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Farouk Lawan’s $620,000 Bribery Trial Stalled As Judge Withdraws From Case

BEVERLY HILLS, November 18, (THEWILL) – The trial of a former Chairman of the House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on Fuel Subsidy Regime, Mr. Farouk Lawal, and the committee's secretary Boniface Emenalo, was Tuesday stalled at an Abuja High...

Primaries: PDP Sets Up Committee To Screen Serving National Assembly Members

BEVERLY HILLS, November 18, (THEWILL) – Owing the scheduled resumption of the House of Representatives on Thursday, November 20, the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has set up a Special Committee to screen all serving members of...

Adamawa : Keyamo Petitions PDP  Over Decision To Stop Ngilari From Party’s Primaries

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BEVERLY HILLS, November 18, (THEWILL) – Lagos-based human right lawyer, Festus Keyamo,  has petitioned the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Chairman, Adamu Muazu,  as well as the party’s Board of Trustees (BoT) over the alleged decision of the party...

Tambuwal Says He’s Quit Presidential Race, Reconvenes House Over GEJ’s Emergency Rule Extension Request

SAN FRANCISCO, November 18, (THEWILL) – Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Honourable Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, Tuesday formally withdrew from the 2015 Presidential race, a few days after receiving the Presidential nomination forms of the opposition All Progressives...

Borno: Modu Sheriff’s Corruption Allegation Laughable, Absurd – Governor’s Aide

SAN FRANCISCO, November 18, (THEWILL) – Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State, Tuesday, in Maiduguri, the state capital, described the corruption allegation leveled against him by his predecessor, Senator Ali Modu-Sheriff, as laughable and absurd. Maintaining that Modu Sheriff does...

Borno: Gov. Shettima, PDP Rally Support For Emergency Rule Extension

BEVERLY HILLS, November 18, (THEWILL) – Borno State governor, Alhaji Kashim Shettima, as well as stakeholders of the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Tuesday rallied support for President Goodluck Jonathan’s extension of emergency rule in three...

Nigeria: Jonathan’s Emergency Rule Extension Request Deadlocked At Senate

BEVERLY HILLS, November 18, (THEWILL) – The Senate Tuesday failed to approve President Goodluck Jonathan’s request for an extension to the emergency rule declared in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states, three northeastern states where members of the terrorist group...

Nigeria: Senate Confirms Mahmud Mohammed as New Chief Justice Of Nigeria

BEVERLY HILLS, November 18, (THEWILL) – The Senate Tuesday confirmed Justice Mahmud Mohammed as the new Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) following his appointment by President Goodluck Jonathan in accordance with section 231(1) of the 1999 Constitution. A report from...

Cross River: PDP Elders Deplore Calumny Against Imoke

Elders and concerned stakeholders of the Southern Senatorial Zone of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), have lambasted a former Governor of Cross River State, Mr. Donald Duke and Senate Leader, Senator Victor Ndom-Egba over what they described as deprecatory...

Botched $16bn EPZ Groundbreaking: Stop Cursing Me, Jonathan Tells Itsekiri Leaders, Seeks Speedy Resolution Of Dispute That Forced Postponement

SAN FRANCISCO, November 17, (THEWILL) – President Goodluck Jonathan Monday noted with regret the unneccessary controversy and acrimony trailing the postponement of the ground-breaking ceremony for the Gas Revolution Industrial Park at Ogidigben in the Warri South West Local...