Politics

BEVERLY HILLS, CA, November 19, (THEWILL) - The opposition leader in the House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila,  Monday,  gave reasons why progressive lawmakers compelled the lower chamber to adopt the $79 oil benchmark, which caused President Goodluck Jonathan...

BEVERLY HILLS, CA, November 19, (THEWILL) - The New Peoples Democratic Party (nPDP) on Monday challenged the Inspector General of Police, Alhaji Mohammed D. Abubakar, to prove his sincerity by instituting a probe into the disruption of the November...

BEVERLY HILLS, CA, November 19, (THEWILL) - President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan will leave Abuja early Wednesday for London where he is scheduled to preside over a three-day meeting of Nigeria’s Honourary International Investors’ Council, the Presidency said in a...

BEVERLY HILLS, CA, November 19, (THEWILL) - Residents of Kano metropolis have reported hearing cracks of gunfire and heavy bangs within the metropolis. UPDATE 1  A military source at the JFT linked the development to a military operation targeting suspected terrorists. The...

Nigeria, Africa’s largest oil producer, plans to begin privatizing its four state-owned oil refineries before the end of the first quarter, Petroleum Minister Diezani Alison-Madueke said. “We would like to see major infrastructural entities such as refineries moving out of...

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan will not present the 2014 budget to the national assembly as planned on Tuesday because of a disagreement between his team and lawmakers over plans to curb spending, a senior government source told Reuters. Lawmakers indicated...

BEVERLY HILLS, CA, November 19, (THEWILL) - The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo- Iweala, has described an editorial titled, “Jonathan, Okonjo-Iweala and Waivers” published on Monday, November  18  by The Punch Newspaper...

Says, “… Presidency (off course with President Jonathan) does not respect, has no regard and does not recognise the result of a free and fair voting process that produced a clear winner in the person of Governor Amaechi.” SAN FRANCISCO,...

SAN FRANCISCO, November 18, (THEWILL) - The All Progressives Congress (APC) has rejected the announcement by the Independent National Electoral Commission ( INEC)  that it will hold a supplementary election after declaring last Saturday's governorship poll in Anambra State ...

SAN FRANCISCO, November 18, (THEWILL) - The President of the Ijaw National Congress (INC), Senator Tari Sekibo, has passed on. Sekibo, 70, was said to have slumped on Monday while waiting, along with other INC Executive members,  to see the...