Austyn Ogannah
JOS: SAVING JONATHAN FROM ICC
As an active practitioner in the Human Rights and Development sector in Nigeria, I am often confronted by my colleagues from other civilized climes with
ARE NIGERIANS READY TO FIGHT FOR DEMOCRACY?
SUPPORTERS OF CHIEF GREAT OVADJE OGBORU PROTESTING DURING THE RERUN ELECTION IN DELTA STATE....
ACN AND PDP PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES AND HOW THEY EMERGED FROM RIGGED PRIMARIES
A FILE PHOTO FROM THE ACN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY IN LAGOS....
ELIGIBLE VOTERS SET TO DETOXIFY NIGERIA
R-L: INEC CHAIRMAN ATTAHIRU JEGA AND INEC COMMISSIONER SOLOMON SOYEBI....
ACN Says INEC Can’t Detect Double/Multiple Registration
ELECTORAL COMMISSION CHAIRMAN, PROFESSOR ATTAHIRU JEGA....
Fashola Donates Vehicles To Police, Wants Violence-Free Polls
LAGOS, Jan 31, (THEWILL) - Lagos State Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN) today asked politicians in the country to shun the politics of guns and ...
Group Cautions Jonathan On Reckless Deployment Of Soldiers
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 31, (THEWILL) – Worried that the frequent deployment of the Nigerian military to do purely police assignments all across the country may ...
Fashola Signs N450B Appropriation Bill into Law
LAGOS, Jan 31, (THEWILL) - Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN) today signed the 2011 State Budget Appropriation totaling N450, 775, 000, 000.00 into ...
I Won’t Stand For Election In 2015 - Jonathan
PRESIDENT GOODLUCK EBELE JONATHAN AND WIFE, DAME PATIENCE JONATHAN DURING THEIR ARRIVAL IN ADDIS-ABABA, ETHIOPIA FOR THE 16 AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT....
Assassination Of Ibibio Traditional Ruler Raises Security Concern in Akwa Ibom
AKWA IBOM STATE GOVERNOR GODSWILL AKPABIO....
Poll: Disqualify Violent Candidates, Mark Urges INEC, Political Parties
PHOTO: SENATE PRESIDENT DAVID MARK....
Buhari, Shekarau Name Deputies; Tinubu Blocks Okonjo-Iweala As Ribadu’s Choice
DR NGOZI OKONJO-IWEALA....
Nigerian Police Foil Bomb Attempt In Church
Police in the Nigerian city of Bauchi said on Monday they had foiled a bomb attempt in a crowded church, days after clashes between Christian ...
WHY WE CAN’T REGISTER VOTERS
Nigeria has been registering voters for elections since 1922 when the legislative council elections were held by the Clifford colonial administration. And yet, about 89 ...
RESPONSE TO MR. SEGUN AGANGA, MINISTER OF FINANCE, NIGERIA
FINANCE MINISTER, DR OLUSEGUN AGANGA (R) WITH AN INEC OFFICIAL DURING HIS REGISTRATION TO VOTE AT THE WEEKEND IN PARK VIEW, IKOYI, LAGOS....
MANDELA SHOULD HAVE BEEN FLOWN TO NIGERIA FOR TREATMENT
FORMER SOUTH AFRICAN PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA. PHOTO CREDIT: AP....
Katsina Governorship: CPC Names Yar’Adua As Running Mate
ABUJA, Jan 30, (THEWILL) – The Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) in Katsina has named Alhaji Abdulazeez Musa Yar’adua, one of the younger brothers of late ...
Political Assassinations: These Senseless killings Must Stop – IBB
FORMER MILITARY RULER GENERAL IBRAHIM BADAMASI BABANGIDA....
Guber Race: Lagos Monarchs Neutral
LAGOS, Jan 30, (THEWILL) - Lagos State Council of Obas and Chiefs has said it would not endorse any governorship candidate irrespective of his political ...
Jos Violence: Report Indicts Plateau State, Federal Govt.
LAGOS, Jan 30, (THEWILL) - Human Rights Watch has said the renewed violence and incessant killings in Jos was due to the failure of Plateau ...
April Poll: Mark Seeks Support, Understanding From International Community
SENATE PRESIDENT DAVID MARK...
Egyptians Defy Curfew, Call For Mubarak To Go
PROTESTERS STAND IN FRONT OF A BURNING RULING PARTY NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS IN CAIRO. PHOTO CREDIT: GORAN TOMASEVIC/REUTERS....
