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Nigeria’s Arik Air Lands In New York
Lagos (THEWILL) - Nigeria’s Arik Air says it successfully touched down at the John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, United States on Monday November
Tiger Woods Withdraws From Tournament, Not Talking
Tiger Woods pulled out of a golf tournament this week, the latest fall-out from a minor car accident that has left a swirl of mystery ...
Finally, UNIBEN Gets Vice Chancellor
Lagos (THEWILL) - The Governing Council of the University of Benin has appointed Professor Osayuki Oshodin, 59, the Vice- Chancellor of the institution. The institution’s spokesman, Richmond ...
PDP Says Nigerian President will Return Soon
As Scheduled meeting between the Vice President, Governors and top government officials is suddenly cancelled....
Yar’Adua’s Luck, Nigeria’s Misfortune
Last week, Attorney General Michael Aondoakaa went out of his way to establish his closeness to Aso Rock resident, Umaru Yar’Adua. With Nigeria gripped by ...
Yar’Adua’s Power Brokers Off To Saudi Arabia
Abuja (THEWILL) – Reports available to THEWILL indicate that President Yar’Adua’s trusted men are in Jeddah to consult with him. Those currently in Saudi Arabia are ...
COMMENTS, FACTS, OPINION, ET CETERA..........
“What is all this rumour mongering suggesting our VP Mr. Jonathan should resign. Last time I checked (and I’m quite far off) it was our ...
Iran Will Build 10 New Uranium Plants
Los Angeles (THEWILL)- Iran said on Sunday it plans to build 10 new uranium enrichment plants in a bid to expand its nuclear program, a clear ...
OSHIOMHOLE: The Place Of Culture In Democratic Governance
Culture is one of such useful concepts which aid us in putting some order to the complex mass of social interactions. Many political scholars believe ...
Dubai Debt Woes May Hit U.S. Property Market
Dubai's debt woes could further unhinge an already fragile U.S. commercial real estate, as it illustrates the importance of that tiny country to global investors ...
Yar'Adua: Poor Health And Half-Truths
First, I send my sympathies and prayers to President Umaru Yar'Adua, who is lying on a sick bed in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Last week, he ...
Abu Dhabi To Aid Dubai "Case By Case": Official
Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates and one of the world's top oil exporters, will "pick and choose" how to assist its debt-laden ...
Nigerian Student With 67 Wraps Of Cocaine Sentenced In London
London (THEWILL) - A Manchester Crown Court has sentenced a Nigerian, Fidelis Ozouli, 30, to ten years in prison for drug trafficking. Ozouli was arrested at ...
Tiger Woods Released from Hospital After Car Crash
San Francisco (THEWILL) - Tiger Woods has been released from the Health Central Hospital in Florida after receiving treatments for facial lacerations according to his ...
Addicted To Mammograms
The United States Preventive Services Task Force’s recommendation this week that women begin regular breast cancer screening at age 50 rather than 40 is really ...
Anambra: Who Is Afraid Of Good Governance?
THERE is this friend of mine from Anambra State who lives in Lagos. He once told me that whenever he goes to his home state, ...
Nigeria’s Vice President Goodluck Jonathan Is not Acting President
San Francisco (THEWILL) - Vice President Goodluck Jonathan is not the acting president as earlier reported. Presidential Spokesman Segun Adeniyi made the clarification late Thursday saying the ...
Yar’Adua Has Acute Pericarditis- Spokesman
San Francisco (THEWILL) - Aso Rock Spokesman, Segun Adeniyi in a statement on Thursday said Nigeria’s ailing president Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, 58, is being treated for ...
Nigeria’s Diamond Bank Reports Profit
Abuja (THEWILL) - Diamond Bank, one of Nigeria’s 25 banks on Wednesday reported a pre-tax profit of N1.12 billion naira for its half year ending ...
Niger Delta: Government To Acquire Helicopters
Abuja (THEWILL) - Information minister, Dr. Dora Akunyili has said that Nigeria will purchase five used Super Puma helicopters from France to help it improve ...
Swiss Court Grants Roman Polanski Bail
A Swiss court on Wednesday approved the release of Roman Polanski on bail of 4.5 million Swiss francs ($4.49 million) while the film director fights ...
Mergers/Acquisitions: Fidelity Bank Nigeria To Acquire Bailed Out Bank
Financial Analyst Queries Decision...
