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Anti-Fashola Group Petitions Lagos Assembly Again
PHOTO: LAGOS STATE GOVERNOR, MR BABATUNDE RAJI FASHOLA.
Jumbo Pay: I’ll Cut Down National Assembly Salaries - Buhari
PHOTO: FORMER HEAD OF STATE AND PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRANT, GENERAL MUHAMMADU BUHARI....
Minister Challenges Corporate Bodies On Social Services
PHOTO: FCT MINISTER, SENATOR BALA ABDULKADIR MOHAMMED....
Cross River To Construct 1800 Housing Units Across The State
PHOTO: CROSS RIVER STATE GOVERNOR, SENATOR LIYEL IMOKE....
Osun Group Warns Deputy Governor Against Senatorial Ambition
ABUJA, August 31, (THEWILL) - A pressure group, ‘Egbe Omo Osun Parapo in the North Central Nigeria today handed a caveat to the Senatorial ambition ...
Power Sector Reform: Sale Of PHCN’s 18 Successor Firms To End May 2011
ABUJA, August 31, (THEWILL) - The privatization of the 18 successor companies of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) is expected to be concluded ...
50th Anniversary: Withdraw Letter Soliciting For Funds, ACN Tells FG
PHOTO: NATIONAL PUBLICITY SECRETARY, ACTION CONGRESS OF NIGERIA (ACN), ALHAJI LAI MOHAMMED. ...
Battle Royal: Jang Moves To Official Residence Of Deputy Governor
PHOTO: R-L: MR JONAH DAVID JANG, PLATEAU STATE GOVERNOR AND MRS PAULINE TALLEN, DEPUTY GOVERNOR, PLATEAU STATE....
Multi-Links Telcom Slashes Prices Of Internet Connection
PHOTO: L-R: CHAIRMAN BOARDS OF DIRECTORS, TELKOM AND MULTI-LINKS TELKOM, MR JEFF MOLOBELA; NIGERIA'S MINISTER OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION, PROFESSOR DORA AKUNYILI AND ACTING CEO MULTI-LINKS TELKOM, MR VINCENT RASEROKA, DURING A COURTESY VISIT BY OFFICIALS OF MULTI-LINKS TO PROFESSOR AKUNYILI IN ABUJA. ...
Akpabio, Wife, Others Bag Ben TV International Award
PHOTO: AKWA IBOM STATE GOVERNOR, MR GODSWILL AKPABIO....
OBASANJO AS BABANGIDA’S BEST ISSUE
PHOTO: FORMER MILITARY DICTATOR AND PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRANT, GENERAL IBRAHIM BABANGIDA....
JUSTICE MINISTER, EFCC AND A FORMER MINISTER
PHOTO: L-R: EFCC CHAIRMAN, FARIDA WAZIRI AND ATTORNEY GENERAL, MR MOHAMMED BELLO ADOKE, SAN. ...
Nigerian Passenger Dies On ATL Bound Delta Flight
San Francisco, August 30, (THEWILL) - A 57-year-old Nigerian female passenger died on Monday morning onboard a Delta Air Lines international flight from Lagos to ...
2011 Polls: INEC, EFCC Would Not Ban Any Politician - Jega, Waziri
PHOTO: INEC CHAIRMAN, PROFESSOR ATTAHIRU JEGA RECEIVES EFCC CHAIRMAN, MRS FARIDA WAZIRI, DURING THE EFCC TEAM'S VISIT TO THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION'S HEADQUARTERS IN ABUJA, TODAY, AUGUST 30, 2010....
Akingbola Gets N500M Stringent Bail
PHOTO: MR ERASTUS AKINGBOLA, (MIDDLE) WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE SHAREHOLDERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA, MR SONY NWOSU AT THE FEDERAL HIGH COURT, LAGOS, AFTER MR. AKINGBOLA WAS GRANTED BAIL TODAY, AUGUST 30, 2010....
2011: EFCC, FBI Partner On Anti-Graft, Vows To Stop Corrupt Politicians
PHOTO: L-R: UNITED STATES LEGAL ATTACHE TO NIGERIA, MR VICTOR MCCULLUM; CHAIRMAN EFCC, MRS. FARIDA WAZIRI; AND SUPERVISORY SPECIAL AGENT, COUNTERTERRORISM DIVISION, FBI, MR JAMES FOLSON, AT A TRAINING FOR EFCC OPERATIVES IN ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING/CONTROL OF TERRORIST FINANCING IN ABUJA TODAY, AUGUST 30, 2010....
Jonathan Denies Meeting Babangida Over 2011
PHOTO: PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN (LEFT) WITH PDP NATIONAL CHAIRMAN, DR OKWESILIEZE NWODO AT THE PDP NATIONAL SECRETARIAT AFTER THE FIRE INCIDENT THAT RAZED A PART OF THE BUILDING....
Remi Babalola Denies Resigning From Cabinet
PHOTO: MINISTER FOR SPECIAL DUTIES, MR REMI BABALOLA....
Imoke Scores Local Government Election High
PHOTO: CROSS RIVER STATE GOVERNOR, SENATOR LIYEL IMOKE (2nd RIGHT) ACCOMPANIED BY AIDES AT GOVERNMENT PRIMARY SCHOOL, ITIGIDI, ABI LGA POLLING STATION, TO CAST HIS VOTE IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTION....
Plateau Religious Bodies Express Confidence In GOC
PHOTO: GOC, 3RD ARMOURED DIVISION, MAJOR GENERAL SALEH MAINA....