PRESIDENT JONATHAN, THE RECENT INVASION OF A SACRED PLACE LIKE THE COURTHOUSE REQUIRE YOUR DIRECT RESPONSE
PRESIDENT GOODLUCK EBELE AZIKIWE JONATHAN (R) WITH ETHIOPIAN WATER AND ENERGY MINISTER, MR ALEMAYAHU TEGENU DURING HIS FRIDAY VISIT TO THE EAST AFRICAN COUNTRY TO ATTEND THE 16TH AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT....
SENDING THE WRONG TEXT MESSAGE TO THE WRONG PERSON!
GENERAL MUHAMMADU BUHARI, CPC'S PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE....
Surprise As Bukola Saraki Emerges Kwara PDP Senatorial Ticket
KWARA STATE GOVERNOR DR BUKOLA SARAKI....
North-Central, South-South And South-East Governors Back Jonathan
THE GOVERNORS AFTER THE MEETING IN KWARA STATE TODAY, JANUARY 29, 2011....
EFCC Declares Former Edo Governor Wanted Over N25B Fraud
CONVICTED FORMER GOVERNOR OF EDO STATE, CHIEF LUCK IGBINEDION....
Churchgate Managing Director, Others In Immigration Fraud – Lawyer
CHURCHGATE MANAGING DIRECTOR, MR BHAGWAN I. MAHTANI ACCUSED OF RE-ENTERING NIGERIA WITH FALSIFIED DOCUMENTS....
JONATHAN, HIS MAGNANIMITY AND THE NEW FACE OF POLITICS IN NIGERIA
PRESIDENT GOODLUCK EBELE JONATHAN....
NIGERIAN OPPOSITION AND THE RIVER NIGER PRINCIPLE
CPC LEADER AND PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE GENERAL MUHAMMED BUHARI....
HOW NOT TO REGISTER VOTERS
In my previous article titled ‘Jega and the fading optimism’, I dealt with the excruciating experiences of Nigerians trying to register their names as voters ...
SOLUTIONS OR SUPERSTITION?: HAITI IN THE CULTURAL MIRROR OF AFRICA
FILE PHOTO SHOWS A RUBBLES FROM A COLLAPSED HAITI TELECOMS BUILDING AFTER THE MASSIVE EARTHQUAKE THAT STRUCK PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI LAST YEAR. PHOTO CREDIT: CHF.ORG....
IKEDI OHAKIM 2011: IMO STATE POLITICAL GLADIATORS, SHEATH YOUR SWORD, LET BYGONE BE BYGONE, IN THE INTEREST OF OUR BELOVED STATE.
IMO STATE GOVERNOR IKEDI OHAKIM....
Igbos Insist On Presidency In 2015
A FILE PHOTO OF EASTERN STATE GOVERNORS L-R; THEODORE ORJI (ABIA); SULLIVAN CHIME (ENUGU); MARTIN ELECHI (EBONYI) AND PETER OBI (ANAMBRA). ...
Security Beefed Up In Kano Over PDP Rerun, INEC Rules Out Participation
KANO, Jan 27, (THEWILL) - Hundreds of policemen Thursday night condoned off all the roads leading to Sani Abacha Stadium Kano, the proposed venue of ...
UniUyo Staff, Students Strike Over Abduction Of Professor
Uyo, Jan 27, (THEWILL) – As long as the abductors of Professor Memfin Ekpo continue to hold him captive, activities at the University of Uyo, ...
Chaos In Northern Governors Forum Over Jonathan
L-R KOGI STATE GOVERNOR ABUBAKAR IDRIS; SOKOTO STATE GOVERNOR ALIYU MAGATAKARDA WAMAKKO AND NIGER STATE GOVERNOR ALIYU BABANGIDA AT A PREVIOUS MEETING OF THE NORTHERN GOVERNORS FORUM....
PDP Drops Iyabo Obasanjo, Others; Orders Rerun In Delta North Senate, Ika Fed.
SENATOR IYABO OBASANJO BELLO....
Another N1.5B Worth Of Cocaine Seized In Lagos Port
LAGOS, Jan 27, (THEWILL) – Barely two weeks after 110kg of cocaine with an estimated street value of N1.2 billion naira was seized at the ...
2011 POLLS: BETWEEN NWODO, PARTIES AND JEGA
MEMBERS OF THE PDP SPECIAL CONVENTION COMMITTEE DURING THE PARTY'S CONVENTION AT THE EAGLES SQUARE A FEW DAYS AGO IN ABUJA....
