Politics

Fuel Hike: Nigerians Will Eat Grass Soon, HURIWA Predicts

July 19, (THEWILL) - The latest hike in the pump price of fuel has been condemned as toxic, despicable and absolutely intolerable by the Civil Rights group, HUMAN RIGHTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (HURIWA), just as it predicts...

Enugu Guber: No Witness As INEC Closes Defence Against Edeoga’s Petition

July 19, (THEWILL) - The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has closed its defence without presenting a witness in the petition filed by Chijioke Edeoga, the governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP), in the March 18 gubernatorial...

Coup Should Be Treated As Organised Crime – Ex-COAS Buratai

July 19, (THEWILL) - Former Chief of Army Staff, retired Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has said that a coup should be seen as an organised crime and punished accordingly, to allow democracy to survive in Africa. Buratai spoke on Tuesday,...

FG To Review Workers’ Salary – Akpabio

July 19, (THEWILL) - President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has assured Nigerian workers that the Federal Government will review the salaries of its workers, to cushion the effect of fuel subsidy removal. Akpabio gave the assurance when he...

Gov Kefas Receives Committee Report On First Youth, Economic And Security Summit

July 19, (THEWILL) - The Governor of Taraba State, Dr Agbu Kefas, has received reports from the committee of the first Youth, economic and security summit that was held in June. The committee, led by Chief Bako Benjamin, visited...

Again Emefiele Applies For Bail

July 19, (THEWILL) - The suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, has again, filed an application for bail. In the new filings before the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, Emefiele, who had been...

Again, Court Reaffirms Ododo As Kogi APC Guber Candidate

July 18, (THEWILL) - The Federal High Court in Abuja, has dismissed a case filed by Abubakar Achimugu, seeking the disqualification of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship Candidate, Usman Ododo and his running mate, Ozigi Deedat, from the...

Tinubu Hosts Benin, Niger, Guinea-Bissau Presidents At Villa

July 18, (THEWILL) - President Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday, played host to his counterparts, Patrice Talon of Benin Republic, Umaro Sissoco Embalo of Guinea-Bissau and Mohammed Bazoum of Niger Republic, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The President's high visitors...

Court Sacks Taraba PDP Chairman Bawa

July 18, (THEWILL) - Justice Nuhu S. Adi, presiding judge of the Taraba State High Court, has ordered immediate reinstatement of Inuwa Bakari, as acting chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the State. The court declared the...

Gov Radda Appoints Special Advisers, Heads Of Agencies

July 18, (THEWILL) - Katsina State governor, Dikko Umaru Radda, has approved the appointment of 14 new Special Advisers and nine Heads of Agencies and Parastatals of the State’s civil service. A statement by Ibrahim Kaula Muhammad, Chief Press...