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VIDEO: Suspected Thugs Attack Electoral Officials, Burn Voting Materials In Benue

A group of suspected thugs have attacked electoral officials and political party agents accompanying voting materials in Benue State. The Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Mr Nentawe Yilwatda, confirmed this to Channels Television on Saturday. According to him, the thugs...

OPINION: IS ORGANISING PROTESTS NOW BIG BUSINESS?

You must understand that some things do not happen naturally here. Protests, in particular, are not organic or "an act of God", at least not now; there is usually a "mighty hand" in the shadows pulling the strings. Unlike in...

OPINION: NIGERIA SET TO WIN POVERTY WORLD CUP; AN ENDEMIC EFFECT OF EXCESSIVE POPULATION GROWTH

A report by the 'World Poverty Clock' stated that "Nigeria has overtaken India as the largest number of people living in extreme poverty". Emphatically, extreme poverty as defined by World Bank is living on $1.25 or less a day. In...

OPINION: A POST 2019 GENERAL ELECTION DISCUSSION

Like every crisis that has its dangers and opportunities, this piece stems from a recent discussion I had with a very unique Nigerian--a man that has spent his time and resources serving others in Asaba Delta state capital. That...

OPINION: RE-THINKING OUR DEMOCRACY

The Presidential and National Assembly elections of February 23 2019 and those for the Governorship and State Assemblies of March 9 2019 seem to have underlined two points: first is the eagerness of many Nigerians to be part of...

OPINION: ADVOCACY ISSUES FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA 2019 BUDGET

BACKGROUND The importance of the budget for effective service delivery in any country cannot be overemphasized. It has been recognised that the budget is perhaps the most important instrument for the development of any modern state apart from the constitution....

OPINION: SARAKI AND THE TRAGEDY OF VICTORY

Since the National Assembly elections ended in Kwara on March 9, and the current Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, lost at the polls, those who have lived in mortal fear of one of Nigeria's finest Senate Presidents ever in...

Rivers People Will Reject Sole Administrator – Wike

BEVERLY HILLS, March 22, (THEWILL) - Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has declared that Rivers will reject a Sole Administrator to govern the state because according to him the people voted “overwhelmingly for their preferred candidate on March 9, 2019.” A...

Police Deploy Officers As Supplementary Elections Hold

BEVERLY HILLS, March 22, (THEWILL) - The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, has directed the Zonal Assistant Inspectors General of Police and their respective Commissioners of Police in states where supplementary elections are taking place to ensure...

BREAKING: Tribunal Declares Dancing Senator, Adeleke Winner Of Osun Election

BEVERLY HILLS, March 22, (THEWILL) - The Osun State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Abuja has declared as winner Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate in the 2018 governorship election in the state, Ademola Adeleke. It held that the...

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