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The Federal Government on Thursday insisted that it did not pay any ransom to secure the release of the Dapchi girls released last March by Boko Haram. In a statement issued in Ilorin, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday announced the registration of 23 new political parties, raising the number of registered parties in Nigeria to 91. Some of the new parties bear acronyms that can be easily recalled, such as...

Another suspected ballot box snatcher has been beaten to death in another polling unit in the traditional area of Lokoja metropolis. It was gathered that the suspect was the son of a House of Representatives aspirant who declared interest just...

Ethiopian Airlines says it is the frontrunner to set up and manage Nigeria’s new national carrier, Nigeria Air. “We are among a small group with an interest in establishing a national carrier (in Nigeria)…we do not know the results (of...

Without government subsidy, Ghana’s cocoa sector would have difficulty financing its core activities, said Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) Joseph Boahen-Aidoo. Government support has become critical due to the lowering price of cocoa on the world...

Senator Godswill Akpabio is now the leader of the All Progressives Congress in Akwa Ibom State. National Chairman of the APC, Adams Oshiomhole announced this on Wednesday at a mega rally in Ikot Ekpene that formally received Akpabio into the...

BEVERLY HILLS August 09, (THEWILL) - Senate President Bukola Saraki has paid a visit to the former military head, Ibrahim Babangida, in Minna, Niger State capital. The duo held a closed-door meeting at the residence of Babangida as Journalists were...

Barely three months after the fusion of Coalition of Nigerian Movement (CNM) and African Democratic Congress (ADC), a faction pulled out on Tuesday, announcing itself as New African Democratic Congress (N-ADC). Protem National Chairman of the group, Chief Precious Elekima,...

Sacked former Director-General of National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Malam Mohammed Sani Sidi, on Tuesday joined the governorship race in Kaduna. Sidi, who was sacked in April by the Buhari administration for corrupt practices, gave the indication when submitting his...

The romance between the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Senator Godswill Akpabio, the PDP Minority Leader in the Senate, has unsettled the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). Akpabio might defect to the APC any moment from now once the “terms” are...