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Nearly 40,000 refugees have fled Burundi to neighboring Rwanda, Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the last month, amid protests against President Pierre Nkurunziza's bid for a third term, the United Nations said on Wednesday. A total...

BEVERLY HILLS, May 06, (THEWILL) – President Goodluck Jonathan Wednesday congratulated President Faure Gnassingbé of Togo on his victory in the country’s recent presidential election. A statement issued by the presidential spokesperson, Dr. Reuben Abati, said: "Now that President Gnassingbe’e...

...Drop in revenues prompts govt to cut subsidies ...Nigeria tried to end subsidies in 2012 ...Fuel shortage as marketers worry over payments Nigeria will slash petrol subsidies by 90 percent this year because government revenues have been hit by the slump in...

As the jostle for Senate Presidency continues, the Deputy Minority Leader, Senator Ahmad Sani, says that senators may defy the zoning arrangement of the All Progressives Congress (APC) if the Senate Presidency is not properly zoned. Sani told the News...

SAN FRANCISCO, May 06, (THEWILL) – It took uncommon zeal, doggedness and foresight on the part of the Board of Directors of the Nigerian Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) led by Dr. Mrs. Ngozi Olejeme to turn around the...

SAN FRANCISCO, May 06, (THEWILL) – The ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has commended its leader, President Goodluck Jonathan, for his mature and timely intervention in ending the bickering among leaders of the party as a result of the...

MasterCard Inc (MA.N) has doubled the number of its cards to about 100 million in the Middle East and Africa in the past three years, where it has begun setting up partnerships with governments to provide access to its...

Wall Street was set to open higher on Wednesday as investors focused on healthy corporate earnings reports and a revival in dealmaking, shrugging off a rout in the global bond market and weaker-than-expected U.S. private jobs data. ADP payroll data...

U.S. private employers in April added the fewest number of workers in more than a year, which could heighten worries about the economy's potential to rebound strongly from a first-quarter slump. Private payrolls increased 169,000 last month, the ADP National...

The purpose of this memo is to bring to the attention of Your Excellency the failure of previous administrations to take fire prevention and fire-fighting seriously, in spite of their awareness that Fire Service delivery is a vital component...