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July 15, (THEWILL) - Much drama played out in the House of Representatives on Thursday and finally climaxed in the stalemate over the passage of the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill. Rising tempers and threats of violence on both sides of those...

July 15, (THEWILL) - The  Nigerian Senate has rejected Clause 52(3) of the Electoral Act Amendment Bill that provided for electronic transfer of election results. The rejection on Thursday during plenary, saw the Senate go into a closed session after the...

July 15, (THEWILL) - The House of Representatives is currently in a closed-door session after commotion ensued over the 3 percent allocation earmarked for host communities in the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB). Members of the House from the South-South opposed...

July 15, (THEWILL) - The Senate on Thursday approved the conference report of the National Assembly on the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB). The report, as passed, pegged contributions to the host communities’ development trust fund at 3 percent of the...

July 15, (THEWILL) - The Senate on Thursday approved $8,325,526,537 and Euro 490 million as part of the 2018-2020 external borrowing (rolling) plan of the Federal Government. President Muhammadu Buhari had written to the National Assembly in May seeking the...

July 15, (THEWILL) - The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has granted emergency use authorisation for three COVID-19 vaccines. Director General of NAFDAC, Professor Mojisola Christiana Adeyeye, who disclosed this on Thursday morning in Abuja,...

July 15, (THEWILL) - The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has named Senator Ibrahim Dambaba (Sokoto South) as the new Senate Minority Whip. He replaced Senator Sahabi Yau from Zamfara State, who defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) recently. Recall that...

July 14, (THEWILL) - The police in Lagos say they have detected some “conspiracy” in the gruesome killing of Super TV boss, Usifo Ataga. Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, who disclosed this during a briefing at the Command...

July 14, (THEWILL) - Seven months after originally farming out the assignment, the House of Representatives on Wednesday received the report of its Committee on Electoral Matters on a Bill to amend the Electoral Act. The House referred the Bill...

July 14, (THEWILL) - The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday, July 13th, formally acknowledged receipt of the 27-page petition filed by the Leader of the Ilana Omo Oodua, Emeritus Professor Banji Akintoye, Yoruba secessionist agitator, Sunday Igboho, and other...