Austyn Ogannah
Photos Of Abuja Explosion: Four Confirmed Dead, 3 Others In Critical State
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 31, (THEWILL) – Four persons were killed, while three other persons are in critical condition according to Dr. Olugbenga Bello of an
Corrected: Bomb Blast In Abacha Barracks Abuja True. Dunamis Church Blast Not True
ABUJA, Dec 31, (THEWILL) - THEWILL can report that a bomb has been detonated inside the Sani Abacha Barracks (Mogadishu Cantonment) in Abuja killing and wounding ...
THEWILL At One, Happy New Year
The journey has been fairly smooth for THEWILL since we made our formal debut in the now crowded online news market. I remember that last ...PDP SHOULD START MOURNING THIS EARLY
Sir, PDP SHOULD START MOURNING THIS EARLY If there is any Nigerian political party that should be panicking at present concerning the 2011, it is ...INSECURITY: MY WORRIES ABOUT AKWA IBOM STATE
Our governor (Godswill Akpabio) had promised that by December 2010, kidnapping activities would be a thing of the past in Akwa Ibom (refer to Nigerian ...ARMS IMPORTATION: WHAT QUEST FOR POWER CAUSES
It may sound absurd but the gossip making the round is strong and fingering a south-south governor’s involvement in arms importation into the country. This ...AKPABIO: WHY IMPORT FOREIGN CHORISTERS FOR XMAS CAROLE?
It could be madness of fund availability that Governor Godswill Akpabio decides the way to spend the stupendous resources of Akwa Ibom people. In December ...
HOW I JOINED THE NIGERIAN RULING (EATING) CLASS (A REJOINDER)
Dear Ugochukwu, I thoroughly enjoyed myself reading the piece you published last week, captioned, “How I Became A Prominent Lady,” written by one of the ...
PDP: Nwodo Charges Officials To Follow Party Guidelines, Constitution
PHOTO: PDP NATIONAL CHAIRMAN, DR OKWESILIEZE NWODO....
Jos Mayhem: HURIWA Demands Permanent Commission
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 30, (THEWILL) - Human Rights writer’ Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), a pro-democracy and development focused non governmental organization has blamed what it ...
No Going Back On Igbo Presidency In 2015 – Atiku
PHOTO: FORMER VICE PRESIDENT, ALHAJI ATIKU ABUBAKAR....
Arewa Group Accuses Jonathan Of Anti- Party Activity
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 30, (THEWILL) - The Arewa Democratic Defence League has accused President Goodluck Jonathan of subterranean acts of encouraging defections from the PDP ...
HOW I BECAME A ‘PROMINENT’ LADY (LETTER FROM A WOMEN LEADER OF A NIGERIAN POLITICAL PARTY)
Dear Ugochukwu, I was sufficiently provoked by your recent column captioned, “Criminalisation Of Poverty,” to share my great and exciting success story with your numerous ...
WHY INEC NEEDS A NEW VOTERS REGISTER IN DELTA STATE’S GUBERNATORIAL RERUN
PHOTO: INEC CHAIRMAN, PROFESSOR ATTAHIRU JEGA....
Osun: Plot To Impeach Governor Real – ACN, Names Omisore As Linchpin
PHOTO: SENATOR IYIOLA OMISORE....
‘It’s High Time You Begin To Behave Like A Statesman’: Aregbesola Tells Mark
PHOTO: SENATE PRESIDENT, SENATOR DAVID MARK....
Bombs, Shootings Hit Nigeria Before Election Year
Bombs hit a political rally in a southern Nigerian city on Wednesday, a day after three people were shot dead in the north of the ...
Nwodo Dedicates Number For Election Complaints
PHOTO: PDP NATIONAL CHAIRMAN, DR OKWESILIEZE NWODO....
Uduaghan, Ogboru, Ovie, Others Eligible For Delta Guber Re-run – INEC
PHOTO: INEC CHAIRMAN, PROFESSOR ATTAHIRU JEGA....
2011: Fashola Panics, Stops Toll Collection On Lekki-Epe Expressway
LAGOS, Dec 29, (THEWILL) - Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN) today suspended toll collection on the Eti-Osa-Lekki-Epe Expressway until further notice, a ...
2011 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: ATIKU’S LIFE AND SURVIVAL DEPEND ON IT
PHOTO: FORMER VICE PRESIDENT AND PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRANT ATIKU ABUBAKAR....
POLITICAL FINANCING, INCUMBENCY, FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS
PHOTO: INEC CHAIRMAN, PROFESSOR ATTAHIRU JEGA....
OJUKWU THE PRESIDENT NIGERIA NEVER HAD
As we pray for the recovery of Ikemba for the good old days just before the war, the man is a leader amongst equals in ...
Jos Violence: Group Asks Jonathan To Surrender Perpetrators To ICC
PHOTO: PRESIDENT GOODLUCK EBELE JONATHAN....
