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WHO Calls Emergency Meeting On ‘Large, Complex’ South Korea MERS Outbreak

The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Saturday it would hold an emergency meeting on Tuesday to consider South Korea's outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), which it described as "large and complex". The U.N. health agency said more...

U.S. Sends Six Yemeni Prisoners From Guantanamo To Oman For Resettlement

Six Yemenis held for more than a decade at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo have been flown to Oman for resettlement, the Pentagon said on Saturday, the latest step in President Barack Obama's slow push to close the...

Syrian Kurds Push Deeper Into Islamic State Stronghold

The Syrian Kurdish YPG militia said it began an advance towards an Islamic State-held town at the Turkish border on Saturday, thrusting deeper into the jihadists' stronghold of Raqqa province in a campaign backed by U.S.-led air strikes. Redur Xelil,...

Twitter Seeks New CEO, And More Users, As Costolo Exits

Some things can't be summed up in 140 characters. Twitter Inc's announcement that Dick Costolo would exit as CEO on July 1 was long on plaudits but offered few clues on how the company will tackle its biggest problem: user...

OPINION: NASS POLL: AMOSUN, FAYEMI, FASHOLA’S CONSPIRACY AND TINUBU’S POLITICAL ESTABLISHMENT

The sordid game that has been playing out in the National Assembly is quite interesting and heartwarming. It was a mixture of dangerous political chessgame and treachery. A fight between established Several pundits have propounded theories about Nigeria’s democracy, which...

OPINION: THE SARAKI-DOGARA COUP:  HANDS BEHIND THE SCENE

On the surface, it appears as if Senator Olubukola Saraki and his co-traveller at the lower house, Hon Yakubu Dogara, who earlier in the week emerged as the Senate President and Speaker of the House of Representatives, respectively, through...

OPINION: N’ASSEMBLY SAGA: A POLITICAL VOLCANO AND LAST MINUTE U-TURN

Our nation, in the last couple of days has been experiencing a kind of political volcano and I am really flabbergasted and lost in the deep blue sea of super sophisticated national politics. Oh yes! All Progressives Congress (APC) spokesman,...

OPINION: NASS: BETWEEN IMPOSED AND DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES

The triumph of a group of Senators dubbed ‘Like minds’ in the National Assembly elections which led to the emergence of Senator Bukola Saraki as Senate President and Honourable Yakubu Dogara as Speaker, House of Representatives respectively are welcome...

OPINION: HOW NIGER STATE CITIZENS LOST THEIR BESTS IN 2015

When in 2013, Mal. Mohammad Haruna, in a back column of The Daily Trust, speculated that with the marital relationship of the current Governor of Niger State, H. E. Abu S. Bello, with the former Head of State, Gen....

Joda Transition Committee Submits 800-page Report To Buhari

BEVERLY HILLS, June 12 (THEWILL) – After about five weeks of scrutiny, the Alhaji Ahmed Joda Transition Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Friday submitted an 800- page final report of its findings to President Muhammadu Buhari. The...

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