DEATH OF PROFESSOR GABRIEL MADUKA UMEZURIKE
On Sunday 23rd January 2011, darkness fell over Egbema of the Ohaji/Egbema L.G.A in Imo State .The irresistible Professor (Chief) Gabriel Maduka Umezurike of Egbema ...
HAITI IN THE CULTURAL MIRROR OF AFRICA
The one year anniversary of the 2010 earthquake that devastated Haiti and left over 250,000 dead, a quarter of its civil servants killed and most ...
South East PDP To Metu: Ignore Court Order
FORMER CHAIRMAN OF THE PDP, DR OKWESILIEZE NWODO AND ACTING CHAIRMAN OF THE PDP, DR HALIRU MOHAMMED BELLO, DURING THE INAUGURATION OF A CARETAKER COMMITTEE FOR THE ANAMBRA STATE CHAPTER OF THE PARTY A FEW MONTHS AGO AT THE NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS OF THE PARTY IN ABUJA. ...
We Are Ready To Form The Next Central Government - ACN
ACN NATIONAL PUBLICITY SECRETARY, ALHAJI LAI MOHAMMED....
Mike Ahamba Resigns From CPC, Dumps Politics
GENERAL MUHAMMADU BUHARI (M) WITH THE LEADERSHIP OF THE CONGRESS FOR PROGRESSIVE CHANGE....
Fashola’s Running Mate: Sosan Concedes To Party’s Supremacy
LAGOS STATE DEPUTY GOVERNOR SARAH ADEBISI SOSAN....
Shell Says Cannot Take Sole Blame For Nigeria Spills
A Royal Dutch Shell executive said on Wednesday the company could not be held solely responsible for damage to the environment caused by oil extraction ...
Former SA President Nelson Mandela Hospitalised
FORMER SOUTH AFRICAN PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA. PHOTO CREDIT: THEMBA HADEBE/AP....
Voter Registration: INEC To Spend N6.6b For One Week Extension - Jega
ELECTORAL COMMISSION CHAIRMAN, PROFESSOR ATTAHIRU JEGA....
Code Of Conduct Bureau Tribunal Chairman Dies, Nnaemeka-Agu Too
LATE JUSTICE MURTALA ADEBAYO SANNI....
PDP Draws Battle Line With INEC Over Conduct Of Fresh Congresses
PDP ACTING NATIONAL CHAIRMAN DR HALIRU MOHAMMED BELLO....
NIGERIA’S ENERGY CRY-SEAS
Ha, NIGERIA! We Nigerians tend to be unique in everything we manage to lay our hands on, be it good or bad. Even in our misfortunes ...
TIME TO VOTE FOR A NEW NIGERIA
Every journey starts with the first small step. There is no doubt that this year general elections will definately change the course of history of ...
THE 2010 CARNIVAL CALABAR
It took off like a benevolent whirlwind that blew those who embraced it so much good, so much fun. So much thrill. So much excitement. ...
ACN Seeks More Transparency In Voter Registration, Warns Against Disenfranchising Nigerians
LAGOS STATE GOVERNOR BABATUNDE FASHOLA INSPECTS A REGISTRATION CENTRE IN ETIOSA EAST LCDA ON JANUARY 23, 2011....
Akwa Ibom Ties Free And Compulsory Education To Voter Registration
AKWA IBOM STATE GOVERNOR GODSWILL AKPABIO....
Senate Want Schools Re-opened Immediately; Summons Jega
ELECTORAL COMMISSION CHAIRMAN PROFESSOR ATTAHIRU JEGA....
Reps Give INEC Powers To Extend Voter Registration By One Month
ABUJA, Jan 25, (THEWILL) - The House of Representatives today amended Section 9 (5) of the Electoral Act (amended) 2010, which was earlier amended last ...
N15B Fraud: Court Threatens To Revoke Ex Transcorp Executives’ Bail
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 25, (THEWILL) – A Federal High Court in Abuja has threatened to revoke a bail earlier granted three ex-officials of Transnational Corporation, ...
Aftermath Of Delta Rerun: Uduaghan Fires All Political Aides
DELTA STATE GOVERNOR EMMANUEL EWETA UDUAGHAN....
ACN Accuse Kwara Govt. Of Compromising Voter Registration With ‘Donation’
KWARA STATE GOVERNOR DR BUKOLA SARAKI....
Amnesty International Says Shell Lied On Oil Spills, Files Complaint
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 24, (THEWILL) - Amnesty International and Friends of the Earth International have filed an official complaint against oil giant Shell for breaches ...
PDP Rerun Congresses Are Outside The Law – INEC; Not True - PDP
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 24, (THEWILL) – The Leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have been told to shelve plans to conduct fresh primaries as ...
