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Nigeria: Jonathan Appoints Ogungbesan As Acting Executive Chairman, FIRS

SAN FRANCISCO, March 18, (THEWILL) –  President Goodluck Jonathan Wednesday approved the appointment of Mr. Samuel Ogungbesan as Acting Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), with immediate effect. A presidential statement said, “Ogungbesan, a Coordinating Director at...

President Jonathan Swears-in New Ministers

SAN FRANCISCO, March 18, (THEWILL) –  With barely two months to the end of the current administration, President Goodluck Jonathan Wednesday swore in eight ministers that were recently cleared by the Senate and assigned them portfolios. The swearing-in ceremony was...

March 28 Poll: You Can’t Buy Our Conscience, S’West Muslim Clerics Tell President Jonathan

SAN FRANCISCO, March 18, (THEWILL) –  Apparently learning from the experience of their Christian counterparts who were recently enmeshed in an alleged N7 billion Presidency bribery scandal that has caused a crack among Christians in the country, South West...

Liberated Communities Not Yet Safe For IDPs – Shettima

BEVERLY HILLS, March 18, (THEWILL) – Despite the recent liberation by the military of some of the seized Borno communities from Boko Haram, internally displaced persons (IDPs) from such communities cannot return now just because of the elections. The State...

Uduaghan Shores Up Support For Jonathan, Okowa

… Holds Town Hall Meetings BEVERLY HILLS, March 18, (THEWILL) – Ahead of the March 28 general elections, Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State has again expressed his commitment to the re-election of President Goodluck Jonathan as he embarked on...

OPINIONS: BUHARI AND THE BURDEN OF FORLORN EXPECTATIONS

Rather than cast this discourse in the mould of a ‘rejoinder’ to Dele Momodu’s BUHARI AND THE BURDEN OF EXPECTATIONS in his PENDULUM Column in Saturday, March 14, 2015 edition of Thisday newspaper, this piece should be read from the perspective of a ‘reminder’ of...

OPINION: POLITICIANS AS NIGERIA’S BIGGEST HEADACHE

Now, let’s face it. Despite all the empty (and, often, very exasperating) noise about being driven by patriotism and “desire to serve my people” that usually saturates the atmosphere at each election season, a careful, conscientious search on the political terrain...

OPINION: READING THE CARD READER ISSUE

Desperation surges within the presidency and PDP camp. Postponing the election to March 28, this group thought they had bought added time to alter the electoral equation in their favor. They were frightened that February 14 would have been their demise....

OPINION: UGWUANYI’S LEGAL VICTORY: MATTERS ARISING

Recently, a Federal High Court in Abuja dismissed a suit filed by the outgoing Senator representing Enugu North Senatorial District, Senator Anyaogu Eze, challenging the victory of Hon. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, winner of the last PDP Governorship Primary conducted in...

Boko Haram: Five First Class Emirs Sacked, Over Two Million IDPs In Maiduguri Camps – Shehu Of Borno

…Says Insurgency Came From Neighbouring State SAN FRANCISCO, March 17, (THEWILL) –  As the military continues to count the gains of the ongoing counter-terrorism campaign in the Northeast, the Shehu of Borno, Alhaji Abubakar Umar Garbai El-Kanemi, Tuesday, lamented the...

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