Mark Tells Aregbesola To ‘Behave Like A Governor, Not Area Boy’
PHOTO: OSUN STATE GOVERNOR RAUF AREGBESOLA....
Jos Bombings: Sultan, Oritsejafor Say Politicians Are Masterminds
PHOTO L-R: PRESIDENT OF CAN, PASTOR AYO ORITSEJAFOR; SULTAN OF SOKOTO, ALHAJI SA'AD ABUBAKAR AND VICE CHANCELLOR, UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN, ALHAJI ISHAQ OLOYEDE DURING NIREC'S NEWS CONFERENCE IN LAGOS TODAY, DECEMBER 28, 2010....
Corruption: Delta Lawmaker In Trouble Over Alleged Contract Scam
PHOTO: HONOURABLE JOHNSON ERIJO....
PDP Cautions ACN Over Calls To Postpone Delta Guber Rerun
PHOTO: FORMER DELTA STATE GOVERNOR, DR EMMANUEL UDUAGHAN....WHITHER IBOM TROPICANA ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE
Dear Editor WHITHER IBOM TROPICANA ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE Governor Akpabio promised Akwa Ibom people that he would provide 5,000 jobs from the Ibom Tropicana Entertainment Centre’s ...WHY IS OBI SHOPPING FOR MEDIA SUPPORTERS?
Dear Sir, WHY IS OBI SHOPPING FOR MEDIA SUPPORTERS? An online publication ‘www.ukpakareports.com’ soaring away with stories mostly on matters that concern the south-east posted ...
HOW TO REMAIN POLITICALLY RELEVANT IN NIGERIA... POLITICS AND NIGERIAN POLITICIANS
Man is a political animal, anything and everything he does at any given time involves politics. The goal of every business venture is to declare ...
2011 AND ISSUES NIGERIANA
PHOTO: PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN (L) AND PDP ASPIRANT, FORMER VICE PRESIDENT ALHAJI ATIKU ABUBAKAR....
MEGA JAMS, MEGA TINS
PHOTO: AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL R&B SINGER, SONG WRITER AND PRODUCER, MR ROBERT SYLVESTER KELLY, POPULARLY KNOWN AS R.KELLY....
Bill To Recognize Traditional Institution Underway - President Jonathan
PHOTO: PRESIDENT GOODLUCK EBELE AZIKIWE JONATHAN....
Withdrawal Of Corruption Charges Against Cheney, Others Illegal - Lawyer
PHOTO R-L: EFCC CHAIRMAN, MRS FARIDA WAZIRI; US AMBASSADOR TO NIGERIA, MR TERRENCE MCCULLEY AND US EMBASSY ANTI-CRIME OFFICER, DIANE KOHN DURING THE US AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO THE EFCC HEADQUARTERS. ...
Explosions Planned To Scuttle Election- Jang; Victims Get Mass Burial
PHOTO: PLATEAU STATE GOVERNOR JONAH DAVID JANG....
Again, PDP Asks Enugu Aspirants To Report To Abuja For Screening
ABUJA, Dec 27, (THEWILL) - The Peoples Democratic Party today said all state and National Assembly aspirants from Enugu State will have their screening and ...
Gunmen Rob THEWILL Abuja Bureau Chief
ABUJA, Dec 27, (THEWILL) – Gunmen suspected to be armed robbers today attacked THEWILL Newspaper Abuja Bureau Chief, Mr. Ewache Ajefu. The incident occurred at about ...
Document On Rigging Not Our Own - Goodluck/Sambo Campaign
ABUJA, Dec 27, (THEWILL) - The Jonathan/Sambo Presidential Campaign organization has again denied ownership of a document being circulated in the media by the Atiku ...
PDP Worried Over Infighting Amongst Party Leaders In The East
PHOTO: PDP NATIONAL CHAIRMAN, DR OKWESILIZE NWODO (L) ADDRESSING MEMBERS OF THE ANAMBRA STATE EXCO OF THE PARTY DURING THEIR INAUGURATION AT THE PDP NATIONAL SECRETARIAT IN ABUJA A FEW MONTHS AGO. WITH NWODO IS NATIONAL DEPUTY CHAIRMAN NORTH, DR MOHAMMED BELLO....
Atiku Condoles Plateau, Borno Over Killings, Demands Debate With Jonathan
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 26, (THEWILL) - Former Vice President and president aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2011 election, Atiku Abubakar has ...
THE JONATHAN PRESIDENCY (3)
The month of November 2009 marked a turning point for Dr Goodluck Jonathan’s political career and a wakeup call for all Nigerians with regard to ...
ON THE QUESTION OF SEX AND MARRIAGE
I was never good at it. I was never good at Marriage. And I don’t know too many people who are good at it. Still, ...
HOLBROOKE: WHAT DIPLOMATS MEAN TO A NATION
PHOTO: DECEASED UNITED STATES DIPLOMAT, MR RICHARD HOLBROOKE. PHOTO CREDIT: ALEX WONG/GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA....
