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November 02, (THEWILL) — When armed men stormed a village in Zamfara State before dawn on 24 September 2025, killing 12 people and abducting 37 others, the attack represented far more than an isolated tragedy. It was one of...

October 26, (THEWILL) — The United Kingdom Supreme Court delivered a decisive blow to a controversial arbitration case on 22 October 2025, dismissing an appeal by Process and Industrial Developments Limited in its protracted dispute with the Federal Republic...

October 19, (THEWILL) — Nigerians remember the long queues at polling units in February 2023, where voters endured hours under the sun only to watch results disappear into digital voids. The recent Senate confirmation of Professor Joash Ojo Amupitan...

October 12, (THEWILL) — Leaders of oil workers’ unions in Nigeria have blocked the country's path to fuel independence for two decades and this month, the cost again landed squarely on ordinary households. Cooking gas prices reached over N2,500...

October 05, (THEWILL) — With Professor Mahmood Yakubu due to leave office in November 2025, the choice of his successor will be a decisive signal about how the Bola Tinubu Administration intends to manage the electoral cycle that leads...

September 28, (THEWILL) — The Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Shehu Mohammed, has renewed a controversial proposal to allow some road safety officers to carry firearms while carrying out their duties on highways. Mohammed argues that...

September 21, (THEWILL) — The recent decision of the UK First-Tier Tribunal in Tali Shani v Chief Mike Agbedor Abu Ozekhome UKFTT 1090 (PC) has thrown Nigeria’s legal community into a deep reflection. At first glance, it appeared to be a...

September 14, (THEWILL) — Last Friday, the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) initiated a five-day warning strike. The doctors want the government to release the 2025 Medical Residency Training Fund, settle arrears in salary under the revised Consolidated...

September 07, (THEWILL) — Nigerians will confront a pivotal decision next year as the transformative tax legislation takes effect, introducing a 5 percent surcharge on refined fossil fuels alongside comprehensive personal income tax reforms. These measures form part of...

August 31, (THEWILL) — Nigeria’s public university system is once again facing a potentially serious disruption, with lecturers across campuses holding coordinated protests and warning that a full strike could follow if government delays continue over wage increment and...