Politics

May 07, (THEWILL) — The Senate on Thursday passed the 2026 Electoral Act Amendment Bill, marking a major legislative intervention aimed at resolving long-standing jurisdictional conflicts in the adjudication of pre-election disputes and strengthening legal certainty in Nigeria’s electoral...

May 07, (THEWILL) — The Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed Friday, May 8, 2026, for the hearing of a suit filed by former Deputy National Chairman of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Nafiu Bala Gombe, challenging the...

May 07, (THEWILL) — Former President, Goodluck Jonathan, on Thursday, told supporters urging him to contest the 2027 presidential election that the race for Nigeria’s highest office was “not a computer game”, adding that he would undertake wide consultations...

May 07, (THEWILL) — In a significant adjustment to Nigeria’s diplomatic appointments, former Senator representing Akwa Ibom North-East, Ita Solomon Enang, has been moved to replace former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, as Nigeria’s Ambassador-Designate to Germany, in what...

May 07, (THEWILL) — Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno, has formally entered the race for a second term in office, declaring that unfinished projects under his administration’s ARISE Agenda necessitate another mandate ahead of the 2027 governorship...

May 07, (THEWILL) — The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Nantewe Yilwatda, has declared that the ruling party is not disturbed by the defection of former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, from the African Democratic...

May 07, (THEWILL) — The leading aspirant for the Ogbia Constituency II seat in the Bayelsa State House of Assembly, under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Hon. Anyam Kaiser Otobo, has promised equitable representation if elected...

May 06, (THEWILL) — The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in a forceful political counter-offensive aligned with the influence of the Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde-backed bloc, has launched a scathing rebuke of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory,...

May 06, (THEWILL) — The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has waived the presidential screening requirements for President Bola Tinubu, effectively affirming him as duly screened in line with the party’s constitution. The decision, reached...

May 06, (THEWILL) — The Minority Whip of the Senate, Senator Tony Nwoye, has announced his resignation from the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and his defection to the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC). The development was made known during plenary on Wednesday,...