Nomination Form: PDP Angry At Unscrupulous Party officials
PHOTO: PDP NATIONAL CHAIRMAN, DR OKWESILIEZE NWODO....
ACN Accuses PDP Of Rigging, Heads To Court
PHOTO: ACTION CONGRESS OF NIGERIA (ACN) LEADERS L-R; LAGOS STATE PARTY CHAIRMAN, OTUNBA HENRY AJOMALE; FORMER LAGOS STATE GOVERNOR, SENATOR BOLA AHMED TINUBU AND LAGOS STATE GOVERNOR, MR. BABATUNDE RAJI FASHOLA, SAN. ...
SERAP Petitions ICC Over Côte d'Ivoire Killings And Rape
PHOTO: COTE D'IVOIRE INCUMBENT AND DEFIANT PRESIDENT LAURENT GBAGBO....
Reprisal Killings Continue In Jos, Lar Condemns Bombings
PHOTO: A DESERTED MAJOR JOS STREET TODAY, DECEMBER 26, 2010....
Multiple Xmas Eve Bomb Blasts Kills Scores In Jos
JOS, Dec 24, (THEWILL) - JOS, Dec 24, (THEWILL) - Over 40 perosns have been feared killed on the eve of Christmas in a series ...
Xmas: Bankole Urges Nigerians TO Pray For Peaceful Elections
PHOTO: SPEAKER, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, RT. HON. DIMEJI BANKOLE....
ACN To IG: Call Your Men To Order In Kwara
ABUJA, Dec 24, (THEWILL) - The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has asked the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Hafiz Ringim, to call his men to ...
Updated: PDP Suspends Screening In Oyo, Delta Gets New Date For Primaries
ABUJA, Dec 24, (THEWILL) - The National Working Committee (NWC) has suspended the on-going screening of aspirants and the scheduled primary elections of the Party in ...
THEY ARE SELLING QUEEN-MOTHER IDIA MASK AND WE ARE ALL QUIET
PHOTO: THE QUEEN IDIA MASK, ONE OF THE STOLEN MASKS FROM THE BINI KINGDOM BY THE BRITISH DURING THE 1897 INVASION OF BENIN CITY....
Obama Calls Jonathan On Cote D’Ivoire
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 23, (THEWILL) - The White House has said that US President Barack Obama called President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria on Wednesday afternoon ...
Ailing Ojukwu Flown To A London Hospital
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 23, (THEWILL) – Ailing Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, the Ikemba of Nnewi, has been flown to an undisclosed London hospital for further ...
APRIL 2011: BETWEEN VOTER’S FLIGHT, VOTER’S MIGHT AND VOTER’S RIGHTS
Abject and equally grinding poverty, bizarre draught, roaring and equally swooping flood, poor harvest, avoidable hunger, latent and bursting sectarian crises, precarious security situation on ...
RIVERS STATE: THE MAKING OF AN ISLAND OF INTEGRITY
PHOTO: RIVERS STATE GOVERNOR, MR ROTIMI CHIBUIKE AMAECHI....
Delta School Water Tank Accident, Parents Of Victims Demand N90B Payout
PHOTO: THE OVERHEAD WATER TANK AFTER IT FELL ON A CLASSROOM LEAVING FIVE PUPILS DEAD AND CAUSING INJURIES TO MANY OTHERS IN AGBOR, DELTA STATE....
Yoruba Group Faults S/West Endorsement Of Jonathan
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 23, (THEWILL) - A socio-political group in the South West, Yoruba Redemption Group, (YOREG) has dismissed claims that 585 delegates of the ...
Assembly Primaries: PDP Dissolves Enugu Screening Panel
PHOTO: PEOPLES DEMOCRATIC PARTY CHAIRMAN (PDP), DR OKWESILIEZE NWODO....
Over 50, 000 Nigerian Farmers To Benefit From World Bank Assisted CAPD
PHOTO: WORLD BANK PRESIDENT ROBERT ZOELLICK....
ENTITLEMENT MENTALITY IN A CHILD
A child is like the rain, useful and harmful. It depends largely on how each is prepared for and contained. We need both to live ...
Kano Police Sack Two, Demotes Inspector Over Rape Of 16-Year-Old
PHOTO: POLICE INSPECTOR GENERAL HAFIZ ABUBAKAR RINGIM....
Budget: Mark Gives Conditions Of Passage As Bill Scale Second Reading
PHOTO: SENATE PRESIDENT DAVID MARK....
Reinstated Reps Drag Bankole To Court Over Unpaid Salaries
PHOTO: HONOURABLES DINO MELAYE (R) AND BITRUS KAZE....
Atiku’s Campaign Jigawa Coordinator Resigns, Joins Jonathan Campaign
KANO, Dec 22, (THEWILL) - Alhaji Atiku Abubakar Presidential Campaign organization was dealt a huge blow today when his Campaign Coordinator in Jigawa State, Alhaji ...
