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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has detained the erstwhile Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Mr. Abdullahi Dikko after several months of successfully evading arrest. Dikko, who voluntarily turned himself in at the EFCC headquarters in Abuja,...

BEVERLY HILLS, June 16, (THEWILL) - The United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. James Entwistle, has petitioned the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, accusing some members of the lower chamber of improper conduct, attempted rape...

BEVERLY HILLS, June 16, (THEWILL) - Former President Goodluck Jonathan has failed to win the prestigious $5 million Mo Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership despite meeting a key criterion. The announcement was made on Thursday that no former African leader...

BEVERLY HILLS, June 9, (THEWILL) - Justice Evoh Chukwu of the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court is dead. Until his death, Chukwu presided over the alleged forgery case, filled by some senators opposed to the leadership of the...

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of his Special Adviser on Planning, Pastor Ben Akabueze as the new Director General of the Budget Office of the Federation, a Presidency statement said Thursday. Mr. Akabueze takes over from Mr. Tijani...

SAN FRANCISCO, June 08, (THEWILL) – Former Super Eagles Captain and Coach, Stephen Okechukwu Keshi (54) has died in Benin City, the Edo State capital, THEWILL can authoritatively report. The death of the former international was confirmed to our correspondent...

President Muhammadu Buhari has cancelled his widely publicized June 2nd trip to the Niger Delta to inaugurate the clean up of Ogoni land, Rivers State, a source familiar with the development has said. President Buhari according to THEWILL source has...

SAN FRANCISCO, June 01, (THEWILL) – Former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has returned to Nigeria after reports suggested that he was seeking asylum in the Cote D’Ivoire, where he said he was holidaying. Dr. Jonathan, who dismissed the reports, arrived...

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has appointed a former Super Eagles Captain, Joseph Yobo as a Senior Special Assistant on Sports Development to the Governor. The governor has also appointed Mr. Chibuzor Aholu as Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on...

The Presidency has disclosed that the military rescued 11,595 persons held captive by the Boko Haram sect between May 29, 2015 when President Muhammadu Buhari was sworn into office and February 2016, adding that troops had since December 2015...