Wike led a delegation comprising members of the Rivers State House of Assembly, including the Speaker, Martin Amaewhule, and chairmen of the 23 local government councils, to the meeting with Fubara and his supporters at the governor's private residence in Port Harcourt.
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Gas), Ekperikpe Ekpo, gave the directive in Abuja over the weekend while receiving progress reports from the Presidential Initiative on Compressed Natural Gas and Electric Vehicles and the Decade of Gas Secretariat.
In an interview with THEWILL on the decision of aggrieved candidates of parties to sue the Commission over the removal of their names in the published list of candidates for the Governorship and Assembly polls. He explained that the Commission did not disqualify candidates, but the political parties disqualified themselves by falling short of the Constitutional requirement, as affirmed by the Supreme Court judgement mandating them to submit a membership register that contains the names of their candidates.
President Bola Tinubu’s decision to stay back in Abuja, while members of the APC Presidential Campaign Council embark on campaigns for his re-election, may colour the presidential campaign as candidates of the opposition parties pounce on the idea.
Sterling Financial Holdings Company Plc delivered an impressive set of 2026 half-year results, with gross earnings rising by 31.5 percent to N279.6 billion and profit after tax climbing by 20.4 percent to N50.30 billion.
Nigeria’s latest economic narrative presents a troubling contradiction: An economy expanding at a faster pace, a government celebrating international validation of its reforms, and a population in which tens of millions remain deprived of basic healthcare, education and acceptable living standards.
His death was confirmed to THEWILL on Saturday, October 17, 2026, by a family source, who disclosed that the former Nigerian ambassador died earlier in the morning following weeks of deteriorating health.
Former presidential spokesman, Laolu Akande, has launched a blistering rebuttal of allegations made by former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir Lawal, against former Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, describing key portions of Lawal’s account of events inside the Muhammadu Buhari presidency as “pure fiction.”
The growing disruption of Nigeria’s banking industry by financial technology companies has taken a new turn, with OPay’s Nigerian operations generating about ₦575 billion in revenue in the first half of 2026, surpassing the gross earnings reported by Wema Bank and narrowing the gap with some established banking groups.
Nigeria's federally collected revenue received a major boost in August 2026 as the Nigeria Revenue Service (NRS) generated N3.70 trillion in tax and related revenue, driven largely by strong petroleum taxes, royalties and Value Added Tax (VAT) receipts.