ACN Blames Cholera Epidemic On Failure Of Governance
PHOTO: ACTION CONGRESS OF NIGERIA (ACN) LEADERS....
Road Accidents Can Mar Vision 2020:20 - FRSC
JOS, August 29, (THEWILL) - Plateau State Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) zonal commandant, Mr. Bake Ayuba Kwaga has said the vision 2020:20 of the ...
Sokoto INEC Needs Aver 7000 Adhoc Staff
SOKOTO, August 29, (THEWILL) – Sokoto State Resident Electoral Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Alhaji Hussain Ahmad Mahuta has said that over ...
INEC Votes N900M For Media, Elections Begin On Jan 08
PHOTO: PRESIDENT GOODLUCK EBELE JONATHAN CONGRATULATES INEC CHAIRMAN, PROFESSOR ATTAHIRU JEGA, AFTER HIS SWEARING IN AT THE PRESIDENTIAL VILLA, ABUJA....
JONATHAN AND HIS 1,027 DRUMMERS
Editor, JONATHAN AND HIS 1,027 DRUMMERS It is good that President Goodluck Jonathan is bringing out his true colour as one cannot rate any human being until ...AKWA IBOM: CALLING ON IGP ONOVO’S CONDOLENCE VISIT
Sir, AKWA IBOM: CALLING ON IGP ONOVO’S CONDOLENCE VISIT One Paul Inyang was murdered in a church premise in Ibesikpo-Asutan LGA of Akwa Ibom three months back. ...AKWA IBOM: WOMEN WAYLAY AKPABIO ON ACCOUNT OF KIDNAP
Sir, AKWA IBOM: WOMEN WAYLAY AKPABIO ON ACCOUNT OF KIDNAP It was a drama as reported in the Daily Sun of Monday August 23, 2010: Hundreds of ...
NEW INEC, OLD HABITS: THE POOR PROSPECT OF 2011 ELECTIONS
PHOTO: CHAIRMAN, INEC, PROFESSOR ATTAHIRU JEGA....
THERE WAS ONCE AN ATTORNEY GENERAL
PHOTO: DICGRACED FORMER ATTORNEY GENERAL OF NIGERIA, MR MICHAEL AONDOAKAA....
Cross River, American Firm Sign $1.7M GIS Contract
PHOTO: CROSS RIVER STATE GOVERNOR, SENATOR LIYEL IMOKE....
Fire Guts PDP National Secretariat
PHOTO: A FILE PHOTO OF THE PEOPLES DEMOCRATIC PARTY (PDP) WADATA PLAZA HEADQUARTERS....
Jonathan, Sambo, Nwodo In Abia As Theodore Orji Returns To PDP
PHOTO: ABIA STATE GOVERNOR, MR THEODORE ORJI....
Canadian, Indian, Irish Firms Bid To Run Nigeria Grid
Electricity companies from Canada, India and Ireland are the final bidders to take over the management of Nigeria's national grid, a contract likely to be ...
PDP Schedules Primaries For September 11
ABUJA, August 26, (THEWILL) – The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has scheduled its primary elections to select candidates into state Houses of Assembly, National Assembly, ...
IBB Names Dokpesi Campaign Director, Declares On Sept 14
PHOTO: AIT CHAIRMAN, CHIEF RAYMOND DOKPESI....
DAME PATIENCE, OUR PRESIDENT’S WIFE
PHOTO: NIGERIA'S FIRST LADY, DAME PATIENCE JONATHAN (L) WITH LADY JUDITH AMAECHI (R), WIFE OF RIVERS STATE GOVERNOR, AT A MEETING WITH OTHER FIRST LADIES IN ABUJA ON JUNE 03, 2010....
PRESIDENT DO LITTLE OR TOO MUCH
PHOTO: PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN (2ND LEFT) COMMISSIONS GZ INDUSTRIES MANUFACTURING FACTORY IN AGBARA, OGUN STATE DURING HIS VISIT TO LAGOS STATE. WITH THE PRESIDENT ARE LAGOS STATE GOVERNOR, MR BABATUNDE FASHOLA, SAN (L) AND OGUN STATE GOVERNOR, DR GBENGA DANIEL (2nd RIGHT). PHOTO DATED AUGUST 26, 2010....
WHY UNCERTAINTY BECLOUDS NIGERIA’S ECONOMY
Since the global economy witnessed a recession in 2007, Nigeria’s economy has been surrounded by a distressing cloud of uncertainty, although it was not directly ...
Edo Doctors Strike As Gunmen Kidnap Professor Of Medicine
San Francisco, August 26, (THEWILL) – A professor of Medicine at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), Professor. A. N. Onunu was on Wednesday ...
N3.7B Diversion: ICPC Questions Plateau Government Officials
PHOTO: PLATEAU STATE COMMISSIONER FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, MR CHRIS HASSAN....
Impeach Jang Now; Group Appeals To Plateau Assembly Lawmakers
PHOTO: PLATEAU STATE GOVERNOR, MR JONAH DAVID JANG....
Jonathan Arrives Lagos Amid Tight Security
PHOTO: PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN ACKNOWLEDGES GREETINGS FROM THE CROWD AT THE PRESIDENTIAL WING OF THE MURTALA MOHAMMED AIRPORT, IKEJA, DURING HIS OFFICIAL VISIT TO THE STATE TODAY, AUGUST 26, 2010....
