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Newcastle have agreed a fee, believed to be about £12m, to sign Tottenham's England winger Andros Townsend. The 24-year-old has made just three substitute appearances in the Premier League this season. Townsend - who has played 10 times for England -...

Kenyan forces have pulled out from two military bases in Somalia, including one attacked by militant Islamist group al-Shabab, residents have told the BBC. Al-Shabab fighters were spotted in the southern town of Badhadhe after the troops pulled out, residents...

Serena Williams beat Maria Sharapova for the 18th time in a row to reach the Australian Open semi-finals. The defending champion, seeded number one and chasing a 22nd Grand Slam title, saw off fifth seed Sharapova 6-4 6-1 at Melbourne...

No fewer than 700 make-shift shops at the popular Station Food Stuff Market in Kaduna, north-central Nigeria, have been burnt down in an early morning inferno. The fire incident, which was attributed to a power surge, occurred at about 12...

SAN FRANCISCO, January 26, (THEWILL) – Ijaw elders in Delta State have declared that they cannot surrender the former militant commander, Government Ekpemupolo, also known as Tompolo, to security agencies because they neither have the power to do so...

Chelsea's Ramires is close to a £25m move to Chinese side Jiangsu Suning. The 28-year-old Brazil midfielder, signed from Benfica for about £17m in 2010, agreed a new four-year deal in October but has only started seven Premier League games...

SAN FRANCISCO, January 26, (THEWILL) – Following the insistence of the Deputy Governor-elect of Kogi State, Hon. Abiodun Faleke, not to be a part of Wednesday’s swearing-in ceremony, National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun...

SAN FRANCISCO, January 26, (THEWILL) – As a way of improving the living conditions of the people of the Niger Delta region, the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has begun a speedy completion and commissioning of projects initiated by...

SAN FRANCISCO, January 26, (THEWILL) – As part of efforts to arrest the incessant Muslim, Christian conflicts in Nigeria, the Sultan of Sokoto and President-general of the Jamatul Nasri Islam, JNI, His Eminences, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, and the...

BEVERLY HILLS, January 26, (THEWILL) – The immediate past governor of Edo State, Prof. Oserheimen Osunbor, yesterday declared his readiness to return to Government House in Benin, debunking the perception that only a Bini man (Edo South) can win...