PDP PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES; WAS ANY LESSON LEARNT?
I congratulate the Dr Dalhatu Tafida lead Goodluck/Sambo campaign organization for their victory at the just concluded PDP presidential primaries. I am very sure by ...
MY SUFFERING IS WORSE THAN YOURS
PRESIDENT GOODLUCK EBELE JONATHAN AND FORMER PRESIDENT OLUSEGUN OBASANJO AT THE PDP PRESIDENTIAL CONVENTION HELD IN ABUJA ON JANUARY 13, 2010....
MRS WAZIRI, WHY MANY NIGERIAN CIVIL SERVANTS WORK FOR THEMSELVES RATHER THAN THE NATION
EFCC CHAIR FARIDA WAZIRI....
Massive Protest In Lagos Over Voter Registration
LAGOS, Jan 24, (THEWILL) - Thousands of aggrieved residents of Lagos State including human rights advocates, civil society practitioners, student union activists and community leaders ...
UN High Commissioner Wants Justice For Victims Of Jos Violence
ABUJA, Jan 23, (THEWILL) - Following a petition by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ms Navi ...
Voter Registration: Knights Of St. John Urge Catholics To Register
ABUJA, Jan 23, (THEWILL) - Despite the problems facing the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over the on-going voters’ registration, a Catholic Church organisation, the ...
Protests In Kano, Kogi Over Cancellation of PDP Guber Primaries
PEOPLES DEMOCRATIC PARTY ACTING NATIONAL CHAIRMAN, DR HALIRU BELLO MOHAMMED....
Shoddy Voter Registration Threatens Free, Fair Elections - ACN
ACN NATIONAL PUBLICITY SECRETARY, ALHAJI LAI MOHAMMED....
South-South, South-East Governors Endorse President Jonathan
R-L" GOVERNORS LIYEL IMOKE (CROSS RIVER); THEODORE ORJI (ABIA); EMMANUEL UDUAGHAN (DELTA); AND PETER OBI (ANAMBRA) AT THE SOUTH-SOUTH, SOUTH -EAST GOVERNORS MEETING IN ASABA, DELTA STATE, TODAY, JANUARY 23, 2010....
Have You Registered Without Fingerprints Captured? Re-register Says INEC
INEC CHAIRMAN, PROFESSOR ATTAHIRU JEGA....
DDC Machines Stolen In Kano
KANO, Jan 23, (THEWILL) – Direct Data Capturing machines (DDC) belonging to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) have been stolen at aregistration centre in ...
THE JONATHAN PRESIDENCY (11)
PHOTO R-L: PRESIDENT GOODLUCK EBELE AZIKIWE JONATHAN AND DEPUTY ARCHITECT MOHAMED NAMADI SAMBO AT THE PDP PRESIDENTIAL CONVENTION....
THE AMCON ACT – LIMITS AND HURDLES ON FORFEITED ASSET DISPOSAL
MANAGING DIRECTOR AMCON, MR MUSTAFA CHIKE-OBI....
DDC MACHINE DISASTER, NORTH POGROM, AND 2011 ELECTION FEARS – DOES PROFESSOR JEGA HAVE A PLAN B?
PHOTO: ELECTION COMMISSION CHAIRMAN PROFESSOR ATTAHIRU JEGA....
ROGUERY OR TYRANNY: A NATION’S DILEMMA
"There is no den in the wide world to hide a rogue. Commit a crime and the earth is made of glass." — Ralph Waldo ...
TUNISIANS AND BEN ALI: A VIRULENT PEOPLE’S REVOLUTION?
Viruses can be extremely poisonous or injurious! Naturally, also, ‘events’ in political arenas can be virulent punctuating marks in our history books, just like the Human ...
TROVAN AND THE BOUT OF MISINFORMATION
A contributor to the debacle once drew an analogy between the Trovan issue and the Trojan horse. His focus was on whether the offer of ...
I’m Not A Quitter, Says Atiku; Shuts Down Campaign Office
PHOTO: ALHAJI ATIKU ABUBAKAR (R) WITH CAMPAIGN DIRECTOR, DR BEN OBI AT THE WINDING DOWN OF THE ATIKU ABUBAKAR CAMPAIGN IN ABUJA TODAY, JANUARY 21, 2010....
Nigeria’s Eurobond Heavily Oversubscribed
PHOTO L-R: FINANCE MINISTER OLUSEGUN AGANGA AND CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR LAMIDO SANUSI. ...