President Jonathan’s Full Speech On Roadmap To Power Sector Reform
PHOTO: NIGERIAN PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN WITH LAGOS STATE GOVERNOR FASHOLA (R), SPECIAL ADVISER ON POWER, PROFESSOR NNAJI (L) AND MINISTER OF STATE, POWER, MR NUHU WYA, ON THURSDAY AT THE LAUNCH OF THE ROADMAP TO POWER SECTOR REFORM IN LAGOS....
PHCN Suspends Strike, Dares FG Over Plans To Deploy Military Engineers
ABUJA, August 26, (THEWILL) - Nigerian electricity workers today agreed to suspend their one-day old strike but with a caveat that government drops its plan ...
MR. PRESIDENT AND FACEBOOK GIST ON POWER
The entire world has been "agog" with the revelation that not only does Goodluck Jonathan use email etc., indeed Mr. Jonathan has a Facebook page, ...
THAT ‘CHRISTIAN’ STUDENT IN UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN
I have been following the news about a brewing religious crisis in one of the oldest universities in Africa, University of Ibadan, Nigeria. The issue ...
THE RESOLUTION OF THE KOGI HOUSE ON A FORMER MINISTER
PHOTO: KOGI STATE GOVERNOR, MR IBRAHIM IDRIS....
Jonathan 2011: PDP Governors Undecided, Meets President Tomorrow
PHOTO: A FILE PHOTO SHOWS PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN (R) SHAKING NIGER STATE GOVERNOR, ALIYU BABANGIGA, WHILE KWARA STATE GOVERNOR, BUKOLA SARAKI LOOKS AWAY DURING THE HEATED SUCCESSION BATTLE WHEN LATE PRESIDENT YAR'ADUA WAS GRAVELY SICK....
Power Outage In Nigeria As PHCN Begins Indefinite Strike
San Francisco, August 25, (THEWILL) – Employees of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) today, began an indefinite industrial action which has thrown the ...
Ohakin Sacks Six Commissioners, 11 Aides
PHOTO: A FILE PHOTO OF IMO STATE GOVERNOR, MR IKEDI OHAKIM (R) DURING A RECENT VISIT TO LAGOS....
FG Approves N154B For Fertilizer, Roads
PHOTO: L-R: MINISTER OF FINANCE, MR OLUSEGUN AGANGA; CHAIRMAN, FEDERAL INLAND REVENUE SERVICE (FIRS), DR (MRS.) IFUEKO OMOIGUI-OKAURU AND MINISTER OF STATE, FINANCE, HAJIA YABAWA LAWAN WABI AT THE FDEAL EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEETING AT THE PRESIDENTIAL VILLA IN ABUJA TODAY, AUGUST 25, 2010. ...
NNPC, LNG Japan Corporation Commence Strategic Partnership on LNG
PHOTO: R-L: GROUP MANAGING DIRCTOR, NNPC, MR AUSTEN ONIWON AND PRESIDENT/CEO, LNG JAPAN CORPORATION, MR YASUNORI TAKAGI, DURING A VISIT TO THE NNPC TOWERS IN ABUJA....
Jumbo Pay: Bankole Says NBA Position Is Misleading
PHOTO: SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENATIVES, HONOURABLE DIMEJI BANKOLE....
Abuja To Establish Sister City Relation With Lusaka
PHOTO: R-L; FCT MINISTER, SENATOR BALA ABDULKADIR MOHAMMED PRESENTS A GIFT TO VISITING ZAMBIAN HIGH COMMISSIONER TO NIGERIA, MR. ALEXIS CADMAN LUHILA, DURING A COURTESY VISIT TO THE MINISTER IN ABUJA TODAY, AUGUST 25, 2010....
Otedola: AP Staff Storm SEC Office, Allege Mismanagement
PHOTO: EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN, AFRICAN PETROLEUM PLC (AP), MR FEMI OTEDOLA....
Police Smash Robbery Syndicate In Jos
PHOTO: MR IKECHUKWU ADUBA, PLATEAU STATE POLICE COMMISSIONER....
MR PRESIDENT, SO WHAT IF NIGERIA IS A VERY RELIGIOUS SOCIETY, THE CURSE ON THE NIGERIAN ROADS REMAIN UNBEARABLE
Sir, during your life interview with CNN Anchor Christian Amanpour in April of this year in Washington D.C. you proclaimed that Nigeria is a "very, ...
PRESIDENTIAL ASSENT IS REQUIRED IN THE AMENDMENT OF THE NIGERIAN CONSTITUTION
The arguments that Presidential assent is not required in the amendment of the Nigerian Constitution is erroneous, specious, and without sound basis in law. There ...
Ministerial Nominees: Law To Compel President To Assign Portfolios Underway
PHOTO: MINISTER OF STATE, NIGER DELTA AFFAIRS, MR JOHN ODEH; MINISTER OF WORKS, SENATOR SANUSI DAGGASH AND MINISTER, NIGER DELTA AFFAIRS, ELDER GODSDAY ORUBEBE....
2011: Jonathan Welcomes Nassarawa State’s Support
PHOTO: L-R; FORMER NASARAWA STATE GOVERNOR, ABDULLAHI ADAMU; VICE PRESIDENT NAMADI SAMBO; PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN AND NASARAWA STATE GOVERNOR, ALIYU DOMA, DURING A SOLIDARITY VISIT TO PRESIDENT JONATHAN AT THE VILLA TODAY, AUGUST 24, 2010....
Jonathan Will Declare In September, Governors Can’t Stop Him - Abba-Aji
PHOTO: NIGERIAN PRESIDENT GOODLUCK EBELE JONATHAN....
