticisms for authorities. Comedy skit producer and popular comedian, Debo Adebayo, also known as Mr. Macaroni,...

BEVERLY HILLS, February 11, (THEWILL) - As part of what it described as COVID-19 measures, the government of the United Arab Emirates has suspended Nigerian airline, Air Peace, from operating inbound passenger flights to the country. Air Peace management announced the...

BEVERLY HILLS, February 09, (THEWILL) - The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has issued a licence for the establishment of Nigeria’s first floating Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) production plant. The department said the plant would have a capacity to process 176...

BEVERLY HILLS, February 08, (THEWILL) - The National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI) has met officials of Cameroon and the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) over the repatriation of 4,982 Nigerian refugees in...

BEVERLY HILLS, February 06, (THEWILL) - The World Bank has approved the sum of $500m to Nigeria to boost access to electricity and improve the performance of electricity distribution in Nigeria. The bank in a statement issued on Friday, said...

BEVERLY HILLS, January 30, (THEWILL) - The United Arab Emirate, UAE, says passengers from Nigeria can no longer travel through other countries or airports to Dubai. This was made known in a notice by Dubai Airports, the operators of...

BEVERLY HILLS, January 29, (THEWILL) - Popular Nigerian singer, Innocent Idibia aka 2Baba, says he is proud and still hopeful for a better country irrespective of how he feels concerning the manner politicians are running the affairs of the...