Bode George, 5 Others Lose Bid To Regain Freedom
LAGOS, Jan 21, (THEWILL) – A former Deputy Chairman (South West) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George and five other persons today ...
REVEALING WWW.ONOBELLO.COM AT LAGOS PRESS DAY
Onobello.com, an online magazine that highlights the achievements in Nigeria and Africa was officially launched on the 11th of January 2011. The exclusive press day ...
DID JONATHAN ENDORSE GOVERNOR SYLVA
PHOTO R-L: BAYELSA GOVERNOR TIMIPRE SYLVA, PRESIDENT GOODLUCK EBELE JONATHAN AND BAYELSA DEPUTY GOVERNOR, WERWIPRE SEIBARUGU DURING THE BAYELSA STATE PDP GOVERNORSHIP PRIMARY....
SHEKARAU’S CANDIDACY: AN ALTERNATIVE TO A BLOODY REVOLUTION
PHOTO: KANO STATE GOVERNOR AND ANPP PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, DR IBRAHIM SHEKARAU....
Jonathan Urged To Cut Government Costs
PHOTO: GENERAL THEOPHILUS DANJUMA SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AT THE PRESIDENTIAL VILLA IN ABUJA TODAY, JANUARY 20,2010....
Evacuate Nigerians From Ivory Coast, HURIWA Urges F.G
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 20, (THEWILL) - Following the reported killing this week of unspecified number of Nigerians in Ivory Coast, a call has gone to ...
Akwa Ibom SSG Debunks Report Of Quarrel With Akpabio
PHOTO: AKWA IBOM STATE GOVERNOR GODSWILL AKPABIO....
April Election: Fashola Gets New Running Mate
PHOTO: LAGOS DEPUTY GOVERNOR, MRS SARAH ADEBISI SOSAN....
Deeper Life Pastor, 3 Others killed in Borno
PHOTO: GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT, DEEPER LIFE BIBLE CHURCH, PASTOR WILLAIM F. KUMUYI....
BUK Expels 87 Erring Students
KANO, Jan 20, (THEWILL) - Bayero University, Kano (BUK) has expelled 87 erring students who were found guilty of examination malpractices. The University Senate at its ...
Imoke Wants Federal Government To Address Border Issues
PHOTO L-R: CROSS RIVER STATE GOVERNOR LIYEL IMOKE AND MINISTER OF STATE, FOREIGN AFFAIRS, HAJIYA SALAMUTU H. SULEIMAN. ...
INEC To Extend Deadline For Voter Registration
PHOTO: A VOTER REGISTERS AT A REGISTRATION STATION IN IKEJA, LAGOS....
POWER IN NIGERIA PART 1: IPP’s, PPA’s
Preamble: I was at the power conference, which took place in Lagos in August 2010. Prof Barth Nnaji and some very bright young Nigerians were invited ...
2011 PRESIDENCY: WHAT IF THE CONTEST BEGINS WITH A WRESTLING MATCH BETWEEN JONATHAN AND RIBADU IN PUBLIC, THEN THE DEBATES?
PHOTO: PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE OF THE ACTION CONGRESS OF NIGERIA (ACN) MALLAM NUHU RIBADU....
Plateau PDP Wants Jang to Sack Deputy, Others
PHOTO R-L: PLATEAU STATE GOVERNOR JONAH DAVID JANG AND DEPUTY GOVERNOR MRS PAULINE TALLEN. ...
Lagos Puts Budget Performance At 80 Percent
PHOTO: LAGOS COMMISSIONER FOR ECONOMIC PLANNING AND BUDGET, PASTOR BEN AKABUEZE BRIEFING JOURNALISTS AT THE STATE HOUSE TODAY, JANAURY 19, 2010....
Capitalisation: NSE Release Names of 58 Stock Firms Banned From Trading
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 19, (THEWILL) – The NSE today released the names of 58 stock brokerage firms suspended from trading at the stock exchange following ...
N15B Fraud: Ex Nasarawa Governor, Others Have Case To Answer - Court
PHOTO: FORMER NASARAWA STATE GOVERNOR ABDULAHI ADAMU....
Governors Urge Jonathan To Sack Orubebe, Gbagi, Others
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 19, (THEWILL) – Influential Governors of Nigeria's states have asked President Goodluck Jonathan to sack four ministers in his cabinet following their ...
MEND Denies Issuing Threats Of Ferocious Attacks
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 19, (THEWILL) – The main militant group operating in the Niger Delta, Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has ...
Nigerian Stock Exchange Get New DG
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 19, (THEWILL) – The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) today announced it has appointed Mr. Oscar Onyema as the new Director General ...
