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SAN FRANCISCO, March 20, (THEWILL)  - A House of Representatives candidate of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, Miss Oluwametomi Adetokunbo Adisa, has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for allegedly obtaining the sum of N142,...

For eight years running, Cross River State has become a symbol and a reference point for all that is noble, including peace and security. In fact, the state was not too long ago rated as the most peaceful in the...

Switzerland's Holcim (HOLN.VX) and France's Lafarge (LAFP.PA) have agreed new terms for their plan to create the world's top cement firm, giving unhappy shareholders in the Swiss firm a better deal but leaving a key leadership question unanswered. While the...

Holders Real Madrid will meet local rivals Atletico Madrid in the quarter-finals of the Champions League, in a repeat of last season's final. Paris St-Germain's reward for beating Chelsea in the last 16 is a tie against Barcelona, the conquerors...

FIFA has announced it will distribute £142m to clubs as compensation for the release of players involved in the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. FIFA, which has agreed the deal with the European Club Association (ECA) following the decision to...

Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal says he will retire from football when his spell with the club ends. The 63-year-old, who is contracted to United until 2017 after joining the club last summer, wants to spend more time with...

The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has approved Amazon's plans to begin testing drones for online deliveries. The FAA said it had granted Amazon a certificate for people with pilot's licenses to test the unmanned aircraft. The drones must be flown...

Bolivia "chickened out" of a friendly in Nigeria because it feared an attack by the Boko Haram extremist group, the Nigerian Football Federation said on Thursday. In a statement on its website, the NFF said Bolivia's "excuses" for calling off...

A year after pledging jobs to families who lost loved ones during a deadly recruitment by the Nigeria Immigration, President Goodluck Jonathan finally, handed out money and appointment letters to the beneficiaries.   Mr. Jonathan gave N75 million (N5million to each...

The most frightening and most disturbing controversy since the build-up to the 2015 elections had been the rumoured removal of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof Attahiru Jega,  beforeMarch 28 presidential poll. The rumour was like a thunderbolt...