Body Condemns Report Exonerating Shell From Oil Spillage In Niger Delta
JOS, August 24, (THEWILL) - Environmental Rights Actions/ Friends of the Earth (ERA/FOEN) has condemned a United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) report which exonerated Shell ...
Nwodo Inaugurates New Anambra PDP Exco, Says It Is A Last Chance
PHOTO: PDP NATIONAL CHAIRMAN, DR OKWESILIEZE NWODO (L) WITH MEMBERS OF THE NEW ANAMBRA STATE PDP CARETAKER COMMITTEE, DURING THEIR INAUGURATION AT THE PDP HEADQUARTERS IN ABUJA TODAY, AUGUST 24, 2010. ...
NIPSS Grounded As Three Unions Proceed On Strike
PHOTO: NIGERIA'S SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT, ALHAJI MAHMUD AHMED YAYALE....
Nigerians Didn’t Trust IBB’s Regime; Why he Annulled June 12 Poll - Atiku
PHOTO: L-R; FORMER VICE PRESIDENT, ALHAJI ATIKU ABUBAKAR, VETERAN JOURNALIST, DR OLATUNJI DARE AND LAGOS STATE GOVERNOR, MR BABATUNDE RAJI FASHOLA, SAN, AT DR DARE'S BOOK PRESENTATION AT THE MUSON CENTRE, LAGOS, TODAY, AUGUST 24, 2010,...
Militant Leader Murdered In Rivers State
San Francisco, August 24, (THEWILL) – One of the militants who was leader of a group, ‘Outlaws’, Mr. Saboma George was today feared killed by ...
Lagos Government Bans Okada Operators
PHOTO: LAGOS STATE GOVERNOR, MR BABATUNDE RAJI FASHOLA (INSET) ADDRESSING COMMERCIAL MOTORCYCLE OPERATORS IN LAGOS DURING A STAKEHOLDERS' FORUM IN AGIDINGBI, IKEJA, LAGOS, TODAY, AUGUST 24, 2010....
Nigerian Airlines Gain Right To Direct U.S. Flights
Nigerian airlines have gained the right to fly their own planes to the United States after an improvement in the West African nation's aviation safety ...
Power: NCP Approves Core Investor For 11 Discos
ABUJA, August 23, (THEWILL) - The National Council on Privatisation (NCP) has approved core investor sale strategy for the privatization of the eleven distribution companies ...
Ex-Governor’s Mistress Mysteriously Dies In US Mansion
PHOTO: CHIEF ORJI UZOR KALU'S POTOMAC, MARYLAND RESIDENCE WHERE MS. CHINWE MASI (INSET) DIED LAST THURSDAY NIGHT....
NWODO, JEGA: IN SEARCH OF NATIONAL RELEVANCE
PHOTO:PEOPLES DEMOCRATIC PARTY NATIONAL CHAIRMAN, PDP, DR. OKWESILIEZE NWODO....
DEFENDING THE IGBO INTEREST
PHOTO: CHAIRMAN, FORUM OF SOUTH EAST GOVERNORS AND ANAMBRA STATE GOVERNOR, MR PETER OBI....
Fashola Okays Plan For Affordable Houses
PHOTO: LAGOS STATE GOVERNOR, MR BABATUNDE FASHOLA, SAN (M) SIGNING THE LAGOS MORTGAGE AND PROPERTY BILL INTO LAW AT THE CONFERENCE ROOM, LAGOS HOUSE, IKEJA, TODAY, MONDAY, AUGUST 23, 2010....
Imoke Calls For The Revival Of Theatre
PHOTO: CROSS RIVER STATE GOVERNOR, SENATOR LIYEL IMOKE (R) EXCHANGES PLEASANTRIES WITH MR. LARRY WILIAMS (M), WHILE MR ODIA OFEIMUN WATCHES, SHORTLY AFTER THE DRAMA PRESENTATION AT THE MAIN BOWL OF THE CULTURAL CENTRE IN CALABAR AT THE WEEKEND. ...
Gov. Abubakar Audu Assaults Wife, Abandons Family In USA
PHOTO: FORMER KOGI STATE GOVERNOR, PRINCE ABUBAKAR AUDU AND FORMER FIRST LADY, MRS. AISHA AUDU AT AN INAUGURATION DINNER FOR US PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA IN WASHINGTON DC, BEFORE THEIR MARRIAGE BROKE DOWN. ...
Law Reform Com. Sacks 7 Over Pay, Fraud Spotted – THEWILL Investigation
ABUJA, August 22, (THEWILL) - The Nigeria Law Reform Commission (NLRC) has sacked seven members of its staff for daring to ask for their entitlements ...
Missing Okigbo Report: Coalition Seek Sanusi’s Intervention
PHOTO: FORMER MILITARY DICTATOR, GENERAL IBRAHIM BABANGIDA....
2011 Presidency: South East Governors Fail To Endorse Jonathan
PHOTO: R-L; SOUTH EASTERN STATE GOVERNORS; IKEDI OHAKIM (IMO STATE); MARTIN ELECHI (EBONYI STATE); AND SULLIVAN CHIME (ENUGU STATE), DURING A SOLIDARITY VISIT TO PRESIDENT JONATHAN IN ABUJA AFTER HE WAS SWORN IN AS PRESIDENT A FEW MONTHS BACK....
DDC Machine: INEC Did Not Compromise On Contract Award - CRCN
PHOTO: INEC CHAIRMAN, PROFESSOR ATTAHIRU JEGA....
