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BEVERLY HILLS, July 27, (THEWILL) – President Muhammadu Buhari pledged Monday in Abuja that his administration will take concrete actions to correct the neglect of research, science and technology by past governments. Speaking after receiving a briefing on the activities...

BEVERLY HILLS, July 27, (THEWILL) – Former Vice President and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Atiku Abubakar, has congratulated Obi (Prof) Chike Edozien, the Asagba of Asaba on his 90th birthday. In a congratulatory message to the Asagba...

BEVERLY HILLS, July 27, (THEWILL) – Mr. Haruna Baba Jauro has formally taken over from Barrister Calistus Nwabueze Obi as the Acting Director General/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA). The handover ceremony took...

Nigeria's gross government revenues rose in June for the second month in a row to reach 485.95 billion naira ($2.44 billion), the finance ministry said, partly due to a crackdown on official corruption. The total of 518.542 billion naira, up...

Controversy has swallowed the report of the Police investigations into the alleged forgery of the 2015 Standing Rules of the Senate following its recommendation of a political solution on the issue. The 13-page report of the Police investigations obtained by...

Barack Obama met the Ethiopian prime minister on Monday on the first visit by a serving U.S. president to a nation with one of the fastest-growing economies in Africa but which has often been criticized for its rights record. Talks...

The recent nuclear deal with Iran showed that the United States can be flexible with a willing counterpart, including North Korea if it decides it wants talks on its nuclear program, a U.S. envoy said on Monday. North Korea has...

The Somali militant Islamist group al Shabaab attacked a Mogadishu hotel on Sunday, driving a car packed with explosives through the hotel gate and killing at least 13 people, a first responder and the rebel group said. A Reuters witness...

European stocks and major commodity prices fell hard on Monday as concerns over China dominated financial markets in the wake of the biggest drop in Shanghai shares in eight years. The dollar was weak ahead of the week's main set...

UBS (UBSG.VX) posted a bigger-than-expected jump in second-quarter profit on Monday and chief Sergio Ermotti said the Swiss bank had "good momentum" going into the second half of 2015. Zurich-based UBS published earnings for the three months to June 30...