ACN Slams Segun Oni, Restates Call On AGF To Charge Omisore
PHOTO: FORMER GOVERNOR OF EKITI STATE SEGUN ONI....
THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF JONATHAN’S EMERGENCE
PHOTO: PRESIDENT GOODLUCK EBELE AZIKIWE JONATHAN ADDRESSES DELEGATES AT THURSDAY'S RULING PARTY SPECIAL NATIONAL CONVENTION....
BEFORE MANY MORE NIGERIANS ARE DENIED THE CHANCE TO VOTE AGAIN!
I have been wondering, what is the big issue about registering voters? The ramifications of this poser can be seen in Nigeria today as the ...
Shekarau Carpets INEC Over Flaws In Voter Registration
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 18, (THEWILL) – The Shekarau Campaign Organisation has criticized the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over the shockingly shoddy and slow manner ...
Nigeria Launches Roadshows For Power Privatisation
PHOTO: DIRECTOR GENERAL, BPE, MS. BOLANLE ONAGORUWA. ...
Multiple Litigations Responsible For Nwodo’s Ouster – Jonathan
PHOTO: PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN FLANKED BY LAGOS PDP CHAIRMAN, SETONJI KOSEDO AND LAGOS PDP GOVERNORSHIP CANDIDATE, DR ADEGBOYEGA DOSUMU AT THE PRESIDENTIAL WING OF THE MURTALA MUHAMMED AIRPORT TODAY, JANUARY 18, 2010....
Images From The PDP Special National Convention
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 18, (THEWILL) – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) last week Thursday staged its Special National Convention to elect a Presidential Candidate for ...
Military Task Force Gets Shoot To Kill Orders In Plateau State
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 18, (THEWILL) – The Joint Military Task Force in Plateau State has been given orders to shoot to kill after irate Christian ...
Bomb Suspect, Charles Okah Collapses In Abuja Court
PHOTO: MR CHARLES IN CUFFS DURING HIS INITIAL ARRAIGNMENT A FEW DAYS AFTER THE OCTOBER 01, 2010 BLASTS....
Okwesilieze Nwodo Resigns
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 18, (THEWILL) - Dr Okwesilieze Nwodo has resigned as National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic party (PDP) ahead of a meeting of the ...
THE JONATHAN PRESIDENCY (9)
The position of the so-called political North in relation to power politics is one of the recurrent sore points in Nigerian society and history. Nigerians ...
2011: OPPOSITION GROWS AGAINST OHAKIM
Several days after the PDP primaries were concluded in Imo State, there is a sense that opposition to Governor Ikedi Ohakim’s re-election bid is growing ...
DR GOODLUCK JONATHAN, THE REAL AND GENUINE AGENT OF CHANGE
I had prayed to my God to give me the privilege to live beyond Thursday the 13th of January 2011 so that I will witness ...
Rewane’s Murder: Lagos Court Frees Suspects
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 17, (THEWILL) – 16 years after the murder of elder statesman, Pa Alfred Rewane, two surviving suspects of the murder were today ...
EFCC Arraigns Lawyer Over N6.8M Fraud
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 17, (THEWILL) - The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has, arraigned an Abuja-based legal practitioner, Barrister Amobi Nzelu, over a three ...
HURIWA Threatens Legal Action Over Registration
PHOTO: ELECTORAL COMMISSION CHAIRMAN, PROFESSOR ATTAHIRU JEGA....
Presidency Rethinks National Security Strategy - Source
PHOTO: NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER (NSA), GENERAL OWOYE ANDREW AZAZI (RETIRED). ...
Violence In Jos Over Voter Registration Leaves 3 Persons Killed
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 17, (THEWILL) – Another round of violence broke out today in Jos, Plateau State leaving three persons dead. Two were killed by soldiers ...
ACN Asks AGF/Justice Minister To Protect Judiciary's Integrity
PHOTO: ACN NATIONAL PUBLICITY SECRETARY, ALHAJI LAI MOHAMMED....
OBAMA SOOTHES AMERICA LEFT AFRICAN LEADERS TO SEEK PEACE
PHOTO: UNITED STATES PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA....
ABUSE OF PPP: WHY PRESIDENT JONATHAN MUST REVOKE LCC FEDERAL SUPPORT AGREEMENT
It is my humble opinion that the discourse on governance or leadership especially on responsive and responsible government must be both descriptive and prescriptive. Very ...