Bomb Blast: ACN Alerts On Plan To Frame Its Chieftains In Osun
PHOTO: OSUN STATE GOVERNOR, PRINCE OLAGUNSOYE OYINLOLA....
Kano Man Killed Boy With Stick - Police
KANO, August 22, (THEWILL) – Mr. Abdullahi Ali, a resident of Rogo Local Government of Kano State caused ‘grievous injuries’ to a minor by beating ...
N3.7B Diversion: Former Plateau LG Chairman Calls For EFCC Investigation
PHOTO: PLATEAU STATE GOVERNOR JONAH DAVID JANG....
PDP Women Leaders Laud Allison-Madueke For Achieving Zero Fuel Scarcity
PHOTO: PEOPLES DEMOCRATIC PARTY (PDP) BOARD OF TRUSTEES WOMEN WITH PETROLEUM MINISTER, MRS. DIEZANI ALLISON-MADUEKE (4TH FROM LEFT), DURING A VISIT TO THE MINISTER IN ABUJA....
THE U.S PULL OUT FROM IRAQ
PHOTO: A US HUMVEE STUCK IN SAND IN SOUTHERN AFGHANISTAN. PHOTO: US DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE....
Battle Royale: Jang Stops Monthly Allocation To Deputy
PHOTO: PLATEAU STATE GOVERNOR, MR JONAH DAVID JANG (RIGHT) AND DEPUTY, MRS PAULINE TALLEN....
Police Disrupts Jonathan Rally In Katsina
KATSINA, August 21, (THEWILL) - A proposed rally and formal commissioning of Goodluck Jonathan 2011 Campaign Office was today cancelled on the orders of the ...
Coalition Alleges Plot To Kill Arts In Nigeria
ABUJA, August 21, (THEWILL) - A Coalition of Artistes for Nigeria, Arts for Human Empowerment and Development based in Umuahia, Abia State has alleged plans ...
Babatunde Belgore Dies, Buried
San Francisco, August 20, (THEWILL) – Eminent jurist and a former Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Babatunde Belgore has died. Justice Belgore died ...
OPEC Commits $9B To Develop Poor Non-OPEC Countries
PHOTO: L-R: GM INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS, NNPC, DR MOHAMMED AMATE; GGM, NNPC, DR LIVI AJUONUMA, GM MEDIA RELATIONS, NNPC, DR OMAR FAROUK IBRAHIM AND GM COMMUNITY RELATIONS, NNPC, MR FIDEL PEPPLE, AT THE " REPORTING OPEC WORKSHOP" IN ABUJA TODAY, AUGUST 20, 2010. ...
Jonathan Signs Electoral Act, INEC Gets Cash For Polls
PHOTO: PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN SIGNS THE ELECTORAL ACT FLANKED BY VICE PRESIDENT NAMADI SAMBO, HOUSE SPEAKER, DIMEJI BANKOLE, SENATE LEADER, TESLIM FOLARIN AND ADVISER, SENATOR MOHAMMED ABBA-AJI IN ABUJA, TODAY, AUGUST 20, 2010....
A TYRANNICAL BUREAU OF STATISTICS?
Reliable statistical information is one of the most difficult things to come across in Nigeria, a bane of the development process, for without proper data, ...
PHOTOS: Lagos Free Zone On Track, Fashola Commissions Complex
San Francisco, August 19, (THEWILL) – The proposed Lekki-Epe Free Zone project got a boost today with the official commissioning of the zone’s landmark One ...
FG Re-Affirms Support For Anti-Corruption War
PHOTO: L-R: EFCC BOSS, MRS. FARIDA WAZIRI AND ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE FEDERATION AND MINISTER OF JUSTICE, MR MOHAMMED BELLO ADOKE, SAN, AT THE GRAUDUATION CEREMONY OF EFCC'S CADET COURSE 5, IN ABUJA TODAY , AUGUST 19, 2010....
Minister Inaugurates Audit Committee On New Buildings
PHOTO: FCT MINISTER, SENATOR BALA ABDULKADIR MOHAMMED....
Plateau House Probes N3.7B Diverted LG Fund
PHOTO: PLATEAU STATE COMMISSIONER FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND CHIEFTAINCY AFFAIRS, MR CHRIS HASSAN....
JUMPING, JUMPING, JUMPING POLITICIANS
PHOTO: L-R: PEOPLES DEMOCRATIC PARTY (PDP) NATIONAL CHAIRMAN, DR OKWESILIEZE NWODO; ABIA STATE GOVERNOR, MR THEODORE ORJI AND EBONYI STATE GOVERNOR, MR MARTIN ELECHI....
Man Arrested While Trying To Dupe Governor
PHOTO: MR VINCENT BULUS AT THE SSS OFFICE IN JOS, PLATEAU STATE....
Photos: Protests Over Lekki Toll Gate
San Francisco, August 19, (THEWILL) – Some resident in the Lekki-Ajah area of Lagos State today protested over the toll gate on the Lekki-Epe Expressway, ...
NCC Boss Commissions GateWay Network In Abuja
PHOTO: L-R; CEO, GATEWAY AFRICA, WALLY BEELDERS; MD, GATEWAY NIGERIA, GUY CLARKE; AND EVC OF NCC, DR EUGENE JUWAH, AT THE COMMISSIONING OF THE GATEWAY SWITCHING CENTRE IN ABUJA....
Blame Jonathan If 2011 Election Fails, Reps Tell INEC
PHOTO: NIGERIAN PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN (R) WITH VISITING SENEGALESE PRESIDENT, ABDOULAYE WADE DURING WADE'S ONE-DAY OFFICAL VISIT TO NIGERIA ON AUGUST 18, 2010....
