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SAN FRANCISCO, September 21, (THEWILL) – The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Mahmud Mohammed, Monday swore in 21 lawyers in the rank Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) to usher in the 2015/2016 legal year. The new SANs are Prof. Maxwell...

BEVERLY HILLS, September 21, (THEWILL) - President Muhammadu Buhari will Tuesday in Abuja host an Extraordinary Summit of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Authority of Heads of State and Government. The main item on the agenda of the...

SAN FRANCISCO, September 21, (THEWILL) – Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode Monday named his cabinet and forwarded their names to the State House of Assembly for screening and confirmation. A statement by Mr. Habib Aruna, the governor’s Chief Press...

SAN FRANCISCO, September 21, (THEWILL) – Embattled Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Mr. Monday Ovwigho Igbuya, may have thrown decorum to the winds as he now fights dirty over a recent interview by former Commissioner for...

The President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, has released a statement, announcing his decision to attend his trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal Tuesday.   Read full statement by Mr. Saraki’s media office below. The Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki...

The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) on Monday confirmed the death of 20 Nigerian pilgrims in Saudi Arabia since the beginning of this year’s Hajj. The chairman of the commission, Abdullahi Mukhtar, disclosed this at a pre-Arafat meeting at...

The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has approached the Court of Appeal to compel the Code of Conduct Tribunal to stay action on an order it made on Friday last week for his arrest. Dr. Saraki’s lawyers have approached the Court...

The Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) sitting on the trial of Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, over alleged false declaration of assets has adjourned sitting to 10:00AM on Tuesday, September 22. The counsel to the Senate President, Joseph Daudu said...

Hungary's prime minister has called for a "united European stance" on migration at the start of a week of intense diplomatic activity. Viktor Orban urged consensus, saying migrants were "breaking the doors" and "millions" could reach Europe. Foreign ministers from Poland,...

A residential property in Cape Town owned by the Zimbabwean government was auctioned for 3.76 million rand ($281,500) on Monday, in a symbolic victory against the land grab policies of President Robert Mugabe, lawyers said. In 2008, a tribunal set...