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ADDRESS BY MUHAMMADU BUHARI PRESIDENT, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA AT THE 70TH SESSION OF THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY, NEW YORK, 28TH SEPTEMBER 2015. President of the General Assembly, Secretary–General Your Excellencies Heads of State and Governments Distinguished Delegates Ladies and Gentlemen, I would like, Mr. President, on behalf of...

…Slams APC Over Buhari’s Shoddy Itinerary At UN BEVERLY HILLS, September 28, (THEWILL) – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Monday slammed the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) over the running of the country, alleging that the country was drifting towards...

BEVERLY HILLS, September 28, (THEWILL) – The Federal Government has declared Thursday, October 1 public holiday to mark Nigeria's 55th Independence celebration. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Mr. Abubakar Magaji, made the declaration on behalf of the government in...

SAN FRANCISCO, September 28, (THEWILL) – The Bayelsa State governorship primary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) will be conducted again, the National Working Committee (NWC) of the ruling All Progressives Party (APC) ordered Monday. The party said the last...

SAN FRANCISCO, September 28, (THEWILL) – As the sitting of the Rivers State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja continueson Tuesday, the tribunal was told on Monday that the Nigerian Army lied in its claim that the April 11 governorship election in the...

SAN FRANCISCO, September 28, (THEWILL) – Chief Olu Falae, the kidnapped former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) has said his abductors received a ransom before he was set free contrary to claims made by the Inspector-General...

SAN FRANCISCO, September 28, (THEWILL) – President Muhammadu Buhari Monday ordered the National Hajj Commission (NAHCON) and the Nigerian Embassy in Saudi Arabia to urgently account for all Nigerian pilgrims in the aftermath of last Thursday's disaster at Mina. The...

Germany's president has warned that there are limits to how many refugees his country can absorb as it prepares for as many as 800,000 arrivals this year, showing growing concern even at the highest level over how to look...

Taliban fighters launched a three-pronged offensive on the capital of the northern Afghan province of Kunduz on Monday, fighting their way through the main entrances to the city, burning buildings and briefly taking over a hospital. Breaching a provincial capital...

About 1,000 pro-democracy activists rallied outside Hong Kong government headquarters on Monday to mark the first anniversary of protests that crippled parts of the Chinese-controlled city for weeks but failed to secure electoral reforms. The demonstrations last year, when activists...