Politics

BEVERLY HILLS, CA, November 13, (THEWILL) - Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Human Rights, Hon. Beni Lar, Wednesday called for increased funding for the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP). Lar, who made the call...

BEVERLY HILLS, CA, November 13, (THEWILL) - The House of Representatives Wednesday invited the Service Chiefs to appear before it on Thursday, November 14 to brief lawmakers on the state of security in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa States. The resolution...

BEVERLY HILLS, CA, November 13, (THEWILL) - The House of Representatives Wednesday passed the 2013 budget of N315 billion for the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Details of the budget shows that N15 billion was approved for recurrent expenditure, while...

BEVERLY HILLS, CA, November 13, (THEWILL) - The House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts is to investigate allegations of evasion of taxes and non-remittances of taxes to the Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS) by the Nigeria Prison Services...

SAN FRANCISCO, November 13, (THEWILL) - The Department of State has announced the designation of Boko Haram and Ansaru as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTO) under Section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended, and as Specially Designated...

BEVERLY HILLS, CA, November 13, (THEWILL) – The Senator representing Rivers South-East Senatorial District, Magnus Abe has attributed Governor Amaechi’s persecution in the current political dispensation to his resilience and doggedness in defense of Rivers State. Senator Abe disclosed this...

BEVERLY HILLS, CA, November 12, (THEWILL) – The National Chairman of the faction of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that calls itself the new PDP, Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje, has resigned from his position as Chairman of the...

BEVERLY HILLS, CA, November 12, (THEWILL) – Judgment in the dispute over the management of the assets of the late Senate President, Chuba Okadigbo, who died over 10 years ago, has been fixed for February 4. An Abuja High Court...

BEVERLY HILLS, CA, November 12, (THEWILL) – The leadership of the ruling  Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has written to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) notifying it of the suspension of Alhaji Abubakar Kawu  Baraje, Dr. Sam Sam Jaja,...

Update: THEWILL gathered that one of the cars in the convoy of the Governor of Kogi State, Mr. Idris Wada, rammed into the vehicle conveying Professor Iyayi and some members of the union to Kano. Two occupants of the vehicle were...