REA Fraud: ICPC Commences Investigation, Invites Bankole’s Aides
PHOTO: SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, HONOURABLE DIMEJI BANKOLE....
Minister Wants Presidential Aspirants To Support Jonathan
PHOTO: L-R: FCT MINISTER, SENATOR BALA MOHAMMED AND NATIONAL COORDINATOR, GOODLUCK JONATHAN SUPPORT GROUP, AHMED ALI GULAK, UNVEIL A PHOTOGRAPH OF PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN AT THE SUMMIT....
Cross River: Leboku To Attract New Incentives In 2011 – Imoke
PHOTO: L-R: ACTING MD, CROSS RIVER TOURISM BUREAU, MRS. ELENDA OSIMA-DOKUBO; GOVERNOR LIYEL IMOKE AND WIFE, OBIOMA; AND CHAIRMAN, YAKURR, MR. UBI ETTAH AT THE 2010 LEBOKU NEW YAM FESTIVAL ON THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 2010....
Kano House Of Assembly Passes 2010 N18B Appropriation Bill
PHOTO: KANO STATE GOVERNOR IBRAHIM SHEKARAU....
Lagos Accident: Police Face Coroner’s Inquest, Sued Over Akowonjo Killing
PHOTO: R-L: INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE, MR OGBONNAYA ONOVO AND LAGOS COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, MR MARVEL APKOYIBO....
2011 Presidency: NDI Declares Support For Jonathan, Sambo
PHOTO: PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN (R) AND VICE PRESIDENT NAMADI SAMBO....
Plateau Police Warn On Proliferation Of Weapons
PHOTO: PLATEAU STATE POLICE COMMISSIONER, MR IKECHUKWU ADUBA....
NZEOGWU, MURTALA, OBJ, ARE HEROES IN THE HOUSES OF THIEVES
PHOTO: FORMER PRESIDENT OLUSEGUN OBASANJO....
WHY BLOODY REVOLUTION CANNOT OCCUR IN NIGERIA
If all it takes for violent social change to take place in a society is a surfeit of anger and outrage by the citizens, arising ...
NNPC Alerts On Adulterated Kerosene In Delta, Edo States
ABUJA, August 18, (THEWILL) - Nigerians, especially those residing in Delta and Edo States, have been advised to desist from buying kerosene from unauthorized outlets ...
Jega Raises Fresh Alarm Over Polls, Doubts INEC Readiness, Lists Worries
PHOTO: CHAIRMAN OF INEC, PROFESSOR ATTAHIRU JEGA (Right); NATIONAL COMMISSIONERS, ALHAJI NUHU YAKUBU AND ALHAJI ABDULKABIR ONIYANGI, DURING A CONSULTATIVE MEETING WITH LEADERS OF POLITICAL PARTIES, AT INEC HEADQUARTERS, ABUJA, TODAY, AUGUST 18, 2010....
Robbers Attack Bankole’s Aide In Abuja
PHOTO: SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, HONOURABLE DIMEJI BANKOLE....
Jonathan’s 2011 Bid: Zoning Can’t Be Superior To Constitution – Kano PDP Boss
KANO, August 18, (THEWILL) - The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chairman in Kano State, Barrister Farouk Iya says going by the provision of the country’s ...
Jonathan Denies Abandoning Presidential Bid
PHOTO: PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN DURING HIS OFFICIAL VISIT TO GABON ON THE TINY AFRICAN NATION'S 50TH INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY, TODAY, AUGUST 17, 2010....
THE POST IN NIGERIA’S HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
The beauty inherent in any phenomenon is also in its area of historical antecedents. In the case of Nigeria and its postal service, there is ...
FCT Board Of Internal Revenue Coming Soon – Minister
PHOTO: FCT MINISTER, SENATOR BALA ABDULKADIR MOHAMMED....
Goods Made In Nigeria Are Of High Standards - Minister
JOS, August 17, (THEWILL) - Minister of State for Commerce and Industry, Mrs. Josephine Tapgun has rated made in Nigeria goods high saying they only ...
2011: I Am Qualified For A PDP Waiver – Atiku
PHOTO: FORMER VICE PRESIDENT AND PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRANT, ALHAJI ATIKU ABUBAKAR....
Lawmakers Set To Override Jonathan On Electoral Bill, INEC Supplementary Budget
ABUJA, August 17, (THEWILL) - The National Assembly is set for a show down with President Goodluck Jonathan as it has concluded arrangements to reconvene ...
Move Elections To June 2011 – NNPP
PHOTO: PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN RECEIVES A BOUQUET ON ARRIVAL IN LIBREVILLE, GABON FOR THE NATION'S 50TH INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY TODAY, AUGUST 17, 2010. PHOTO: STATE HOUSE....
HRW: Police Still Nigeria’s Most Corrupt Institution
LAGOS, August 17, (THEWILL) - Human Rights Watch (HRW), a US based human rights organization today released a report that identified the Nigerian Police as ...
OPEC @ 50: NNPC Holds Workshop On Energy Reporting For Journalists
PHOTO: NIGERIA'S PETROLEUM NINISTER, MRS DIEZANI ALLISON-MADUEKE. ...
IF THE 2011 PRESIDENCY REQUIRES BOLD MIXING THEN LET IN OSHIOMHOLE
PHOTO: EDO STATE GOVERNOR, COMRADE ADAMS OSHIOMHOLE....