Atiku Campaign Wants PDP Screening Committee Made Public
PHOTO: FORMER VICE PRESIDENT ATIKU ABUBAKAR....
Opinion Poll On PDP Website Not Authorized – Alkali
PHOTO: PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN (L) AND FORMER VICE PRESIDENT & PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRANT ATIKU ABUBAKAR....
INEC Confirms January 6 For Delta Governorship Rerun Election
PHOTO: FORMER DELTA GOVERNOR, DR EMMANUEL UDUAGHAN (PDP)....
GOVERNOR LIYEL IMOKE’s 2011 BUDGET SPEECH AT THE CROSS RIVER STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY ON DECEMBER 22, 2010.
PHOTO: CROSS RIVER STATE GOVERNOR LIYEL IMOKE (2ND R) FLANKED BY DEPUTY GOVERNOR EFIOK COBHAM; SPEAKER, STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY, HON FRANK ADAH AND DEPUTY, HOM DOMINIC EDEM(R) AND OTHER LAWMAKERS DURING THE PRESENTATION OF THE STATE'S 2011 BUDGET BY IMOKE AT THE ASSEMBLY....
SOS As Abubakar Audu Evicts Wife, Kids, Moves Into Potomac Mansion
PHOTO SHOW BAILIFFS EVICTING MRS AUDU AND THE KIDS UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF PRINCE ABUBAKAR AUDU....
NIGERIA: THE SCOURGE OF POLITICAL VIRUS-TINUBUIASIS
PHOTO: FORMER LAGOS STATE GOVERNOR, ASIWAJU BOLA AHMED TINUBU (2ND R) WITH OSUN STATE DEPUTY GOVERNOR, MRS LAOYE TOMORI (1ST L); LAGOS DEPUTY GOVERNOR, MRS SARAH SOSAN (2ND R) AND EKITI DEPUTY GOVERNOR , MRS FUNMI OLAYINKA, DURING THE NATINAL CONVENTION OF THE ACN IN BENIN CITY TODAY, DECEMBER 21, 2010....
ATIKU’S THREATS OF VIOLENCE, NATIONAL SECURITY AND THE 2011 ELECTIONS
PHOTO: FORMER VICE PRESIDENT AND PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRANT, ALHAJI ATIKU ABUBAKAR....
Halliburton, Others Pay $130M Fine, Vindicates THEWILL Exclusive Report
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 21, (THEWILL) – United States oil servicing firm, Halliburton today announced it has paid the Nigeria government $35 million to settle bribery ...
Jonathan Gets Senate Approval To Borrow S $1.537B
PHOTO: PRESIDENT GOODLUCK EBELE AZIKIWE JONATHAN....
We Can’t Create New States Now – Bankole
PHOTO: SPEAKER, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, RT. HON. DIMEJI BANKOLE (R) WITH ASSOCIATES....
INEC Now To De-Register Political Parties As Senate Pass New Electoral Bill
PHOTO: INEC CHAIRMAN, PROFESSOR ATTAHIRU JEGA....
House Approves Importation Of Tooth Pick, Furniture, Bottle Water, Etc
ABUJA, Dec 21, (THEWILL) - The House of Representatives today approved the federal government’s recent lift of ban on the importation of products such as ...
Reps Proceed On End Of Year Break; To Cut Executive’s Recurrent Budget
PHOTO: DEPUTY SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, HONOURABLE USMAN NAFADA....
Jumbo Pay: Group Drags FG To UN Human Rights Committee
PHOTO: SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF THE FEDERATION (SGF), ALHAJI AHMED YAYALE....
Senate Commence Debate On 2011 Budget Bill
PHOTO: DEPUTY SENATE PRESIDENT, SENATOR IKE EKWEREMADU....
Ivory Coast: Abuja Evacuates Diplomats As Washington Sanctions Gbagbo
PHOTO: INCUMBENT IVORIAN PRESIDENT LAURENT GBAGBO....
LETTER TO PDP’S NWODO AND INEC’S JEGA ON 2011 ELECTIONS
Sir, LETTER TO PDP’S NWODO AND INEC’S JEGA ON 2011 ELECTIONS In many Sunday newspapers of 19/12/10, PDP enumerated members of its Screening Committee for ...OBASANJO SIMPLY FIGHTING AGAINST FURTHER IMPRISONMENT
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo may after all be the biggest promoter of corruption in Nigeria today. Obasanjo, out of prison was persuaded to be the ...JONATHAN & NWODO CROSSFIRE: Who Is Right?
In the media of Friday December 17, 2010, President Jonathan argued that the PDP governors are being given (returned) automatic tickets because there is need ...JONATHAN & NWODO CROSSFIRE: Who Is Right?
