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…IYC Condemns Invasion SAN FRANCISCO, July 25, (THEWILL) – Soldiers of the Joint Task Force (JTF) codenamed Operation Pulo Shield on Saturday overran the Ijaw House, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, venue of parley by former militants leaders convened by General Officer...

SAN FRANCISCO, July 25, (THEWILL) – Former Petroleum Resources Minister, Mrs. Deziani Alison-Madueke is very ill and has been hospitalized in a London hospital for an undisclosed ailment, family sources said over the weekend. The often-reliable family sources told THEWILL...

The next managing director of the International Monetary Fund is likely to come from outside Europe when current leader Christine Lagarde eventually leaves, the deputy head of the Washington-based fund said in an interview broadcast on Saturday. IMF First Deputy...

Britain's Pearson (PSON.L) said on Saturday it was in talks to sell its 50 percent stake in The Economist Group, publisher of The Economist newspaper. The move comes on the heels of Pearson's sale of the Financial Times newspaper to...

The World Bank has announced the appointment of the immediate past Director-General of Nigeria’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Mrs Arunma Oteh as a Vice President and Treasurer. According to a statement released by the bank in Washington, Mrs Oteh...

U.S. President Barack Obama said in Kenya on Saturday that African entrepreneurs could help counter violent ideologies and make the continent a hub for global growth, helping create opportunities in Africa that offset any threat from terrorism. Obama was speaking...

U.S. troops will begin training regular Ukrainian military forces later this year in an expansion of their current mission, which so far has been limited to instructing Interior Ministry national guard units, the State Department said on Friday. "This training...

Saudi-led coalition forces announced on Saturday a five-day humanitarian ceasefire would take effect in Yemen starting Sunday evening at the request of exiled president Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi. A Saudi-led Arab coalition has been bombing the Houthi militia and army forces...

The No. 2 U.S. wireless carrier AT&T Inc and the biggest satellite-TV provider DirecTV became the country's largest pay-TV company on Friday, completing their $48.5 billion merger after receiving final regulatory approval. The newly expanded AT&T leapfrogs the biggest U.S....

India's Reliance Industries Ltd (RELI.NS) will launch its ambitious 4G telecoms venture in December through a direct physical presence in over 1,000 "Jio Centers" and will also sell self-branded devices under its retail unit, the company disclosed in a...