President Yar’Adua Is Alive-King Faisal Takhassussi Hospital
San Francisco (THEWILL) – THEWILL has confirmed that Nigerian president, Umaru Musa Yar’dua is alive and still receiving treatment for a kidney related disease called ...
Breaking News: Mobile Phone Guns Are Here
Los Angeles (THEWILL) - Most of us see airport security as a pain... Some of us even feel violated. Take a look at the photos again ...
Jay-Z Becomes A Broadway Producer For 'Fela!'
The rapper found the musical about the Nigerian Afrobeat legend 'fascinating.'...
NIGERIA: Fidelity Bank Reports Lower Profit
Lagos (THEWILL) - Fidelity Bank Plc Nigeria has reported a full-year pretax profit of N3.77 billion naira, a 77% drop from its disclosure for the same ...
China Executes 2 For Role In Tainted Milk Scandal
China executed a dairy farmer and a milk salesman Tuesday for their roles in the sale of contaminated baby formula severe punishments that Beijing hopes ...
Nigeria’s President Yar’Adua Admitted In a Jeddah Hospital
Abuja (THEWILL) - The foreign press is reporting that president Yar’dua has been admitted in a Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Hospital. We had earlier reported that President ...
Excess Crude: Nigeria Cautions OPEC
Washington DC (THEWILL) - Nigeria’s oil minister, Rilwanu Lukman on Tuesday at the United States Energy Association in Washington Dc, told reporters he warned OPEC against ...
Again London Court Adjourns In Ibori Suit
London (THEWILL) - The Judge Christopher Hardy Southwark Crown Court has again adjourned hearing in the money laundering trial of three women, Christine Ibori-Ibie, Bimpe ...
Deregulation As A National Albatross
From what we presently have on the ground, it is evident that this nation’s problems do not come in trickles but in torrents; and the ...
The NYSC, Security And Deaths Of Corps Members
The deaths of corps members in road traffic accidents, sectarian violence and other forms of disasters in recent times, particularly beginning from the aftermath of ...
Why Geithner Will Stay
One residual from Timothy Geithner’s rough confirmation back in January “Turbo Tax Tim” and all that is that his political position is probably a bit ...
Bank Audit: EFCC Gives Debtors Two Weeks Ultimatum; Set To Probe Discount Houses
Abuja (THEWILL) - The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has given debtors of the recently audited banks a two-week ultimatum to pay up or face ...
Nigeria's Oando and Total Declare Profit
Lagos (THEWILL) - Nigeria’s Oando Plc has declared a pre-tax profit of N9.23 billion naira, a 27% improvement from last year, for the nine months ...
Gold Soars, Hits $1, 174 An Ounce, As US Dollar Wanes
Los Angeles (THEWILL) - Gold futures hit a new all time high on Monday reaching $1, 174 dollars an ounce, boosted by a weaker dollar, ...
Medical Emergency: President Yardua Breaks Down, Mike Adenuga too, Flown Abroad
Abuja (THEWILL) - Nigeria's leader, Umaru Musa Yar'Adua left Abuja on Monday evening in a medical emergency to meet with his doctors in Jedda, Saudi ...
Iran Launches War Games To Protect Nuclear Sites
Iran’s armed forces launched large-scale air defense war games on Sunday to show off the country's deterrence capabilities in the face of pressure from the ...
IBORI: Justice Marcel Awokulehin Adjourns Again
San Francisco (THEWILL) - Justice Marcel Awokulehin, the judge presiding over the alleged money laundering trial of ex Delta State governor, Chief James Ibori and ...
Sexual Exploitation at Skye Bank Plc: Speaking of Women’s rights
If Mrs. Ekwunife L. Akabogu failed in her duties as a Priority Sales Support Officer for Skye Bank Plc, it was not for lack of ...
Hammed Atunrase And Linda Inegbese's Traditional Marriage Photos
Lagos (THEWILL) - Mr. Hammed Atunrase on Saturday, November 14, 2009, got engaged to Linda Inegbese in a traditional marriage ceremony held at the Inegbese ...
Nuhu Ribadu Reacts To Arrest Warrant
San Francisco (THEWILL) - The former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Nuhu Ribadu has reacted to Justice Constance Momoh's ruling to have ...
