Aina Ojonugwa, THEWILL

SAN FRANCISCO, April 04, (THEWILL) - The worldwide number of fatalities from the novel coronavirus rose to 63,437 on Saturday, according to a tally compiled by AFP at 1900 GMT from official sources. More than 1,169,210 declared cases have been...

BEVERLY HILLS, April 03, (THEWILL) - President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Nigerian Army to join the Police and flush out bandits from forests around the country, particularly in the areas that witnessed recent attacks, his spokesman, Garba Shehu...

SAN FRANCISCO, April 03, (THEWILL) - Four more persons have recovered from the coronavirus (COVID-19) and have been discharged in Lagos State. This brings the total number of people who have been discharged in Nigeria to 24, while two deaths...

SAN FRANCISCO, April 03, (THEWILL) - Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has held a meeting with the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami on the nation's correctional facilities. In a message on his...

SAN FRANCISCO, April 03, (THEWILL) - Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, says corpses of persons who tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19) cannot be claimed for burial as such corpses would be handled by the ministry of health...

BEVERLY HILLS, April 03, (THEWILL) - The Nigerian Army has denied the authenticity of viral videos showing military abuses making the rounds on social media. The army in a statement by Major General John Enenche, the Coordinator of Defence Media...

BEVERLY HILLS, April 02, (THEWILL) - President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday received briefing on the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on Nigerian economy. Nigeria's major export produce, crude oil, has been hit as prices plummeted globally to as low as $20 per...

BEVERLY HILLS, April 02, (THEWILL) - The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, has cautioned men of the Nigeria Police Force currently deployed for the enforcement of the lockdown and social restriction orders to ensure that the rights...

BEVERLY HILLS, April 02, (THEWILL) - The Federal Government has announced that markets in states where a lockdown was imposed will be allowed to open between 10:00 am and 2:00 pm daily. The National Co-ordinator of the Presidential Task Force...

BEVERLY HILLS, April 02, (THEWILL) - The Federal Government has approved a total of 7,000 metric tonnes of grains for distribution to the poor and vulnerable amidst the lockdown directive by President Muhammadu Buhari. This was disclosed by Secretary to...