MAN AND SUPER BUG COMPETE FOR SURVIVAL
Humans are more afraid of one another than we are of Super Bugs and other natural disasters we sometimes appease. We are very conscious of ...
Atiku Applies For A Waiver, May Challenge Party In Court If...
PHOTO: FORMER VICE PRESIDENT ATIKU ABUBAKAR....
JETS, KILLED BILLS, AND OTHER PLEASURES OF POWER
The major reason political races in Nigeria are marked by high voltage violence is that occupants of political offices see themselves, and are seen, as ...
Nigeria Gets Bids For 4 Rescued Banks, Growth Key
PHOTO: GOING, GOING, GONE! BANK PHB, ONE OF THE RESCUED BANKS. ...
New Salary Structure Anti-Junior Public Servants - Fashola
PHOTO: LAGOS STATE GOVERNOR BABATUNDE FASHOLA (Middle); COMMISSIONER FOR ESTABLISHMENT AND TRAINING, MR. JIDE SANWOOLU (Right) AND LAGOS STATE HEAD OF SERVICE, PRINCE ADESEGUN OGUNLEWE DURING THE INAUGURATION OF THE COMMITTEE ON PAY POLICY AT HE LAGOS STATE HOUSE, IKEJA, TODAY, AUGUST 16, 2010....
Cross River, Nigeria’s Tourism Reference Point – Imoke
PHOTO: L-R: CROSS RIVER STATE GOVERNOR, SENATOR LIYEL IMOKE, WIFE, OBIOMA AND FIRST LADY, LAGOS STATE, MRS ABIMBOLA FASHOLA AT THE CALABAR FESTIVAL AWARENESS CAMPAIGN HELD INSIDE THE EKO HOTEL AND SUITES, VICTORIA ISLAND, LAGOS ON SUNDAY, AUGUST 15, 2010....
Kano Lawyer Docked For Allegedly Assaulting Bank Manager
KANO, August 16, (THEWILL) - A Kano based lawyer, Mr. Okechukwu Nweze has appeared before a Kano magistrate court for inflicting bodily harm on a ...
FCT Plans Integrity Test For All Building Under Construction
FCT MINISTER, SENATOR BALA ABDULKADIR MOHAMMED....
US Government Extracts Tillery, Former MD Of Willbros From Nigeria
San Francisco, August 15, (THEWILL) – The United States Government has extracted Mr. James Kenneth Tillery, 51, a former Managing Director of Willbros Nigeria Limited ...
Okigbo Report: CNPP Asks Jonathan To Sack Attorney General
PHOTO: FORMER MILITARY DICTATOR, GENERAL IBRAHIM BABANGIDA ALLEGEDLY INDICTED BY THE OKIGBO REPORT....
Ohakim Seeks Synergy with NNPC On Imo Greenfield Refinery
PHOTO: NNPC GROUP MANAGING DIRECTOR, MR AUSTEN ONIWON WITH IMO STATE GOVERNOR, MR IKEDI OHAKIM DURING THE GOVERNOR'S VISIT TO THE NNPC....
Atiku Formally Declares To Run For President Again
PHOTO: ALHAJI ATIKU ABUBAKAR DURING HIS DECLARATION TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT TODAY AT THE TRANSCORP HILTON HOTEL IN ABUJA....
NIGERIA’S 2011 ELECTIONS: THE PROSPECTS OF GOODLUCK JONATHAN PRESIDENCY
PHOTO: PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN WALKS INTO THE PDP WADATA PLAZA HEADQUARTERS IN ABUJA, TO ATTEND LAST WEEK'S 52ND NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING OF THE RULING PARTY....
Nigeria’s Oldest SAN, Bankole Oki Dies At 91
San Francisco, August 14, (THEWILL) – Chief Tanimose Abioye Bankole Oki (SAN), Officer of the Order of Niger (OON) and Commander of the Order of ...
Anti-Graft War: EFCC On Course – Farida, Gets Women Award
PHOTO: ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIMES COMMISSION CHAIRMAN, MRS FARIDA WAZIRI....
Theft Of Rifles: Plateau Police Sack Illegal Occupants From Barracks
JOS, August 14, (THEWILL) - To prevent further stealing of rifles from barracks, the Plateau State Police Command has started demolishing illegal structures and ejecting ...
WHEN THE US MISSION BROUGHT ‘EVERYDAY AMERICANS’ TO NIGERIA
PHOTO: DEPARTING UNITED STATES AMBASSADOR TO NIGERIA, MS. ROBIN SANDERS....
Lagos Doctors Commence Strike
LAGOS, August 14, (THEWILL) - Medical practitioners under the aegis of the National Association of Resident Doctors and Association of Lagos State Government Employed Medical ...
Film Institute Ends 2010 Students' Week
PHOTO: SOME STUDENTS OF THE NIGERIAN FILM INSTITUTE, JOS IN CUSTUME DISPLAY, DURING THE STUDENTS' WEEK 2010....
The PDP NEC Resolution On Zoning Et al.
PHOTO: PDP GOVERNORS AT THE 52ND NEC MEETING OF THE PARTY IN ABUJA ON AUGUST 12, 2010....
MAKING ROADS SAFER WITH NEW TECHNOLOGY
The largest gathering of road safety and road equipment exhibition tagged International Road Safety and Equipment Exhibition took place in Spain between 27th and 30th ...
SHEKARAU’S PRESIDENCY: BETWEEN SHEME’S FEAR AND THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER
PHOTO: KANO STATE GOVERNOR, IBRAHIM SHEKARAU....