In the media of Friday December 17, 2010, President Jonathan argued that the PDP governors are being given (returned) automatic tickets because there is need ...IGBOKWENU! IGBOS SHOULD WAKE UP FROM SLUMBER
Dear Editor, IGBOKWENU! IGBOS SHOULD WAKE UP FROM SLUMBER Just like Fela’s lyrics were prophetic as a musician who saw tomorrow, Christy Igbokwe recorded many songs ...THE THIEVES AND LAWBREAKERS CALLED LAWMAKERS
Dear Editor, THE THIEVES AND LAWBREAKERS CALLED LAWMAKERS No negative word would be inappropriate to describe the set of lawmakers we have in our present ...
WHAT CAN NIGERIANS EXPECT FROM AN ATIKU ABUBAKAR PRESIDENCY?
PHOTO: FORMER VICE PRESIDENT AND PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRANT ATIKU ABUBAKAR....
WHY NIGERIA NEEDS A COMMITTED AND PATRIOTIC LEADER
PHOTO: PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN DURING HIS LAST SUNDAY'S WORSHIP AT THE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD WITH GENERAL OVERSEER, PASTOR E.A. ADEBOYE....
2011: ACN Tells President Jonathan To Forget Lagos
PHOTO R-L: LAGOS STATE GOVERNOR BABATUNDE FASHOLA (ACN) AND ACN LEADER ASIWAJU BOLA AHMED TINUBU....
Again, Atiku’s Associates Ask Judge To Stop Jonathan
PHOTO L-R: A FILE PHOTO SHOWS PDP NATIONAL CHAIRMAN, DR OKWESILIEZE NWODO; PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN AND SENATE PRESIDENT, SENATOR DAVID MARK AT A PDP FUNCTION....
Anger, Pain In Lagos As Jonathan’s Visit Causes Traffic Gridlocks
ABUJA, Dec 20, (THEWILL) - Lagos residents returning home after work were today held up in endless traffic congestions following the closure of all key ...
Jumbo Pay: Fashola, Okunnu Seek Action against Wasteful Lawmakers
PHOTO R-L: LAGOS STATE GOVERNOR, MR BABATUNDE RAJI FASHOLA AND CHIEF FEMI OKUNNU DURING THE ANSAR-UDEEN SOCIETY VISIT TO THE GOVERNOR ON DECEMBER 20, 2010....
PEF Pays N28B To Marketers For Product Bridging
ABUJA, Dec 20, (THEWILL) - Petroleum Equalization Fund (PEF) said it has committed the sum of N24 billion to Independent Petroleum Marketers in the country ...
Former Militant Leader, Bayloaf Bags Doctorate Degree
PHOTO: FORMER MILITANT LEADER, MR VICTOR EBIKABOWEI BEN (GENERAL BAYLOAF) (R) DURING HIS SURRENDER IN BAYELSA AND EMBRACE OF THE AMNESTY PROGRAMME. ...
New Revenue Sharing Formula Underway
PHOTO: CHAIRMAN OF THE REVENUE MOBILIZATION, ALLOCATION AND FISCAL COMMISSION (RMAFC), ENGR ELIAS MBAM (LEFT) AND SECRETARY, MR TUNDE KASALI AT A PRESS BRIEFING ON THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY JUMBO PAY IN ABUJA ON DECEMBER 20, 2010....
KRISMAS FO NAIJA
Few days from today, it will be Christmas; a highly recognized Christian festival celebrated worldwide in honour of the birth of Jesus Christ who died ...
Abia ACN Heads Into Crisis As Factions Holds Congress, Elect Officers
ABUJA, Dec 19, (THEWILL) - The Abia State chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) is fast cascading to major crises as two factions ...
GBAGBO, TINUBU AND THE NEW ELECTORAL EXPORT FROM NIGERIA
PHOTO: FORMER LAGOS STATE GOVERNOR BOLA AHMED TINUBU....
Rotate Power Amongst Those With Equity; GEJ Is A Positive Step – Adefarasin
PHOTO: HOUSE ON THE ROCK FOUNDER, PASTOR PAUL ADEFARASIN....
Jonathan Vs Atiku Battle: PDP Is Sinking Nigeria – ACN
ABUJA, Dec 19, (THEWILL) - The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has raised an alarm over the worsening campaign for the presidential ticket of the ...
PROFESSOR ATTAHIRU JEGA: A PLEA FOR NON VIOLENT NATIONAL ELECTIONS
PHOTO: INEC CHAIRMAN, PROFESSOR ATTAHIRU JEGA....
WHY ORLU LEADERS CAN’T TAKE UDENWA SERIOUS
PHOTO: FORMER IMO STATE GOVERNOR, CHIEF ACHIKE UDENWA....
RESOLUTIONS OF THE 55TH MEETING OF THE NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE PEOPLES DEMOCRATIC PARTY HELD ON THURSDAY 16TH DECEMBER, 2010
Gentlemen of the press, The 55th meeting of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of our great Party the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) held yesterday here at ...
