Politics

Hunger Protest: Dialogue Between Organisers, Stakeholders Start in Osun, Benue…

July 29, (THEWILL) - With three days to the planned nationwide protest tagged #EndBadGovernance, which is scheduled to take place from August 1 to 10, 2024, some state governments have taken the initiative to identify the organisers and begin...

LGAs on The Firing Line

July 29, (THEWILL) - The recent Supreme Court judgment granting financial and administrative autonomy to Local governments in the country is still reverberating in the polity. The Minister for Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Lateef Fagbemi, a Senior...

Nigerians Have Rights To Peaceful Protests – Presidency

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July 29, (THEWILL) - The Presidency has assured Nigerians of their rights to peaceful protests, saying that President Bola Tinubu’s administration does not seek to dominate citizens but to serve them. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and...

Don’t Use Brute Force Against Protesters, Immediately Implement Oronsaye Report – Frank Nweke

July 29, (THEWILL) - A former minister of information, Frank Nweke II, has urged the federal government to see the planned ‘EndBadGovernance Protest’ scheduled for August 1, as another opportunity to recalibrate rather than its antagonist attitude. THEWILL reports that...

Shelve Protest, Give Tinubu More Time To Fix Problems – Sylva Urges Youths

July 29, (THEWILL) - A former Petroleum Minister (State), Chief Timipre Sylva, has called on youths across the country, especially those from Bayelsa State and Niger Delta, to shun the planned August 1 hardship protest. Sylva, a former Bayelsa State...

Kenneth Okonkwo Dumps Labour Party, Blames Obi’s Failure To Resolve Party Crisis

July 28, (THEWILL) - A former spokesman for the Labour Party’s presidential campaign council, Kenneth Okonkwo, has resigned membership of the party. Okonkwo, who joined the Labour Party, announced his resignation in a statement on Sunday. Tiled: ‘Political Journey to...

CSOs Urge FG To Listen To Nigerians, Say Dialogue Remains Best Option

July 28, (THEWILL) - Some Kano-based groups of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have asked the Federal Government to listen to Nigerians as they lament the current hardships in the country. The groups are Civil Society Organisations For Conflict Resolution...

Peter Obi, Alex Otti Speak On Planned National Protest

July 28, (THEWILL) - The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 election, Mr Peter Obi, as well as the Governor of Abia State, Dr Alex Otti, have spoken concerning the planned protest, expressing fear that...

Supreme Court Judgement Poses Challenges To Local Govt Service – Commissioners

July 28, (THEWILL) - The-newly inaugurated Forum of Commissioners for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs says the Local Government Service is facing numerous challenges as a result of the recent Supreme Court judgement granting financial Autonomy to the...

#endbadgovernanceprotest: FG Winning The Mind Game

July 28, (THEWILL) - For a better part of last week, it looked like the organisers of the end bad government protest scheduled for August 1 to 10, 2024, were winning the mind games until Thursday and Friday when...