The road much travelled
Monday’s turn of events is not unexpected. We're back on a familiar road that we, as a people, have travelled often. One wonders whether we ...
Wanted: The Police As Agent Of Development
Transforming the institutional capacity of the police to meet the security and development challenges of the 21st century is the biggest task facing the Nigeria ...
Beyond Transparency International’s Rating
THE global corruption watchdog, Transparency International, TI, has just released its yearly Corruption Perception Index for 2009. And what has made the headlines in the ...
Michael Jackson: Other Doctors Gave Him Propofol
Los Angeles (THEWILL) - Dr. Conrad Murray, Michael Jackson’s personal doctor told the LAPD that he wasn’t the only one that gave the late entertainer ...
Abuja Tribunal Orders Ribadu's Arrest
Abuja (THEWILL) - The code of Conduct Tribunal Friday in Abuja ordered the arrest of former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mallam ...
Abacha’s Son Convicted In Switzerland
San Francisco (THEWILL) - A Swiss court on Friday, convicted Abba Abacha, son of Nigeria’s late military dictator, Gen Sani Abacha of graft and "being ...
Why Iwu Must Go
"If you want outstanding results then you need good people with great talents and awesome attitudes" - John Maxwell ON page 120 of Bob Harrison's Book: ...
MTN Nigeria Sack Workers
Lagos- (THEWILL) – MTN Nigeria on thursday announced it has sacked 65 of its employees, including three managers and two supervisors in order to strengthen ...
Niger Delta Amnesty Riot: Many Raped, Two Dead, UNIPORT Shut
San Francisco (THEWILL) – We bring you this report because we are completely fed up with some of those who make decisions in President Yar’Adua ...
Nigeria, EU Sign $1 Billion Dollar Corruption Agreement
Abuja (THEWILL) – The European Union has announced it signed a $1 billion dollars agreement with Nigeria aimed at fighting corruption, strengthening governance and sustaining ...
EU Names Belgian PM Van Rompuy As First President
European Union leaders named Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy, who is little known outside his own country, as the bloc's first president on Thursday ...
Bode George: Appeal Court Adjourns
Lagos (THEWILL) - A Lagos Appeal Court thursday morning heard proceedings in the bail application of convicted Chief Bode George. The three-man panel of Justices ...
IMF Head Eyes Global Currency Change, Presses On Yuan
The imperative of greater global currency stability means the world can no longer rely, as it has done since the end of the gold standard, ...
Obama Says He Met With Half Brother While In China
President Barack Obama said Wednesday that he met briefly with a half brother who lives in China and who recently wrote a semi-autobiographical novel about ...
Money Laundering: Court Okays Ayo Fayose’s Re-arraignment
Lagos (THEWILL) - Justice Tijani Abubakar of a Lagos High Court has ruled that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) could re-arraign former Ekiti ...
MEND Cracks: Faction Fire Henry Okah
Lagos (THEWILL) – A faction of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) loyal to Government Ekpemupolo (Tompolo) wednesday, suspended one of ...
Niger Delta: Ceasefire Agreement Shaky As JTF Storms Community
Lagos (THEWILL)- The ceasefire agreement between fighters and government forces in the Niger Delta was yesterday threatened, as the Movement for the Emancipation of the ...
Citigroup CEO's Annual Salary Stays At $1
Citigroup Inc. Chief Executive Vikram Pandit will be paid a salary of $1 this year and will get no stock awards as the troubled banking ...
Ibori UK Trial: Scotland Yard Release Names Of 14 Nigerian Witnesses
Abuja (THEWILL) – The London Metropolitan Police Department, tuesday made public the identities of 14 Nigerian witnesses flown in to testify in the alleged money ...
Edo State Chief Judge Dead
Justice Michael Irobun Edokpayi, Chief Judge of Edo State is dead. He died early tuesday in his Abuja hotel room while attending the Biennial All-Judges ...
Traditional Rulers And The Slave Trade
On June 18, 2009, the U.S. Senate formally passed an "apology" resolution acknowledging the "Fundamental Injustice, Cruelty, brutality and inhumanity of slavery and Jim Crow ...
The only vision for Nigeria
The Nigerian condition amazes me. We continue to have visions of what Nigeria could and should be, depending on the leader of the moment. There ...
