Politics

SAN FRANCISCO, August 21, (THEWILL) –  A group, the Coalition of Democrats, which calls itself an organisation committed to the restoration of democracy in Rivers State, on Wednesday, faulted the state governor, Hon. Rotimi Amaechi, over what it described...

SAN FRANCISCO, August 21, (THEWILL) –  The United States Under-Secretary of State for Political Affairs, Wendy Sherman, has said that countering extremists within Nigeria requires the strengths that Nigeria has to offer. Speaking at the end  of the 9th U.S.-Nigeria...

...as Gov Imoke wins award for reforms SAN FRANCISCO, August 21, (THEWILL) –  The State of Maryland in the United States of America and Cross River State, yesterday in Annapolis, the capital of Maryland, signed a Sister-State agreement. While Governor Liyel...

The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar has ordered the immediate redeployment of 14Commissioners of Police (CPs) to Commands and Formations. The IGP said the redeployment is in his avowed efforts to reposition the Police Force for greater efficiency and better...

DISMISSING an allegation that he is under pressure to resign, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) National Chairman, Bamanga Tukur, on Monday urged President Goodluck Jonathan to be more committed to the issue of restoring peace to the party. In a...

SAN FRANCISCO, August 19, (THEWILL) –  The Presidency on Monday declared that the First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, like any Nigerian, is free to visit the state of her birth, Rivers, saying she bears no grudge towards anyone as...

SAN FRANCISCO, August 19, (THEWILL) –  President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday in Abuja expressed  his desire for improved relationship between Nigeria and Thailand, saying the two countries could benefit from each other’s development experiences. Welcoming  the Special Envoy of the...

SAN FRANCISCO, August 19, (THEWILL) –  The leadership of the Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Monday blasted the Acting National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Tony Ceasar Okeke, over his allegation ...

SAN FRANCISCO, August 19, (THEWILL) –  The presidency has condemned  Governor Sule Lamido of Jigawa State over his verbal attack on President Goodluck Jonathan's Adviser on Political Affairs, Barrister Ahmed Gulak, describing it as ill-motivated. A statement issued on Monday...

SAN FRANCISCO, August 19, (THEWILL) – The Joint Task Force (JTF) operating in Borno State, Monday said Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, may have died as a result of wounds sustained during an assault against the group a few...