David Oputah, THEWILL

SAN FRANCISCO, May 05, (THEWILL) - The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) has reached out to Boko Haram over the continued captivity of Leah Sharibu. Sharibu was among the 112 kidnapped from Girls Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe state,...

SAN FRANCISCO, May 05, (THEWILL) - The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has asked Folarin Falana, aka ‘Falz’ to withdraw his ‘This is Nigeria’ video and apologise to Nigerians, or face legal action. ‘Falz’ had explained that some girls dressed in...

SAN FRANCISCO, May 05, (THEWILL) - Nine people were killed in three suicide bombings in southeastern Niger near the border with Nigeria, a local official said on Tuesday. The attacks occurred late Monday in the regional capital of Diffa, a...

SAN FRANCISCO, May 05, (THEWILL) -Serena Williams announced her shocking withdrawal from the French Open with injury on Monday just minutes before her scheduled fourth-round clash against long-time bitter rival and fellow Grand Slam icon Maria Sharapova. The 36-year-old said...

SAN FRANCISCO, May 05, (THEWILL) - The Wife and children of Alhaji Abdullahi Gurbin-bore, the Zamfara state Commissioner of Youths, Sport and Skills Acquisition, who were kidnapped by some unidentified gunmen on 2 May, have been released. The state Commissioner of...

SAN FRANCISCO, May 04, (THEWILL) - President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday met behind closed doors with heads of security agencies and also broke Ramadan fast with governors of APC at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. NAN reports that the meeting with heads...

SAN FRANCISCO, May 04, (THEWILL) - The media team of Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has insisted that the Vice-President never said that signing the African Free Trade Agreement (AfCTA) will hurt Nigeria’s private sector. This was contained in a statement released...

SAN FRANCISCO, May 04, (THEWILL) - The Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Dambazau has confirmed that 210 inmates escaped from the Minna Maximum Prisons in Niger State after an invasion of the prison by some gunmen on Sunday night. A prison warder...

SAN FRANCISCO, May 04, (THEWILL) - The police have asked Senate President Bukola Saraki to respond to allegations levelled against him in writing instead of appearing at the force intelligence response team office at Abuja over the robbery that...

SAN FRANCISCO, May 04, (THEWILL) - The Federal Government, on Monday, began the implementation of the new excise duties for alcohol and tobacco. THEWILL recalls that President Muhammadu Buhari had in March assented to an increase in excise duties for...