Ngige, Soars Ahead, as Credibility Dogs Peter Obi, PDP
Ahead February 6, 2010 Anambra State governorship election, political analysts and stakeholders declare Governor Peter Obi has not done enough to justify the sum of ...
Recession: MTN To Layoff Staff
Lagos (THEWILL) – MTN Group, Africa’s biggest mobile phone company has said it plans to retrench about 400 of its South African staff to cut ...
Nigeria’s CBN Goes After Sacked Bank CEO Shops In Dubai
Abuja (THEWILL) - Governor of Nigeria’s Central Bank said monday, it has found between 45 - 60 shops in Dubai, UAE, belonging to a sacked ...
Bode George Bail: EFCC Wants Justice Rhodes-Vivour Out
Abuja - (THEWILL) - Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes commission (EFCC), wants Justice Bode Rhodes-Vivour out of the panel of Appeal Court Justices that will ...
Maryam Babangida Continues Her Battle With Cancer
San Francisco (THEWILL) - Nigeria’s former first lady, Maryam Babangida, 61, is alive and responding to treatment at a Los Angeles cancer facility contrary to ...
Nigeria’s Top Four Banks Open To Mergers And Acquisitions
San Francisco (THEWILL) – Nigeria’s top four banks, First Bank, Guaranty Trust Bank, United Bank for Africa and Zenith have positioned themselves for mergers/acquisitions with ...
Nigeria’s CBN Hires Deutche Bank, Others To Help Rescue Weak Banks
Abuja (THEWILL) - Nigeria’s Central Bank weekend said, it has appointed advisers for ten struggling banks. The banks are Oceanic Bank Plc, Afribank Plc, Bank PHB ...
Text From Chief Dan Orbih's Press Conference Tagged "Our Today Our Tomorrow"
The Peoples Democratic Party, Edo State, through its chairman, Dan Orbih, weekend addressed a press conference tagged "Our today our tomorrow," on the stewardship of ...
Secret Cults War: Three Nigerian Students Shot Dead In Uniben
Lagos (THEWILL) - Three University students were shot dead last week at the University of Benin, Edo State, while two others with gun shot wounds are ...
FIFA U17 World Cup Final Game: Switzerland 1 Nigeria 0
Abuja (THEWILL) - Nigeria's Golden Eaglets were defeated by the Swiss under 17 team by a lone goal in the final mach of the FIFA ...
Nigerian Comic, Nkem Owoh (Usuofia) Released
Lagos (THEWILL) - Nigerian super comic and actor, Nkem Owoh popularly called Usuofia, has been released by his abductors after his family paid a N1.4 ...
NIgeria Qualifies For 2010 World Cup
San Francisco (THEWILL) - Nigeria today in Nairobi, Kenya, defeated the Harambee Stars of kenya 3-2, to qualify for the 2010 World Cup in South ...
Nigeria’s SSS Burst Kidnappers In Edo, Free 7 Persons
Lagos (THEWILL) - Nigeria’s State Security Service friday, in Benin said four persons were arrested after it bursted a ring of kidnappers and freed seven ...
Shell Worried Over Rising Oil Theft In Nigeria
Abuja (THEWILL) – Royal Dutch Shell Plc friday, said it was worried over the rise in the theft of crude from its oil installations in ...
Obama Hails China's Expanded Role In World Affairs
President Barack Obama said saturday in Japan that he welcomes a robust China on the world scene, but he cautioned that all nations must respect ...
Freight Traffic Resumes From Nigeria to Niger
Freight traffic from Nigeria to Niger returned to normal on Friday after a week-long border blockage that stopped imports including food entering the impoverished, land-locked ...
Ex Congressman William Jefferson Jailed For 13 Years
Los Angeles (THEWILL) - Former Congressman William Jefferson, 62, was friday sentenced to 13 years in prison, the longest incarceration ever for a former Member ...
UPDATED: Maryam Babangida's Cancer Gets Bad, Family In Los Angeles
San Francisco (THEWILL) - Reports reaching THEWILL Newspaper say, Mrs. Maryam Babangida's over 10 year-old cancer has gotten extremely bad. The former first lady has over ...
Andy Uba Fails At Appeal Court
Lagos (THEWILL) - The Court of Appeal in Enugu friday, threw out the suit filed by Chief Andy Uba praying the judges to declare him ...