THE PAINS OF A CHRISTIAN FANATIC
I really wonder why one Nafata Bamaguje, an anonymous Christian fanatic, should use my article, Southern Sudan, Welcome to Freedom, as a lever to attack ...
Ibrahim Shekarau Is ANPP’s Choice
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 16, (THEWILL) – Kano State Governor Ibrahim Shekarau has emerged the Presidential flag bearer of the All Nigeria People Party (ANPP) in ...
South East PDP Stakeholders Want Nwodo Removed
PHOTO: PDP NATIONAL CHAIRMAN, DR OKWESILIEZE NWODO....
Senate, Reps Shift Resumption For Voter Registration
ABUJA, Jan 16, (THEWILL) - The ongoing registration of voters will affect legislative work as the Senate today postponed its resumption by one week to ...
FG’S UNDECLARED PUBLIC HOLIDAY FOR PDP PRIMARIES
PHOTO: A DELEGATE VOTES AT THE PDP NATIONAL CONVENTION IN ABUJA....
REFORMS IN THE NIGERIAN JUDICIARY (PART 2)
The twin doctrines of Judicial Immunity and "Res Judicata" remain constraints to corrective action for judicial orders or conduct resulting in manifest injustice. The latter ...
WHO BENEFITS WHEN NIGERIANS BOMB NIGERIANS?
Bombs first became instruments of assassination in Nigeria on October 19, 1986. The target then was Dele Giwa, a journalist. According to available records, forty-eight ...
Jonathan To Meet Atiku, Babangida, Gusau, Others – Presidential Aide
PHOTO: PRESIDENT GOODLUCK EBELE AZIKIWE JONATHAN....
Northern Governors Betrayed The North – Yakassai, Kaita
PHOTO L-R: A FILE PHOTO SHOWS ADAMAWA STATE GOVERNOR ADMIRAL MURTALA NYARKO, SOKOTO STATE GOVERNOR ALIYU MAGATAKARDA WAMAKKO AND JIGAWA STATE GOVERNOR, DR SULE LAMIDO AT THE 3RD MEETING OF THE THREE GOVERNORS IN DUTSE ON NOVEMBER 22, 2010, TO DISCUSS WHO TO BACK FOR PRESIDENT AT THE PDP CONVENTION....
Protesters Chase Veteran Tunisian Leader Out Of Power
TUNISIA'S OUSTED PRESIDENT ZINE-AL-ABIDINE BEN ALI ALI. REUTERS....
Update: Photos: Nuhu Ribadu Is ACN Presidential Candidate
PHOTO L-R: ALHAJI ATAHIRU BAFARAWA, MALAM NUHU RIBADU, LAGOS GOVERNOR BABATUNDE FASHOLA, SAN AND EKITI GOVERNOR KAYODE FAYEMI....
MANUAL: HOW TO BUILD NIGERIA OF OUR DREAM – PART 1
Warning: I beseech you not to read this piece if you are contented with the way Nigeria is; you are only advised to read if ...
LEADING IN TIMES OF UNCERTAINTY – THE CHARACTER OF A GREAT LEADER
PHOTO: PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN....
SO, YOU PASS YOUR NEIGHBOUR?
Background For a country that has been gasping in the fumes of generators for over two decades, it has become a status symbol to be seen ...
In A Landslide, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan Wins PDP Presidential Primaries
PHOTO: PRESIDENT GOODLUCK EBELE AZIKIWE JONATHAN WITH VICE PRESIDENT NAMADI SAMBO AT THE PDP CONVENTION. PHOTO CREDIT: AP....
Goodluck Jonathan Will Be PDP Presidential Candidate - THEWILL Projection
PHOTO: PRESIDENT GOODLUCK EBELE AZIKIWE JONATHAN....
Atiku's Speech Of Hate And Anger Stirs Passion for Jonathan
PHOTO: ALHAJI ATIKU ABUBAKAR ADDRESSING DELEGATES AT THE PDP NATIONAL CONVENTION. PHOTO CREDIT: AP....
PDP Convention: Jonathan In The Lead, Wins Abia, Adamawa, Zamfara
PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN. PHOTO: AP....
Jonathan, Atiku, Address Delegates As Jailed Senator Folarin Makes It
SAN FRANCISCO, JAN 13 (THEWILL) - President Goodluck Jonathan today at the Presidential primary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) told party delegates that he ...
ACN Lagos Congress: 29 Legislators Dropped
LAGOS, Jan 13, (THEWILL) – 29 legislators elected in 2007 on the platform of the Action Congress Nigeria (ACN) to represent various Lagos State constituencies ...
