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July 08, (THEWILL) - The Senate Committee on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday began screening of nominees for appointment as national commissioners of the electoral body. The nominees, including one of the aides of President Muhammadu Buhari,...

July 08, (THEWILL) - The Judicial Panel of Inquiry set up to look into cases of police brutality and extra-judicial killings in Bayelsa State has awarded N21 billion to victims of police and other security operatives. Chairman of the panel,...

July 07, (THEWILL) - Former US President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday he is filing a class-action lawsuit against Facebook, Twitter and Google, escalating his years-long free speech battle with tech giants who he argues have wrongfully censored him. Trump...

July 07, (THEWILL) - The Nigerian Senate has passed the 2021 Supplementary Budget of N982,729,695,343, representing an increase of N87 billion over the request by President Muhammadu Buhari. The President had proposed N895,842,465,917.00. But the Senate Committee on Appropriation, in its report...

July 07, (THEWILL) - A Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday ruled that the former Minister of Finance,  Ms. Kemi Adeosun, was ineligible for the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme, not being a Nigerian citizen. The court said she...

July 07, (THEWILL) - President Muhammadu Buhari has decorated the newly appointed Chief of Army Staff, Farouk Yahaya, with the new rank of a Lieutenant General. Buhari was assisted by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, and signified the promotion of the former...

July 07, (THEWILL) - Haiti's President Jovenel Moïse was killed early Wednesday after an attack on his home in the nation's capital. He was 53 years old. The country's Prime Minister Claude Joseph said the President's residence in Port-au-Prince came under attack...

July 07, (THEWILL) - The interim report on the forensic auditing of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) account has revealed that over 12,128 projects with no clear-cut ownership were built and abandoned even as they all have become sanctuaries...

July 06, (THEWILL) - The House of Representatives has passed for second reading, a Bill seeking to amend the 1999 Constitution to allow for the creation of state police as well as to legalise regional security outfits. The Bill will...

July 06, (THEWILL) - The Senate will on Wednesday consider President Muhammadu Buhari’s N895.842 billion supplementary budget request. Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, made the disclosure on Tuesday during plenary after the lawmakers received the report of the Committee on Appropriation...