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Magu Visits Vienna, Calls For More International Collaboration Against Corruption

SAN FRANCISCO, January 25, (THEWILL) - Ibrahim Magu, acting Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has stressed the importance of having an effective international collaboration between law enforcement agencies as part of efforts to combat corruption in the...

Senate Adjourns, To Meet After Presidential Election

SAN FRANCISCO, January 25, (THEWILL) - The Senate has suspended its plenary untill after next month’s presidential elections. The presidential and National Assembly elections are slated for February 16. According to a decision unanimously agreed upon by the lawmakers, the Senate...

Tshisekedi Sworn In As New President Of DR Congo

BEVERLY HILLS, January 24, (THEWIL) - Opposition leader Felix Tshisekedi was sworn in Thursday as president of Democratic Republic of Congo, in the country’s first peaceful handover of power since it gained independence in 1960. Tshisekedi took the oath of...

N27,000 Minimum Wage Bill Passes First, Second Reading At Senate

BEVERLY HILLS, January 24, (THEWIL) - The Senate has passed the N27,000 National Minimum Wage Amendment Bill through the crucial second reading. The lawmakers passed the bill on Thursday during plenary following the suspension of the Senate rules. The bill was...

Appeal Court Restores Duke As SDP’s Presidential Candidate

SAN FRANCISCO, January 24, THEWILL) -The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja on Thursday declared former Cross River State Governor Donald Duke, as the authentic presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP). The three-man panel, led by Justice Abdul...

Lagos-Ibadan Rail Tracks To Be Ready In February – NRC MD

BEVERLY HILLS, January 24, (THEWILL) - The Lagos-Ibadan standard gauge rail tracks will be ready in February, the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) Managing Director Fidet Okhiria has revealed. Okhiria, who spoke at Ijoko in Ogun State during the routine inspection...

Buhari Signs Disability Bill Into Law

BEVERLY HILLS, January 24, (THEWIL) - President Muhammadu Buhari has signed a bill protecting persons with disabilities into law. This was disclosed by Ita Enang, senior special assistant to the president on national assembly matters (senate), in a statement...

Like Ezekwesili, I’m Also Willing To Sacrifice My Presidential Ambition – Fela Durotoye

SAN FRANCISCO, Janaury 24, (THEWILL) - The presidential candidate of the Alliance for New Nigeria (ANN), Fela Durotoye, has said he is also willing to sacrifice his ambition to ensure a coalition candidate emerges in the 2019 presidential election. Durotoye, in...

INEC Recruits 814,453 Ad-Hoc Workers For 2019 Elections

SAN FRANCISCO, Janaury 24, (THEWILL) - The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has told the National Council of State that it has concluded the identification and recruitment of 814,453 ad-hoc workers for the forthcoming general elections. The chairman of INEC, Prof....

OPINION: A NOTE ON NIGERIA’S PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES

If voting in the February 16 presidential election were to be influenced by candidates’ performances in the January 19 presidential debate, then both President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and his strongest challenger, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic...

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