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SAN FRANCISCO, May 19, (THEWILL) – The Borno State Government said on Tuesday that it would require over $20 million to resettle those displaced by the Boko Haram insurgency back to their homelands. The state governor, Alhaji Kashim Shettima, stated...

BEVERLY HILLS, May 19, (THEWILL) – The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister Of Justice, Mr. Mohammed Bello Adoke, SAN, Tuesday said the swearing-in of the Governor – elect of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, would be performed by...

BEVERLY HILLS, May 19, (THEWILL) – Indigenes of the host communities to the Dangote Cement Plc, in Ibese, Yewa and Ewekoro in Ogun State are in for better times as the cement company has announced the inauguration of some 19...

May 19 Nigeria's foreign exchange reserves rose marginally by 1.05 percent month-on-month to $29.80 billion by May 15 from $29.49 billion a month earlier, data from the central bank showed on Tuesday. The forex reserves of Africa's biggest economy and...

Update: Witnesses told The Associated Press that the suicide attack occurred at a rural market where at least 14 persons were wounded. They blamed Boko Haram extremists. "Most of the bodies are mutilated, heads and other parts removed," said vendor Lami...

SAN FRANCISCO, May 19, (THEWILL) – Zamfara State Governor, Alhaji Abdullaziz Yari, has been chosen as the new Chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF), following a reconciliatory meeting of the two factions of the influential group in Abuja...

SAN FRANCISCO, May 19, (THEWILL) – Rivers State Governor-Elect, Barrister Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has alleged that the outgoing governor, Rotimi Amaechi, used the office of the Attorney General of Rivers State to file a suit for Rivers State All...

SAN FRANCISCO, May 19, (THEWILL) – United States Secretary of State, Senator John Kerry will lead the US delegation to the inauguration of Nigerian president-elect Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja next week, the White House said Tuesday. Buhari will be sworn...

Burundi's government will not take revenge against those involved in last week's failed coup, President Pierre Nkurunziza's office has said. Those implicated would be brought to justice in accordance with the rule of law, it added in a statement. South Africa's...

Burundi police fired tear gas and beat protesters who were demanding President Pierre Nkurunziza end his bid for a third term, in a resurgence of unrest has stoked fears of ethnic conflict in Africa's Great Lakes. A Reuters photographer said...