Recession Sparks Global Shoplifting Spree
The global recession isn't just making jobs scarce and spending money tighter - it's also turning more people into thieves. According to an annual survey ...
Babylon By Molue, Okada And Keke NAPEP
Ideological insurgences that were triggered by the philosophy of Negritude had promoted the socio-political ideals that would propel the black world towards civilization. Songs like ...
Heroes, Democracy And The ‘PhD’ Syndrome
A nation that does not honour its heroes is not worth dying for so goes the cliché. This appears to be an obvious truth. Identifying ...
Ex Willbross Consultant Paid Nigerian Government Officials $6m
San Francisco (THEWILL) - The United States Department of Justice thurday, said Paul G. Novak, 43, a former consultant for Willbross International Inc. (WII), pled ...
British Airways And Iberia Sign Merger Pact
San Francisco (THEWILL) - Confirmed reports say British carrier, British Airways and Spain's Iberia have signed a memorandum of understanding to merge, according to Reuters. The ...
Greek Police Bursts Nigerian ‘Juju’ Prostitution Cartel
Los Angeles (THEWILL) – The Greek police department Thursday, announced it bursted a cartel that forced Nigerian women into prostitution using ‘Juju;’ (voodoo) in new ...
Lou Dobbs Leaves CNN
San Francisco (THEWILL) - Lou Dobbs, CNN's most vocal anchor, and no 1 critic of the Obama administration surprisingly resigned from his job on wednesday. ...
Mozambique's Guebuza Re-elected In Landslide
Mozambique's President Armando Guebuza won a landslide re-election with 75 percent of the vote, election officials said Wednesday. "The National Elections Commission announces that citizen Armando ...
Forbes: Mexican Drug Lord 41 On Most Powerful List
Forbes Magazine named drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, a fugitive reputed to be hiding in the mountains of northern Mexico to its list of ...
$300 Million Dollars World Bank Loan For Nigeria
Lagos (THEWILL) – The Nigerian government has announced it is getting a loan of $300 million dollars from the World Bank to improve its ailing ...
Dangote Sugar Refinery Posts Smaller Profit
Lagos (THEWILL) - Dangote Sugar Refinery wednesday, reported a pre-tax profit of N15.86 billion naira ($107 million) for the nine months ending in September 2009. The ...
Andy Uba: Appeal Court Judges Relocate To Obudu Cattle Ranch
Abuja (THEWILL) - Our investigations reveal that the Enugu Appeal Court judges expected to deliver judgement on Andy Uba’s petition, have relocated to Obudu Cattle ...
Police Arrest Persons For Kidnapping Pa Soludo
Abuja (THEWILL) - Nigeria's Inspector General of police, Ogbonnaya Onovo, tuesday announced the arrest of persons responsible for the abduction of father of former Central ...
United Nations Honours Nelson Mandela With Global Holiday
Los Angeles (THEWILL) - The United Nations has declared July 18 of every year " Nelson Mandela International Day" in acknowledgement of his contribution to ...
Deregulation, Weep For My Country!
We have proved over and over again that we are a nation that does not plan for tomorrow. Since 1990, the Nigeria economy has expanded ...
Joe And Katherine Jackson Fight Publicly Over Michael's Estate
Los Angeles (THEWILL) – The rift between Michael's parents, Joe, 81, and Katherine, 79, came to light in a Los Angeles Superior Court tuesday, after ...
Nigeria’s Nuhu Ribadu Says He Will Not Return To Nigeria Now.
San Francisco (THEWILL) - Former boss of Nigeria’s anti-corruption agency, Nuhu Ribadu has ruled out the possibility of returning to Nigeria to defend himself against ...
Nigeria’s Dangote Flour Mills Reports Huge Nine Months Profit
Lagos (THEWILL) – Dangote Flour Mills Plc has reported a mind boggling pre-tax profit of N8.64 billion naira ($54.6) million US dollars for the nine ...
D.C. Sniper John Mohammad Executed
Los Angeles (THEWILL) - Notorious Washington DC sniper John Allen Mohammad, 48, was executed tuesday, by lethal injection with twelve persons present as witnesses according ...
Dr. Tanimu Yakubu and Hazida's Traditional Fathiha Marriage Photos
Lagos (THEWILL) - The Economic Adviser to Nigeria's President Yar'Adua, Dr. Tanimu Yakubu recently took Hadiza as wife in a well attended traditional fathiha marriage ...
