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Insurgency: Senate Considers Voting Rights For Displaced Persons

…As Electoral Amendment Bill Scales Through First Reading BEVERLY HILLS, November 19, (THEWILL) – The Senate on Wednesday began another round of amendment to the Electoral Act following the receipt of a bill seeking to accord internally displaced persons (IDPs)...

Nigeria: Again, Senate Deadlocked On President Jonathan’s Emergency Rule Extension Request

SAN FRANCISCO, November 19, (THEWILL) –After two days of extensive deliberations on President Goodluck Jonathan’s request to extend the emergency rule in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states, northeastern Nigeria, the Senate Wednesday failed to approve or turn down the...

Nigeria: Military Retakes 3 Adamawa Towns From Boko Haram

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SAN FRANCISCO, November 19, (THEWILL) - The Nigerian military Wednesday said it has retaken Hong, Gombi and Pelia, three towns in Adamawa State, northeastern Nigeria, that have been under the control of the Boko Haram. The military in a tweet...

Excitement As Borno Schools Re-open Eight Months Over Terror Instigated Closure

SAN FRANCISCO, November 19, (THEWILL) It was excitement galore Monday in Borno State as public primary schools resume academic activities after eight months of forced holiday occasioned by the activities of the Boko Haram insurgents. In most of the schools...

Tinubu Commends Tambuwal For Suspending Presidential Ambition 

BEVERLY HILLS, November 19, (THEWILL) – The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, Wednesday, commended the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Aminu Tambuwal, over his decision to  suspend the pursuit of...

Bamanga Tukur Wants Muazu Sacked, Asks Court To Reinstate Him As PDP Chairman

BEVERLY HILLS, November 19, (THEWILL) – Erstwhile chairman of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Bamaga Tukur, Wednesday, asked a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja to reinstate him as the national chairman of the party and order...

NEMA: 700,000 Displaced Persons Registered In Borno, Yobe, Adamawa In 10 Months

BEVERLY HILLS, November 19, (THEWILL) – No fewer than 700,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) have been registered by the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe States since the beginning of this year. The IDPs are mostly...

President Jonathan Leaves For London Thursday , To Parley With Key Investment Advisers

BEVERLY HILLS, November 19, (THEWILL) – President Goodlcuk Jonathan will travel to London Thursday evening to preside over a meeting of Nigeria’s Honorary International Investment Council (HIIC) which opens in the British capital on Friday. The HIIC which was established...

PDP NWC Constitutes Caretaker Committees For Adamawa, Ebonyi

SAN FRANCISCO, November 19, (THEWILL) – Following the dissolution of the State Executive Committees of Adamawa and Ebonyi states, the National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has constituted Caretaker Committees to pilot the affairs of...

Uduaghan Condemns Attack On President Jonathan, Journalists Over Botched $16B Gas project

… Says Mr. President Means Well SAN FRANCISCO, November 18, (THEWILL) – Delta Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has decried accusations against President Goodluck Jonathan of being partisan over the Delta Gas City project, Ogidigben, saying, the President means well for...