Nigeria

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...

BEVERLY HILLS, January 27, (THEWILL) - I stumbled on a few words of E.B White of "The rat has no morals, no conscience, no scruples, no consideration, no decency, no milk of rodent kindness, no compunctious, no higher feeling,...

BEVERLY HILLS, January 27, (THEWILL) - Nigeria has seized 8,800 kilograms (19,400 pounds) of pangolin scales, elephant tusks and lion bones bound for export to Vietnam, a senior customs official said Wednesday. Customs operatives intercepted the animal parts hidden in a...

BEVERLY HILLS, January 25, (THEWILL) - The battle between Copyright Society of Nigeria (COSON) and Musical Copyright Society of Nigeria (MCSN) over control of the Collective Management Organisation, CMO, is still raging. CMO, is the organization that collects royalties on...

BEVERLY HILLS, January 23, (THEWILL) - The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said that a total of 53,460 third-generation (3G) and fourth-generation (4G) base transceiver stations (BTS) have been deployed in Nigeria in the last five years. Prof. Umar Danbatta, Executive...

BEVERLY HILLS, January 22, (THEWILL) - The Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, on Friday, said the Federal Government’s planned sale of public assets will benefit Nigerians and help to boost the economy. The Minister, during an appearance on Channels Television’s...

BEVERLY HILLS, January 21, (THEWILL) - Telephone subscribers in Nigeria are now 208 million, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has disclosed. The active telephone increased from 203million to 208m with teledensity standing at 108.92 per cent. The NCC’s Executive Vice Chairman, Prof...