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World Bank Approves $750 Million For Nigeria’s Power Sector

SAN FRANCISCO, June 24, (THEWILL) – World Bank has approved a $750 million International Development Association (IDA) credit for Nigeria’s Power Sector Recovery Operation (PSRO) to improve electricity supply. The bank, in statement in Abuja on Wednesday, said that the...

NJC Clears Federal Judge, Taiwo Taiwo, Of Misconduct By EFCC

SAN FRANCISCO, June 24, (THEWILL) – The National Judicial Council (NJC) has cleared a judge of the Federal High Court, Abuja, Justice Taiwo O. Taiwo of misconduct. The Council chaired by the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Tanko Muhammad,...

Edo 2020: Conflicting Court Orders Worrisome – INEC

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SAN FRANCISCO, June 24, (THEWILL) – Ahead of the September 19 governorship election in Edo State, the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), has stated that the spate of pre-election litigations as well as conflicting court orders can disrupt the...

Nigeria Adds 452 New Cases Of COVID-19 To Cross The 21, 000 Mark

BEVERLY HILLS, June 23, (THEWILL) - Nigeria Tuesday added 452 confirmed new cases of the coronavirus to bring the tally in the country to 21, 371, with 7, 338 recoveries and 533 deaths (8 today). The Nigeria Center for Disease Control,...

Wike Blasts PDP NWC, Pulls Out Of Edo Reconciliation And Denies Facilitating Court Order Against Obaseki; The Amaechi Link

SAN FRANCISCO, June 23, (THEWILL) –  Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has said he did not influence the decision of a Federal High Court in State that blocked Governor Godwin Obaseki from participating in the Peoples Democratic Party’s Edo...

Court Restrains PDP, INEC From Excluding Obaseki, Other Cleared Aspirants From Edo Governorship Primary

SAN FRANCISCO, June 23, (THEWILL) - A High Court of Justice in Ekpoma Judicial Division, has restrained the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and others, from removing, preventing or purporting to exclude the Edo...

Trump To Extend US Work Visa Freeze To Year-End – White House Reveals

SAN FRANCISCO, June 23, (THEWILL) - US President Donald Trump will prolong a ban on US employment permits to year-end and broaden it to include H-1B visas used widely in the tech industry, the White House said Monday. A senior...

Police Seal APC National Secretariat In Abuja

SAN FRANCISCO, June 23, (THEWILL) - A detachment of Policemen has sealed off the National Secretariat of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The policemen are acting on the instructions of the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu. The order, which was...

Anxiety As 13 Imo Lawmakers Test Positive To Coronavirus

SAN FRANCISCO, June 23, (THEWILL) - There is anxiety in Imo as 13 lawmakers of the state House of Assembly have tested positive to the coronavirus pandemic. The coronavirus status of the lawmakers were revealed days after another lawmaker tested...

Saudi To Allow Around 1,000 Residents Perform Hajj

SAN FRANCISCO, June 23, (THEWILL) - Saudi Arabia will allow around 1,000 pilgrims residing in the kingdom to perform the hajj this year, a minister said Tuesday, after it announced the ritual would be scaled back due to coronavirus. It's...