Imoke Tasks New Commissioners
PHOTO: CROSS RIVER STATE NEW COMMISSIONERS L-R: COMMISSIONER FOR INFORMATION AND ORIENTATION, MR PATRICK UGBE; COMMISSIONER FOR WORKS, MR VENATIUS IKEM; ATTORNEY GENERAL, MR ATTAH OCHINKE, COMMISSIONER FOR AGRICULTURE, DR SANDY ONOR AND COMMISSIONER FOR FINANCE, MR COSTAKIS ETIM CAIAFAS. ...
Electoral Act: House Passes Controversial Amendment Without ‘NEC Membership’
ABUJA, Dec 16, (THEWILL) - The House of Representatives today passed the 2010 Electoral Act (amendment) Bill, 2010 but without the contentious clause seeking to ...
FOI Bill Suffers Another Set Back In The House
ABUJA, Dec 16, (THEWILL) - Again, the bill for an Act to make public records and information readily available and also provide for public access ...
Reps To Investigate FG Over Alleged Diversion Of N74B Railway Fund
PHOTO: HONOURABLE DINO MELAYE....
RECs Involved In 2007 Rigging Should Be Sacked - Fashola
PHOTO R-L: LAGOS STATE GOVERNOR BABATUNDE RAJI FASHOLA AND NUJ NATIONAL PRESIDENT, ALHAJI MOHAMMED GARBA. ...
Anti-Graft War: US Canvasses More Powers For EFCC
PHOTO L-R: US AMBASSADOR TO NIGERIA, MR TERRENCE MCCULLEY AND EFC CHAIRMAN, MRS FARIDA WAZIRI DURING THE AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO THE EFCC ABUJA HEADQUARTERS TODAY, DECEMBER 16, 2010....
PRESIDENT JONATHAN AND FACE BOOK
Earlier this year when President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria opened his face book page, everybody around the world was praising him for this bold step, ...
BABANGIDA: POLITICALLY DISEMBOWELED, DEMYSTIFIED, AND DESPERATE!
PHOTO: GENERAL IBRAHIM BADAMASI BABANGIDA....
THE GREEK GIFT CALLED LIFTING OF BAN ON TEXTILE AND EXTENSION OF AGE LIMIT OF USED VEHICLES
Recently the federal government announced the lifting of ban on the importation of textile materials. It also announced the extension of the age limit for ...
Sikiru Ayinde Barrister Dies In London
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 16, (THEWILL) – Fuji maestro, Alhaji Sikiru Ayinde Balogun, also known as Barrister and Alhaji Agba, whose death was announced this morning ...
Its Official: PDP Governors Declare Support For Jonathan
ABUJA, Dec 16, (THEWILL) – Twenty (20) Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) state governors today said they have decided to support the Presidential bid of President ...
PDP NEC Bows To Governors, Reverses Order Of Primaries
PHOTO L-R: PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN AND PDP NATIONAL CHAIRMAN, DR OKWESILIEZE NWODO. ...
ECOWAS Court Awards N30m To Detained Journalist
ABUJA, Dec 16, (THEWILL) - The ECOWAS Court of Justice in Abuja has declared the arrest and detention of MUSA SAIDYKHAN, a Gambian journalist, illegal ...
GEJ Tells Opposition: Nobody Can Threaten The Sovereignty Of Nigeria
PHOTO: PRESIDENT GOODLUCK EBELE JONATHAN....
I’m Ready For Arrest - Atiku; Your Block Has Ignored You - GEJ Tells Him
PHOTO: FORMER VICE PRESIDENT AND PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRANT, ALHAJI ATIKU ABUBAKAR....WHY NIGERIA RESERVE FUNDS SUFFER SET-BACKS
Dear Editor: WHY NIGERIA RESERVE FUNDS SUFFER SET-BACKS If President Jonathan, as revealed by Save Nigeria Group (SNG), has been dishing out ‘transport money’ of ...
COTE D’IVOIRE: LAURENT GBABO AGAINST THE WORLD
PHOTO: IVORY COAST CONTROVERIAL INCUMBENT, PRESIDENT LAURENT GBAGBO....
IS HONOURABLE GODWIN NDUDI ELUMELU A CURSE OR A BLESSING TO ANIOCHA/OSHIMILI FEDERAL CONSTITUENCY? WHY HE MUST BE STOPPED IN 2011
PHOTO: HONOURABLE GODWIN NDUDI ELUMELU....
ZONING OR NO ZONING, THE EXALTED SEAT IS OURS FOR TAKE!
To say that Nigeria’s painfully lingering dwindling fortunes amazingly amidst its evenly-nurtured abundance in material and human resources is unarguably linked to what it suffered ...
Amend Party Constitution Or Ask Jonathan To Quit 2011 Race – Kwande Tells PDP
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 15, (THEWILL) - A top politician in Plateau State and a founding member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ambassador Yahaya Kwande ...
