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…Commends APC For Choosing An Ex-General As Flagbearer BEVERLY HILLS, January 19, (THEWILL) – Former military President, General Ibrahim Babangida, Monday, assured the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), General Muhammadu Buhari, of the support of retired Generals...

BEVERLY HILLS, January 19, (THEWILL) – The Deputy Governor of Niger State, Alhaji Ahmed Ibeto, alongside dozens of serving political appointees in the state government, as well as some members of the National Assembly Monday formally defected from the...

SAN FRANCISCO, January 19, (THEWILL) – Students of the University of Benin, Edo State Monday said they will embark on a huge protest that is expected to shutdown all activities in Edo State on Tuesday, saying Governor Adams Oshiomhole...

Nigeria's Seplat Petroleum Development Company has won an extension to a deadline for announcing whether it intends to make a firm offer for oil producer Afren, the London-listed firm said on Monday. Seplat confirmed earlier this month that it had...

Indonesian investigators said on Monday they had found no evidence so far that terrorism played a part in the crash of an AirAsia passenger jet last month that killed all 162 people on board. Andreas Hananto told Reuters that his...

Hamas security forces allowed a rare rally on Monday by rival jihadist Salafi activists in the Gaza Strip in support of Islamic State and the deadly attacks by three Islamist gunmen in France. "Today, we are telling France and world...

Nigeria’s naira weakened to a record low a day before the central bank decides on interest and exchange rates and as Morgan Stanley and Renaissance Capital forecast further declines for the currency battered by low oil prices. The naira fell...

Cameroon's army has freed 24 of some 80 hostages kidnapped during a cross-border attack by suspected Boko Haram Islamist fighters based in neighboring Nigeria, a defense ministry spokesman said on Monday. The kidnapping, which occurred in the north of Cameroon...

Nigeria has summoned Indonesia's ambassador over the execution of two of its citizens by firing squad for drug trafficking, echoing protests from Brazil and the Netherlands which also each had one of their nationals executed. The southeast Asian country executed...

Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba is a potential future world player of the year, says boss Massimiliano Allegri. The 21-year-old France international, who left Manchester United for Juve in 2012, scored as the champions beat Verona 4-0 on Sunday. "Pogba is young,...