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BEVERLY HILLS, June 29 (THEWILL) – As the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega, officially ends his tenure, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has hailed the enviable record set by the electoral boss. According to...

SAN FRANCISCO, June 29, (THEWILL) – The Nigerian naira on Monday fell sharply against the United States dollar trading at N226 - $1 in the parallel market (black market) from its close of N220 last week. Forex dealers, who spoke...

SAN FRANCISCO, June 29, (THEWILL) – The immediate past Senate Leader and principal partner of Ndoma-Egba Ebri & co. law firm, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba (SAN), Monday described the leadership crisis rocking the 8th National Assembly as a reality hitting...

SAN FRANCISCO, June 29, (THEWILL) – The Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, Monday, described as malicious, false and totally reprehensible a news report which insinuated that his election as the Senate President of the 8th Senate was facilitated by...

Former AC Milan and Nigeria defender Taye Taiwo is keen to find a route back into top-level action despite 14 months of inaction. His last game was in April 2014 for Turkey's Buraspor, but his contract was ended a year...

Arsenal have signed Petr Cech from Chelsea in a deal worth about £10m. The Czech Republic goalkeeper, who played more than 400 club games in 11 seasons at Stamford Bridge, has joined the Gunners on a four-year contract. Cech, 33, made...

SAN FRANCISCO, June 29, (THEWILL) – President Muhammadu Buhari reaffirmed Monday in Abuja that his administration would give the highest possible priority to the rapid improvement of power supply across Nigeria. Speaking at an audience with officials of CGGC, the...

BEVERLY HILLS, June 29 (THEWILL) –  Kaduna State Governor, Mr. Nasiru El-rufai, has appointed Hadiza Bala-Usman, the co-founder of the #Bringbackourgirls group, as his Chief of Staff, in what appears to give credibility to the allegation by the Peoples...

Some of the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped in Nigeria have been forced to join Islamist militant group Boko Haram, the BBC has been told. Witnesses say some are now being used to terrorise other captives, and are even carrying out killings...

South Africa's government will challenge a high court ruling that found the state erred in letting Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir leave the country despite a court order barring him from doing so. Bashir, who was in South Africa for...