NASS Promises Cut In Its Recurrent Expenditure
ABUJA, Dec 15, (THEWILL) - President of the Senate, Senator David Mark today announced that the National Assembly would lead the effort to cut the ...
Waku To GEJ: Drop Your 2011 Presidential Bid or Go To ANPP
PHOTO R -L: PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN AND VICE PRESIDENT NAMADI SAMBO....
Flour Mills N37.5bn Bond: UBA Targets More Corporate Bond Raising in Africa
PHOTO R-L: GMD/CEO, UBA, MR PHILLIPS ODOUZA; GMD, FLOUR MILS OF NIGERIA, DR EMMANUEL UKPABI AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, CORPORATE AND INTERNATIONAL BANKING, UBA PLC, MR IFEATU ONEJEME DURING THE VISIT OF UBA MANAGEMENT TO THE FLOUR MILLS HEAD OFFICE IN APAPA, LAGOS, A DAY AFTER THE COMPLETION OF N37.5B BOARD, LEAD-ARRANGED ARRANGED BY UBA CAPITAL FOR FLOUR MILLS LAST MONDAY....
Nigeria Remains Israeli Government’s Foreign Policy Focus In Region -Envoy
PHOTO: ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU....MRS. COMFORT EWANG’S KIDNAPPERS NEVER ARRESTED
Dear Editor MRS. COMFORT EWANG’S KIDNAPPERS NEVER ARRESTED After reading story planted in two national newspapers of Friday 5/11/10, that the kidnappers of Mrs. Comfort ...
Photos: Staff Of Union Bank Protest, Want Funke Osibodu, Others Sacked
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 15, (THEWILL) - Employees of Union Bank Plc, one of the bailed out banks, held a protest on Tuesday calling for the ...
Omo-Agege’s Guber Aspiration Hits Brick Wall In Republican Party
PHOTO: FORMER DELTA SSG, CHIEF OVIE OMO-AGEGE (L) WITH CHIEF PETER OKOCHA. ...
PDP 54th NEC Meeting: “We Did Not Quarrel” – Nwodo
PHOTO: PDP NATIONAL CHAIRMAN, DR OKWESIEZE NWODO....
GEJ Presents N4.22B 2011 Budget To NASS
PHOTO: PRESIDENT GOODLUCK EBELE JONATHAN PRESENTS THE 2011 PROPOSED FEDERAL BUDGET EXPENDITURE TO A JOINT SESSION OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY TODAY, DECEMBER 15, 2010....
IBB, Atiku Warns PDP: Jettison Zoning, Face Defeat In Poll
PHOTO: FORMER MILITARY DICTATOR, GENERAL IBRAHIMBABANGIDA AND FORMER VICE PRESIDENT AND PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRANT OF THE PDP, ALHAJI ATIKU ABUBAKAR AT THE NATIONAL STAKEHOLDERS FORUM ORGANIZED BY THE NPLF IN ABUJA TODAY, DECEMBER 15, 2010....
Akunyili Resigns, Defects To APGA
PHOTO L-R: FORMER INFORMATION MINISTER, PROFESSOR DORA AKUNYILI; APGA CHAIRMAN, CHIEF VICTOR UMEH AND NATIONAL SECRETARY, APGA SANI SHINKAFI AT THE APGA HEADQUARTERS IN ABUJA TODAY, DECEMBER 15, 2010. ...
BEING THE Y2011 BUDGET PRESENTATION OF HIS EXCELLENCY, THE GOVERNOR OF LAGOS STATE, MR. BABATUNDE RAJI FASHOLA (SAN), DELIVERED AT THE CHAMBERS OF THE LAGOS STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY, ALAUSA ON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2010
PHOTO: A FILE PHOTO SHOWS LAGOS STATE GOVERNOR, MR BABATUNDE RAJI FASHOLA, SAN (L) PRESENTING THE 2010 LAGOS STATE BUDGET TO THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY, RT. HON. ADEYEMI IKUFORIJI....
Demonstrators Force Reps To Defer Debate On Electoral Act Amendment
PHOTO: SECURITY PERSONNEL BLOCK PROTESTERS FROM ENTERING THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY COMPLEX....
FCT Requires $10B To Develop Abuja Entertainment District – Minister
PHOTO: FCT MINISTER, SENATOR BALA MOHAMMED....
Halliburton: HURIWA Faults FG On Cheney
PHOTO: FORMER UNITED STATES VICE PRESIDENT, MR RICHARD DICK CHENEY....
Fashola Proposes N445.18bn Budget Estimate For 2011
PHOTO: LAGOS STATE GOVERNOR, MR BABATUNDE RAJI FASHOLA....
Senate Passes Electoral Act Without Contentious Section 87
ABUJA, Dec 14, (THEWILL) - The Senate today made a volte face and caved in to pressures from the public, PDP leadership and influential state ...