Nigerian Court Okays Trial Of Senator Ugbane, Elumelu And Others
Abuja (THEWILL) - Justice Abimbola Banjoko of an Abuja High Court, Tuesday threw out an application filed by a serving senator, Nicholas Ugbane seeking to ...
Fcmb Staff Arrested For Stealing N12.5m From Bank
Abuja (THEWILL) - The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested a banker with First City Monument Bank (FCMB), Mr. Olajide Ogundipe, for stealing ...
Fcmb Reports Six Months Loss
Lagos (THEWILL) – Nigeria’s First City Monument Bank (FCMB) has posted a per-tax loss of N479 million naira ($3.2 million), for the six months ending ...
The Dow's New 2009 High, Closes At 10,227
Los Angeles (THEWILL) - The Dow Industrial Average, an index of 30 US premium stocks on Wall Street gained +204 points to close at 10,227, ...
Bode George's Bail Request Fails
Lagos (THEWILL) - Chief Bode George's bail request was earlier today turned down by Justice Olubunmi Oyewole, the judge that convicted him two weeks ago. The ...
London Southwark Court Adjourns Again
San Francisco (THEWILL) - Judge Christopher Hardy, the trial judge in the money laundering trial of Christine Ibori-Ibie, Ms. Bimpe Pogoson and Ms. Udoamaka Okoronkwo, ...
Dow Hits 10,173, Its Highest Level In 52 Weeks
Los Angeles (THEWILL) - The Dow Industrial Average, an index of 30 US premium stocks on Wall Street, mid-day hit a new 52 week-high at ...
Nigeria Banks On River Niger To Boost Commerce, Navigation
After decades of delay and wrangling by resisting riverine communities, Nigeria has launched a multi-million-dollar dredging exercise to boost navigation and commerce on the Niger ...
Come On Bode, Wear Your Uniform!
This piece is not designed to humiliate Navy Commodore (rtd) Olabode George whom I know fleetingly but who I have enormous admiration for. I assure ...
Risk Management And The Banks
As the dust settles on the recent Central Bank of Nigeria's cleansing exercise, we can deduce that poor risk management practices, lack of professional diligence ...
Jurisprudence And The Advancement Of The Judiciary
Recently, one can say with surety that two gentlemen from Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi and Mr. Andy Uba are the most litigious Nigerians. Through ...
Fuel Importation: NNPC Battles To Clear Image
Lagos (THEWILL) - The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) is battling to clear itself of allegations of corruption in the award and execution of contracts ...
EFCC's 10% Game
The EFCC, which energetically jumped into the banking crisis and whose chairman moved over 100 agents to Lagos at the height of the financial sector ...
Spanish Ambassador To Nigeria Host's National Day And Cultural Week Bash
SPANISH AMBASSADOR ANGEL LOSADA AND HIS WIFE, CLAIRE HOSTED THE SPANISH CULTURAL WEEK AND NATIONAL DAY CELEBRATIONS RECENTLY IN ABUJA, NIGERIA. ...
Joe Jackson Battles Son's Estate Over Allowance
Los Angeles (THEWILL) - Joe Jackson has filed a petition in a Los Angeles Superior Court challenging his exclusion from receiving monthly allowances from the ...
Interview- Oando To Use London Listing To Fund Upstream Plans
Nigeria's top fuel retailer and gas distributor Oando Plc plans to list on the London Stock Exchange in early 2010 and use the proceeds to ...
IBORI'S ASABA TRIAL ADJOURNED TILL NOVEMBER 23RD
Abuja (THEWILL) - Justice Mercel Awokulehin, the trial judge in the case involving former Delta Governor, James Ibori has adjourned proceedings till the 23rd of ...
UPDATE ON OUR CBN REPORT: REGULATOR BANK CLARIFIES STAND ON DEREGULATION
The Central Bank of Nigeria Thursday clarified its stand on the planned deregulation of the downstream sector. In a press statement titled “CBN SUPPORTS DEREGULATION”, ...
Nigerian Dad Convicted Of Murdering Baby Daughter
San Francisco (THEWILL) - An Ipswitch Crown Court has convicted a Nigerian, Olusola Akinrele of murdering his seven week old daughter, Leeya, who was found ...
