David Oputah, THEWILL

SAN FRANCISCO, June 19, (THEWILL) - The federal government has ordered an intensified screening of passengers and luggage at the airports in Nigeria following news that the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is planning to attack commercial flights. This...

SAN FRANCISCO, June 19, (THEWILL) - In what has been described as a “terror exchange programme”, Commmanders of the Islamic State (IS) have been sneaking jihadists into Nigeria from Syria to train them for possible attacks. According to a report by...

SAN FRANCISCO, June 19, (THEWILL) - Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity has confirmed that President Muhammadu Buhari will sign the 2018 budget on Wednesday. He made the assertion in an interview with Channels Television’s Politics Today noting...

SAN FRANCISCO, June 19, (THEWILL) - The United States and the United Nations (UN) have condemned the attacks on Saturday night in Damboa, Borno state in North Eastern Nigeria which led to the killing of 32 persons. The attack was carried...

SAN FRANCISCO, June 19, (THEWILL) - Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has debunked media reports that he will be in the United States later this month at a trade and investment gathering in Washington D.C. later this month. Atiku had been...

SAN FRANCISCO, June 18, (THEWILL) - A retired Justice of the Supreme Court, Sir Pius Olayiwola Aderemi, is dead. Aderemi, who was once nominated by former president Goodluck Jonathan to chair the Independent and Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) died on Monday...

SAN FRANCISCO, June 18, (THEWILL) - The Nigeria Air force (NAF) has deployed two helicopters to Zamfara state to combat terrorism and beef up security in the state. The deployment to 207 Quick Response Group Air Force Base was made...

SAN FRANCISCO, June 18, (THEWILL) - Senator representing Zamfara central senatorial district in the Senate, Kabir Garba Marafa, has joined the governorship race for the Zamfara Government House. Marafa who is the Chairman of Senate Joint Committees on Petroleum resources, made...

SAN FRANCISCO, June 18, (THEWILL) - The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has denied the collapse of the grid but confirmed that electricity generated into the national grid fell by 1,087.6 MW. According to Mrs Ndidi Mbah, TCN’s General Manager, Public...

SAN FRANCISCO, June 18, (THEWILL) - The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers State has won all the chairmanship seats in the recently concluded local government elections, defeating the other 65 political parties that contested. Chairman of the Rivers State Independent...