Again, PDP Adjourns 54th NEC Meeting
PHOTO R-L: PDP NATIONAL CHAIRMAN, DR OKWESILIEZE NWODO AND PDP NATIONAL LEGAL ADVISER OLUSOLA OKE....
PDP NEC Meeting Holds Today
PHOTO R-L: PDP NATIONAL CHAIRMAN, DR OKWESILIEZE NWODO, PRESIDENT GOODLUDK EBELE JONATHAN AND VICE PRESIDENT NAMADI SAMBO. ...
Peter Obi Named Vice Chairman Of Nigeria Governors’ Forum
PHOTO: ANAMBRA STATE GOVERNOR AND NIGERIA GOVERNORS' FORUM VICE CHAIRMAN, MR PETER OBI. ...
THE LIMITS OF LAURENT GBAGBO’S IDIOCY
PHOTO: INCUMBENT PRESIDENT OF COTE D'IVOIRE, LAURENT GBAGBO....
Don’t Trust Jonathan – Turaki Youth Vanguard Warns Shagari, North
PHOTO: DEPUTY GOVERNOR, SOKOTO STATE, ALHAJI MUKHTAR SHAGARI....
JONATHAN’S AGENDA TEARS NIGERIANS IN MALAYSIA APART
PHOTO: PRESIDENT GOODLUCK EBELE AZIKIWE JONATHAN....
Ousted Delta Speaker Reinstated By Supreme Court; Nwaoboshi Wins Too
ABUJA, Dec 13, (THEWILL) - The Supreme Court today gave an order for the immediate reinstatement of the erstwhile Speaker of the Delta state House ...
FG Drops Charges Against Cheney, Halliburton – THEWILL Investigation
PHOTO: FORMER US VICE PRESIDENT DICK CHENEY....
Bribery, Chaos, Mar Nigerian Embassy Passport Renewal Exercise In Toronto
PHOTO: NIGERIANS RESIDENT IN THE TORONTO AREA OF CANADA ARE LEFT WAITING ENDLESSLY INSIDE THE VENUE OF THE IMMIGRATION EXERCISE....
DCC Machines: FG Opts To Deploy Military To Airports
PHOTO: MINISTER OF DEFENCE, PRINCE ADETOKUNBO KAYODE, SAN....
Negative Campaigns By Politicians: Electronic Media Risk Closure - NBC
ABUJA, Dec 13, (THEWILL) - Broadcast media operating in Nigeria risk the revocation of their licenses including outright closure if they permit campaigns of calumny ...
Party NEC: Governors, Atiku, Speakers Kick Against NASS
ABUJA, Dec 13, (THEWILL) - Governors and Chieftains of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), including Speakers are unhappy with the manner the National Assembly (NASS) is ...
Updated: Ibori Fails To Stop Extradition, Appeals Ruling At Supreme Court
PHOTO: CHIEF JAMES ONANEFE IBORI....ON PDP AND EX-GOV OYINLOLA’S THANKSGIVING SERVICE
A lot of bad lessons are being dished out to gullible, hapless and helpless Nigerians; and the church is supporting. It would have been better ...AKPABIO: NOW THAT ELDER STATESMAN ONONOKPONO IS DIED
Dear Editor, AKPABIO: NOW THAT ELDER STATESMAN ONONOKPONO IS DIED One remembers March 25, 2010 when the 75-old elder statesman (Comrade Honourable Effiong Ononokpono) a ...THE WAY OF SQUANDERING AKWA IBOM RESOURCES
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Our Dear President Sir; I want to join other well meaning Nigerians to call for the immediate release of the former Chief security officer to late ...
Abia State Notorious Kidnapper, Osisikankwu Killed By Soldiers
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 12, (THEWILL) – The soldiers drafted to Abia State to halt the kidnappings in the state on Sunday scored a major victory ...
JONATHAN VS ATIKU: NIGERIA AT THE CROSS ROAD
Nigeria is a paradox – there is abject poverty in the midst of so much wealth. For decades now, Nigeria has ranked amongst the worst ...
NIGERIA: A COUNTRY THAT LEAKS
PHOTO: FORMER PRESIDENT OLUSEGUN OBASANJO (R) PLAYS WITH A KID AT THE PRESIDENTIAL WING OF THE MURTALA MUHAMMED AIRPORT, IKEJA, LAGOS RECENTLY....
Mega Party’s Boast To Unseat Ruling Party Misplaced - PDP
ABUJA, DEC 12, (THEWILL) - The ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) today said that the declarations by leaders of some political parties trying to form ...
Atiku Is Mandela Of Nigeria’s Democratic Struggles – Jigawa Group
PHOTO: DIRECTOR GENERAL, ATIKU CAMPAIGN ORGANISATION, SENATOR BEN OBI (L) AND MEMBERS OF THE ATIKU FORUM 2011....Author info
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