Nigeria

BEVERLY HILLS, March 23, (THEWILL) – Two United Nations agencies warned Tuesday that millions of people in northern Nigeria, South Sudan and Yemen, stood at risk of famine in the coming months. “Urgent and targeted humanitarian action is needed to...

BEVERLY HILLS, March 23, (THEWILL) – Workers under the umbrella body of the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN) have commenced an indefinite strike across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The strike action followed a directive by...

BEVERLY HILLS, March 22, (THEWILL) - Merchants of violence are threatening to tear the very foundations of the Nigerian nation, Minister of Defence, Major General Salihu Magashi (rtd), said on Monday. Magashi also admitted that Nigeria wws in a critical situation as...

BEVERLY HILLS, March 22, (THEWILL) - The convener, New Nigeria Group (NNG), Mazi Sam Ohuabunwa has listed what he described as the four major challenges to the development and rapid transformation of the country just as he proffered solutions for...

BEVERLY HILLS, March 19, (THEWILL) - Nigeria will take delivery of six of the 12 Super Tucano fighter aircraft earlier ordered from the United States by the Nigerian government in July this year. A statement on Thursday by presidential spokesman,...

BEVERLY HILLS, March 18, (THEWILL) - Nigeria requires $2.3 trillion over the next 30 years to address the infrastructural deficit confronting the country. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, who made this known on Thursday during the opening of a...

BEVERLY HILLS, March 17, (THEWILL) - The Commandant General of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Ahmed Audi, says bandits operating in Nigeria have foreign sponsors. Audi disclosed this on Wednesday during the training workshop for state commandants of...

BEVERLY HILLS, March 16, (THEWILL) - The consumer price index (CPI) for measuring inflation increased by 17.33 percent (year-on-year) in February 2021, depicting a 0.86 percent points higher than the rate recorded in January 2021 (16.47) percent. Food inflation stood at...

BEVERLY HILLS, March 15, (THEWILL) - Nigeria’s unemployment rate as of the end of 2020 rose to 33.3% from 27.1% recorded as of Q2 2020, indicating that about 23,187,389 (23.2 million) Nigerians remain unemployed. This is according to the recently released...

BEVERLY HILLS, March 15, (THEWILL) - Professor Tunde Adeniran is a former Minister of Education. He is also a former member, PDP Board of Trustees. He later dumped the PDP and joined the Social Democratic Party before quitting active politics....