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BEVERLY HILLS, June 19 (THEWILL) – Chadian Prime Minister, Kalzeube Deubet, on Friday, said that following the recent Boko Haram attack in two suicide blasts in the capital, N'Djamena, which killed 37 people, government would commence detention of foreigners...

SAN FRANCISCO, June 19, (THEWILL) – Nigeria has appealed the judgments of two federal courts, which blocked authorities from arresting and extraditing Senator Buruji Kashamu to the United States to answer drug-related charges. The first order was made by Justice...

SAN FRANCISCO, June 19, (THEWILL) – President Muhammadu Buhari said on Friday that Nigerians should be patient and accept democracy not as a system of government but as a lifestyle in order to ensure development of the country. The president...

SAN FRANCISCO, June 19, (THEWILL) –  Rivers State Governor, Mr. Nyesom Wike, Friday inaugurated a seven-man Judicial Commission of Inquiry (JCI), to investigate the immediate past administration of Mr. Chibuike Amaechi.   Wike said at the inauguration that the probe was...

Official prices for Nigerian crude have hit their lowest in at least a decade as a nagging oversupply of physical oil takes its toll. The Nigerian National Petroleum Corp (NNPC) lowered the official selling price for its largest crude oil...

SAN FRANCISCO, June 19, (THEWILL) – The Ahmed Joda-led transition committee, which submitted its final report to President Muhammadu Buhari about a week ago, has asked the President to reduce the number of federal ministries to 19. Nigeria presently has...

SAN FRANCISCO, June 19, (THEWILL) – President of the Senate, Senator Bukola Saraki, Friday paid a courtesy visit to former President Olusegun Obasanjo in Abeokuta, Ogun State, where they held closed-door talks. A statement from the Senate President's office said,...

Harry Kane says he is flattered by Manchester United's interest in him but adds that he fully intends to start the new season at Tottenham Hotspur. England Under-21 striker Kane, 21, has reiterated his desire to stay at White Hart...

Ivorian ex-Fifa executive Jacques Anouma has told the BBC that he did not accept a $1.5m (£1m) bribe over Qatar's successful 2022 World Cup bid. His denial comes amid a criminal investigation by Swiss prosecutors into the 2018 and 2022...

A woman who went on radio to appeal for a husband in the northern Nigerian city of Kano has found a suitor, journalist Nasiru Zango has told the BBC. Mr Zango, who works at Freedom Radio, said Zainab Abdulmalik, 22,...