SWINE FLU HITS NIGERIA
Lagos (THEWILL) – Nigeria has reported its first H1N1 swine flu case in Lagos. A nine year-old Nigerian girl who just arrived from the United ...
UPDATED: ABDUCTORS FREE SOLUDO’S FATHER.
San Francisco (THEWILL) - Professor Charles Soludo early thursday morning, at about 4.30 am (Central African Standard Time), in a three part text message made available ...
NIGERIAN WIFE CONVICTED FOR MURDERING BRITISH MILLIONAIRE HUSBAND
Lagos (THEWILL) - A Nigerian woman Kate Artori West, age 28 was on Tuesday convicted and sentenced to a life term in prison by a ...
GOVERNOR’S NEAR AIR MISHAP: NCAA BEGINS INVESTIGATION
Abuja (THEWILL) – The director-general of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) Dr. Harold Demuren has launched an investigation into the averted air collision of ...
DARFUR SURVIVORS GRANTED RIGHT TO STAY: GOVT
Survivors of the Darfur conflict will no longer be deported from Britain, the government said Tuesday, after concerns about deterioration in conditions in the Sudanese ...
BUFFET BUYING BURLINGTON RAIL IN BIGGEST DEAL
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc will pay $26 billion to buy out Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp in a bet that the nation's largest rail ...
BRITISH COUP-PLOTTER FREED IN EQUATORIAL GUINEA
Equatorial Guinea freed a British coup-plotter and four South African mercenaries Tuesday after a presidential pardon for their foreign-bankrolled conspiracy to overthrow the government and ...
FIRST BANK OF NIGERIA PROFIT DOWN
Lagos (THEWILL) - Nigeria’s First Bank has reported a pre-tax profit of N3.19 billion naira for the six months ending in September, as against about N30 ...
SECTION 39: EUROPE AGAINST IMMIGRANTS
The Senate is going to investigate the way Nigerian migrants are treated abroad. But should the thousands of Nigerians risking their lives trying to reach ...
US BANS KENYA ATTORNEY GENERAL, 12 OTHERS
- DEPT OF STATE SAYS NO PLANS YET ON NIGERIA’S AONDOAKAA AND CORRUPT POLITICIANS....
MADUEKWE'S BREAKFAST MEETING WITH HILLARY CLINTON
NIGERIA’S FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER, CHIEF OJO MADUEKWE AND HIS WIFE, UCHA HOSTED A BREAKFAST MEETING IN HONOUR OF THE VISITING UNITED STATES SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY ...
CIT FILES FOR BANKRUPTCY PROTECTION AFTER RESCUE FAILS
CIT Group Inc., in one of the biggest corporate bankruptcies ever, filed for Chapter 11 protection in New York on Sunday. CIT a major lender to ...
VATICAN TO DECIDE EACH CASE OF ANGLICAN PRIESTS
The Vatican said Saturday that married Anglican priests will be admitted to the Catholic priesthood on a case-by-case basis as Rome makes it easier for ...
SERENA WINS DOHA TITLE
Doha (THEWILL) - Serena Williams ended the season in style as she totally outclassed her sister Venus in the final match to win the Sony ...FALSE PROPHETS AND PASTORS IN NIGERIA
When Jesus Christ, over two thousand years ago, warned of the deluge of false prophets as one of the signs of the end time, he ...NIGERIA’S TELECOM GLORY IN GENEVA
IF you were at the Palexpo Hall in the beautiful city of Geneva, Switzerland on Wednesday, October 8, 2009, you would feel three times a ...KWARA: THE SARAKI CROWD
This is not the best of times for those of us in opposition in Kwara politics. And since Kwara is a territory conquered by one family, there ...MANAGING POST-AMNESTY DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
From historical times, the peculiar topography of the Niger-Delta and the pollution from oil and gas exploration in the region for decades has qualified that ...
AKWA IBOM GOVERNOR’S PLANE NARROWLY ESCAPES DISASTER
Abuja (THEWILL) - A Hawker 900 plane conveying Governor Godswill Akpabio and his aides narrowly escaped a mid air collision over the weekend, THEWILL has ...
MICHAEL’S “This Is It” RAKES $6M IN NORTH AMERICA
Los Angeles (THEWILL) - The Michael Jackson concert film, “This Is It” has so far raked in about $6 million dollars since it’s opening in ...Author info
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