Update: PDP Convention: Jonathan Muscles Governors, Atiku As Nwodo Steps Aside
PHOTO: PRESIDENT GOODLUCK EBELE AZIKIWE JONATHAN....
REFORMS IN THE NIGERIAN JUDICIARY (PART 1)
PHOTO: CHIEF JUSTICE OF NIGERIA, JUSTICE ALOYSIUS KATSINA-ALU....
NIGERIA: OF PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS AND NO POLICY
The nation’s Defence Minister will soon become a soldier. By the way, Adetokunbo Ademola is a lawyer, a SAN even, which means he is a ...
ACN Holds Special Presidential Convention On Friday
PHOTO: LEADERS OF THE ACTION CONGRESS OF NIGERIA (ACN) DURING THE PARTY'S LAST NATIONAL CONVENTION IN BENIN CITY, EDO STATE, A FEW WEEKS AGO....
Kano Deputy Governor, Others Quit ANPP For ACN
PHOTO: KANO STATE DEPUTY GOVERNOR, ALHAJI ABDULLAHI TIJANI GWARZO (R)....
Heineken Expands Operations In Nigeria
San Francisco, Jan 12, (THEWILL) - Heineken N.V. today announced that it has strengthened its platform for growth in Nigeria via the acquisition of two ...
PDP PRIMARY: NWODO, OBASANJO, LAR, NNAMANI COMPLAINING?
You need to look for why it is obvious that the ‘biggest party’ in Africa, PDP, is going extinct. From Oyo to Akwa Ibom, Plateau ...
CULTURAL VIOLENCE AND THE AFRICAN WOMAN
The concern African leaders and governments show regarding violence and mistreatment of women on the continent is a far cry from the kind of response ...
LEADING IN TIMES OF CRISIS, CONFLICT AND CHAOS
The last decade of this century will be characterized as a decade of crisis, conflict, and chaos. If conflict is not confronted, it will lead ...
SO, YOU PASS YOUR NEIGHBOUR? (PART II): MASS MURDER IN SLOW MOTION
The original article, which was intended to bring to fore, the hazards of carbon monoxide poisoning from generators (e.g. the ‘I pass my neighbour’ brand); ...
SUPERSTITION? IT’S COMPLICATED…AND DANGEROUS
What the heck is going on in Ghana? To a middle class Canadian it seems bizarre. After spending millions since 1935 on juju charms to ...
ACN Offers Losing PDP Presidential Aspirants, Others Platform
PHOTO: ACN NATIONAL CHAIRMAN BISI AKANDE....
PDP Screening: I’ve Been Vindicated – Atiku
PHOTO: ATIKU ABUBAKAR WITH JOURNALISTS AFTER THE PDP SCREENING OF PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRANTS....
Another Jos Village Attack Kills 18 - Police
Attackers armed with machetes killed at least 18 people in two separate attacks in villages in central Nigeria on Tuesday, the latest in a series ...
Photos: PDP Presidential Screening Panel Clears Jonathan, Atiku, Jibril
PHOTO: PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN SALAUTES SUPPORTERS AT THE PDP NATIONAL SECRETARIAT ABUJA WHERE HE WAS SCREENED AND CLEARED TO CONTEST IN THE PDP PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY. ...
Lagos PDP Picks Dosunmu As Guber Candidate
LAGOS, Jan 11, (THEWILL) – A former Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Adegboyega Dosumu has emerged as the ...OBASANJO THREATENS TO QUIT PDP?
Sir, OBASANJO THREATENS TO QUIT PDP? As reported in the media on Thursday 6, 2011, Obasanjo threatened to quit the PDP if the national working ...
WHY IS ARIK AIR SO UNRELIABLE?
‘The politics of bombs in Nigeria’ was my topic for this week’s column but just before I approached the keyboards of my desk top in ...
UNDERSTANDING THE PRESENT POLITICAL CRISIS IN COTE D’IVOIRE
PHOTO: INCUMBENT IVORY COAST PRESIDENT LAURENT GBAGBO....
DR GOODLUCK EBELECHUKWU AZIKIWE JONATHAN: THE PEOPLE’S PRESIDENT
PHOTO: PRESIDENT GOODLUCK EBELE AZIKIWE JONATHAN....
Aftermath Of Tinubu/Fashola Feud: Mamora, Others Lose Bid to Contest
PHOTO L-R: ASIWAJU BOLA TINUBU, LAGOS STATE GOVERNOR BABATUNDE FASHOLA AND LAGOS ACN CHAIRMAN, CHIEF HENRY AJOMALE....Author info
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