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I write in response to Dr. Joe Okei Odumakin's piece with the above title. Despite my personal regard for Dr. Odumakin's antecedents as a pro-democracy activist, it is important to put things in proper perspective even if it means...

The Mali government has confirmed the first case of Ebola in the country. It said a two-year-old girl had tested positive for the haemorrhagic virus. She recently returned from the neighbouring Guinea. More than 4,800 people have died of Ebola -...

Suspected Boko Haram militants kidnapped at least 25 girls in an attack on a remote town in northeastern Nigeria, witnesses said, despite talks on freeing over 200 other female hostages they seized in April. John Kwaghe, who witnessed the attack...

SAN FRANCISCO, October 23, (THEWILL) – After months of dillydallying, President Goodluck Jonathan Thursday finally declared his intention to seek reelection to leaders of his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), during a meeting inside the Presidential Villa. According to...

SAN FRANCISCO, October 22, (THEWILL) – President Goodluck Jonathan, Thursday, stressed the need for improved civil-military cooperation in the country. He stated this while declaring open the first ever International Workshop on Civil-Military Cooperation and Observance of Human Rights in...

SAN FRANCISCO, October 23, (THEWILL) – The Deputy Speaker/Chairman, House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on Constitution Amendment, Hon. Emeka Ihedioha, Thursday, clarified the status of the Minimum Wage in the Constitution Amendment, insisting that labour has not been removed...

BEVERLY HILLS, October 23, (THEWILL) –Delta State Government has announced the restriction of movement between the hours of 8.00am and 3.00pm on Saturday, October 25, in view of the Local Government elections slated for that date. The State Governor, Dr....

BEVERLY HILLS, October 23, (THEWILL) – The gubernatorial ambition of Rt. Hon Victor Ochei got a major boost when the Urhobo Progress Union (UPU), through its President-General, Chief Joe Omene (JP) gave the assurance that “the group will not...

BEVERLY HILLS, October 23, (THEWILL) – President Goodluck Jonathan will depart Lagos Friday to undertake a brief pilgrimage to Israel, the Nigerian Presidency announced in a statement Thursday. The President will be away all through the weekend. “The President, who will...

BEVERLY HILLS, October 23, (THEWILL) – First Lady Patience Jonathan has surprisingly resigned her appointment as Permanent Secretary in the Bayelsa State Civil Service, the first open confirmation that all is not well between her and state Governor, Mr....