Const. Amendment: INEC Can’t Access Money From First Line Charge – Reps
PHOTO: INEC CHAIRMAN, PROFESSOR ATTAHIRU JEGA....
EFCC Docks 3 Over N405M Share Scam
ABUJA, August 12, (THEWILL) - The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has preferred a 22-count charge against the duo of Mr. Adeniyi Elumaro, Mrs. ...
Anti Terror And Money Laundering Bills Suffers Setback In House
ABUJA, August 12, (THEWILL) - Hopes of President Goodluck Jonathan to have the anti-money laundering and terrorism bills passed on time were today dashed as ...
Film Institute Trains Katsina Youths In Commercial Photography
PHOTO: L-R: DIRECTOR NFI JOS, MR TEDDY HANMAKYUGH; KATSINA STATE GOVERNOR, IBRAHIM SHEMA AND HRH, ALHAJI ABDULMUMINI USMAN AT THE OPENING CEREMONY....
Jonathan Can Contest – PDP NEC
PHOTO: PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN ADRESSING THE NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE PDP AT THE PARTY'S WADATA PLAZA HEADQUARTERS IN ABUJA TODAY, AUGUST 12, 2010. ...
THIS TRANSIENT TIME OF POLITICIANS
PHOTO: L-R: A FILE PHOTO OF AKWA IBOM STATE GOVERNOR, GODSWILL AKPABIO; FORMER MILITARY DICTATOR, GENERAL IBRAHIM BABANGIDA AND REPRESENTATIVE ESEME EYIBOH, TAKEN IN UYO, AKWA IBOM STATE A FEW WEEKS AGO....
Nigeria Records 877 Kidnap Cases In Two Years – IGP Onovo
ABUJA, August 12, (THEWILL) - In the last two years (2008 and 2010) Nigeria has recorded 887 kidnap cases, a development that has taken a ...
Allison-Madueke Flags Off OPEC’s 50th Anniversary Celebration
PHOTO: MINISTER OF PETROLEUM, MRS ALLISON DIEZANI MADUEKE, UNVEILING THE OPEC AT 50 COMMEMORATIVE POSTAGE STAMP, WITH PERMANENT SECRETARY, ENGR. SHEIK GUMI AND THE GMD, NNPC, MR. AUSTEN ONIWON PRESENT TODAY, THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 2010....
Cross River Upgrades Leboku Festival, Lines Up Prizes
San Francisco, August 12, (THEWILL) - As an acclaimed tourism destination in Nigeria, the Cross River State Government has stated its determination to introduce new ...
Reps Want British Airways Investigated For Embarrassing Bankole
PHOTO: SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, HONOURABLE DIMEJI BANKOLE....
Challenges To Credible Elections In 2011
Quite interestingly moved by the heated arguments over the forthcoming 2011 general elections, I have watched the unfolding events of recent and have decided to ...
REVOLTS PAY: SUBSIDIZE STOCKS & BANKS NOT MANUFACTURE OF BASIC NEEDS
We need jobs for our youths first, and that is fundamental as far as this country Nigeria is concerned. We must pay one way or ...
THE CIVILITY OF HAND WASHING
It is human, and wise, that hand washing and general sanitation campaigns are heightened Ghana-wide. It borders on morality, too. Across Ghana, the sanitation situation ...
Ramadan: Sect Dispatches 369 Clerics To Nine African Countries
JOS, August 11, (THEWILL) - The Jama’atul Izalatul Bid’ah Wa Ikamatus Sunnah (JIBWIS) a Muslim sect with headquarters in Jos, Plateau State capital has dispatched ...
Finance Ministry & Remi Babalola (July 2007 - August 2010) - A Post Mortem.
PHOTO: FORMER MINISTER OF STATE FOR FINANCE AND NOW MINISTER, SPECIAL DUTIES, MR REMI BABALOLA....
Fresh Register: House Defers Passage Of INEC’s Budget
PHOTO: INEC CHAIRMAN, PROFESSOR ATTAHIRU JEGA....
Mega Party: Buhari, Atiku, Balarabe Over Ambitious – MPPP
LAGOS, August 11, (THEWILL) - A newly registered political party, Mega Progressive People’s Party (MPPP) has attributed over ambition as a reason why former military ...
NSE Crisis: Dangote Keeps Mum As Onyuike-Okereke Alleges Victimization
PHOTO: FORMER NSE PRESIDENT AND CHAIRMAN OF DANGOTE HOLDINGS, ALHAJI ALIKO DANGOTE....
No Plan To Remove Allison-Madueke – Presidency, Cautions Media
PHOTO: NIGERIA'S PETROLEUM MINISTER, MRS DIEZANI ALLISON-MADUEKE....
President Reshuffles Cabinet, Babalola Hands Over To Wabi
PHOTO: NEW MINISTER OF STATE FOR FINANCE, HAJIA YABAWA LAWAN WABI (L); MR. REMI BABALOLA (M) AND FINANCE MINISTER, MR OLUSEGUN AGANGA DURING THE HANDOVER CEREMONY AT THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE TODAY, AUGUST 11, 2010....
Terrorism/Money laundering Bill: Jonathan Questions Senate’s Reluctance
PHOTO: SENATE PRESIDENT, SENATOR DAVID MARK....
2011 PRESIDENCY: NOW THAT GOVERNOR SHEKARAU HAS DECLARED
PHOTO: KANO STATE GOVERNOR AND PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRANT, DR IBRAHUM SHEKARAU....
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