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SAN FRANCISCO, October 27, (THEWILL) – In a renewed drive to further degrade the Boko Haram, Nigerian Air Force Alpha Jets have successfully carried out airstrikes around the Sambisa Forest and destroyed vehicle workshops, fuel store and arms stores...

Nigeria's state oil firm NNPC began auctioning annual crude term contracts on live television on Tuesday and said it would cut the number of contract holders by almost two thirds in a drive to boost transparency at an institution...

SAN FRANCISCO, October 27, (THEWILL) – Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Tuesday said it had re-arraigned the duo of Peter Amromanoh, Executive Secretary, Delta State Scholarship Board and Its Accountant, Andrew Boji Nkwor on five-count charge of conspiracy...

SAN FRANCISCO, October 27, (THEWILL) – The World Bank has ranked Nigeria 169 out of 189 countries in its latest report on the ease of doing business globally. A statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday by the Head of Communications,...

SAN FRANCISCO, October 27, (THEWILL) – Justice Lateef Lawal - Akapo of the Lagos State High Court, sitting in Ikeja has fixed December 21 for judgment in a $330,000 scam case involving a former registrar of a Lagos High...

SAN FRANCISCO, October 27, (THEWILL) – President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday congratulated Prince Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi on his emergence as the 51st Ooni of Ife and successor to the late Oba Okunade Sijuwade. President Buhari, in a statement signed by his...

A U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer sailed close to China's man-made islands in the disputed South China Sea on Tuesday, drawing an angry rebuke from Beijing, which said it warned and followed the American vessel. The patrol by the USS Lassen...

A senior opposition leader in Congo Republic on Tuesday dismissed a referendum result showing overwhelming approval for a change in the constitution to allow President Denis Sassou Nguesso to run for a third consecutive term. "This result is a fantasy,"...

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (BABA.N) reported a 32 percent rise in second-quarter revenue, beating analyst estimates, even as the value of goods transacted on its platforms grew at a slower pace. Revenue rose to 22.17 billion yuan...

U.S. drugmaker Pfizer Inc (PFE.N) reported a much better-than-expected quarterly profit, mainly helped by demand for its pneumonia vaccine and breast cancer drug, Ibrance. The company also raised its full-year profit and revenue forecast for the second time in as...