Aina Ojonugwa, THEWILL

SAN FRANCISCO, May 22, (THEWILL) - Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodinma has signed a bill abolishing pensions for former state governors, deputies and the speakers and deputy speakers of the house of assembly in the state. The governor said...

SAN FRANCISCO, May 22, (THEWILL) - The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has approved a policy to conduct elections despite the outbreak of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman of Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus...

SAN FRANCISCO, May 21, (THEWILL) -  A High Court in Sokoto State has granted bail to two Chinese citizens accused of bribing an official of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Justice Muhammad Saidu Sifawa who is also the...

SAN FRANCISCO, May 21, (THEWILL) - Dr. Chike Ihekweazu, Director General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has explained the reasons behind the singing and dancing of COVID-19 patients in isolation centres. Ihekweazu said the patients are not...

SAN FRANCISCO, May 21, (THEWILL) - South Sudan’s first vice president, the former rebel leader Riek Machar, has tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Machar’s wife, Defence Minister Angelina Teny, and “a number of his office staff and bodyguards” have...

BEVERLY HILLS, May 21, (THEWILL) - The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has said it may not be able to pay full salary of staff as from May 2020. This is as a result of the dwindling revenue occasioned...

SAN FRANCISCO, May 20, (THEWILL) - Following the success achieved so far in the management of the COVID 19 pandemic in the state as shown in the number of recoveries, the Bauchi State Government has reviewed the partial lockdown...

SAN FRANCISCO, May 20, (THEWILL) - Akwa Ibom State Governor, Udom Emmanuel, has directed a 20% reduction in the salaries of all political office holders in the state. According to a statement signed by the Secretary to the State government,...

SAN FRANCISCO, May 20, (THEWILL) - The Federal High Court in Abuja has rejected a request to restrain the House of Representatives from continuing the consideration of the controversial Control of Infectious Diseases Bill 2020, widely referred to as...

SAN FRANCISCO, May 20, (THEWILL) - The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has released timetable for the election of its governorship candidates in view of the governorship election in Ondo and Edo states. According to the National Organising Secretary of PDP,...