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Plans Ongoing To Eliminate Igboho – Spokesperson 

December 29, (THEWILL) - Olayomi Koiki, spokespersons to Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as Sunday Igboho has alleged of fresh moves by State agents to eliminate the Yoruba nation agitator. Igboho, 49, is currently being detained in Benin Republic after he...

Electoral Bill: Mandatory Direct Primary Too Costly For Nigerians – Presidency

December 28, (THEWILL) - The presidency on Tuesday said President Muhammadu Buhari rejected assent to the Electoral Bill 2021 because of the high cost of conducting direct primaries. A statement issued on Tuesday by Garba Shehu, a Senior Special Assistant...

I Have No Disdain For Niger Delta, Obasanjo Tells Clark 

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December 28, (THEWILL) - Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has responded to Chief Edwin Clark’s accusation that his disdain for the people of Niger Delta has not waned. THEWILL recalls that Clark, the chairman of the Board of Trustees, Ijaw National...

World Bank Cautions Nigeria Against Hiking Electricity Tariffs

December 28, (THEWILL) - The World Bank has cautioned Nigeria and other emerging economies against raising electricity tariffs. The Bank, in its latest Commodity Markets Outlook forecast, argued that such steps will push inflation in 2022, adding that prices of electricity, which...

2023: Abaraibe, Wabara, Others Endorse Anyim For President 

December 28, (THEWILL) - Notable politicians in the South-East, including a former Senate President, Adolphus Wabara, and Senate Minority Leader, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, have tipped the former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Sen. Pius Anyim Pius...

NASS Transmits 2022 Appropriation Bill To Buhari For Assent

December 28, (THEWILL) - The National Assembly has transmitted the 2022 Appropriation Bill (N17,126,873,917,692) passed by both chambers of the Assembly to President Muhammadu Buhari for assent. THEWILL recalls that both the lower and upper legislative houses had raised...

Electoral Act: Malami Explains Cost Implications Of Mandatory Direct Party Primaries

December 28, (THEWILL) - The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), has again explained the cost implications of a mandatory direct party primaries and the reason President Muhammadu Buhari has withheld assent...

Obasanjo Mourns Tutu, Recalls His Role In Settling Nigeria’s Debt 

December 27, (THEWILL) - Former President, Chief Olusegun has mourned the late Anti-Aparthied Scion, Desmond Tutu, recalling the role he played in getting the Paris Club to cancel Nigeria's debt. The late pro-democracy guru and human rights crusader died earlier on...

BREAKING: Popular Nigerian Artist Abayomi Barber Is Dead

December 27, (THEWILL) - Renowned Nigerian contemporary artist, Professor Abayomi Barber, is dead. He was 93. Family sources say he died on Sunday night. Barber is one of the golden oldies of contemporary Nigerian art known for "application of naturalism and surrealism...

2021 PERSON OF THE YEAR GODWIN EMEFIELE: Passionate Central Banker in Turbulent Times

December 25, (THEWILL) - Since he first assumed office on June 4, 2014, Mr Godwin Ifeanyichukwu Emefiele, Nigeria’s 10th indigenous Central Bank Governor, has been in the eye of the storm over the apex bank’s monetary policies. The reason...