David Oputah, THEWILL

SAN FRANCISCO, July 30, (THEWILL) - A youth group from the Niger Delta, the Ijaw Youth Council, has accused the country’s secret police of arbitrarily arresting and detaining “several” youths from the area. The group made this known following the...

BEVERLY HILLS, July 30, (THEWILL) - Senator Dino Melaye, lawmaker representing Kogi West, has revealed that he ran into the bush and hid on a tree in a bid to escape when he was allegedly attacked by gunmen while travelling...

BEVERLY HILLS, July 30, (THEWILL) - The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has petitioned Mr. David Kaye, Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression asking him to his use his...

BEVERLY HILLS, July 29, (THEWILL) - Emeka Ndukwu, 46, a Nigerian-American based in Maryland, has been sentenced to four years in prison for engaging in business e-mail scheme and conspiring to launder more than $900,000 proceeds of scams. In a statement,...

BEVERLY HILLS, July 29, (THEWILL) - Festus Keyamo, Director of Strategic Communications and Spokesperson of the President Muhammadu Buhari 2019 Presidential Campaign, has declared thar the recent defections by some National Assembly members and the Governor of Benue State...

SAN FRANCISCO, July 29 (THEWILL) - Two former governors of Kano State, Rabiu Kwankwaso and Ibrahim Shekarau, met Saturday night in Abuja after their last chance meeting at Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport Abuja in 2011. The erstwhile political opponents discussed Kano...

SAN FRANCISCO, July 29, (THEWILL) - The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has fined DAAR Communications (owner of AIT/Raypower) N500,000 for persistent violation of the provisions of the Nigeria Broadcasting Code. NBC’s Head of Public Affair, Mrs Maimuna Jimada, in a...

SAN FRANCISCO, July 27, (THEWILL) - Members of the Benue House of Assembly were caught in several dramas on Friday, with some jumping the high perimeter fence surrounding the Assembly complex, and later shifting their parliamentary session to the...

BEVERLY HILLS, July 27, (THEWILL) - North Korea has returned remains believed to be of 55 United States troops killed during the Korean War, bringing renewed hope to families who have waited decades for closure. The return of the remains,...

SAN FRANCISCO, July 27, (THEWILL) - Senator Dino Melaye, lawmaker representing Kogi east, says he has regained his freedom after spending 11 hours in the “wilderness”. Writing via his Twitter handle on Friday, Melaye thanked Nigerians for their prayers while...