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BEVERLY HILLS, November 28, (THEWILL) – United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, one of Africa’s largest financial services institutions, swept the global banking awards in London, Thursday, winning in five categories to become one of the highest single winning...

BEVERLY HILLS, November 28, (THEWILL) – The prompt response of the military Friday in Maiduguri saved the Borno State capital from being rocked by another bomb blast. Some residents of the town had woken to see some strange objects around...

BEVERLY HILLS, November 28, (THEWILL) – The National Assembly has been urged to fast-track the passage of a Bill seeking to allow Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the country to vote in their various camps during the forthcoming general...

Three expatriate construction workers were kidnapped on Friday in Nigeria's Bayelsa state in the delta region, a security forces spokesman said. The men, two Pakistani and one Indian, were seized at Emakalakala town in the Ogbia council area, a few...

World investors eased back on their exposure to risk assets such as stocks as they grappled with divergent monetary policies and multi-speed growth paths among major world economies, a global poll shows. A monthly survey of 47 senior investors in...

At last 36 people have been confirmed dead after two vehicles loaded with Improvised Explosive Devices exploded near the emir’s palace Jumaat mosque in Kano state, north-west Nigeria. The Acting Commissioner of Police in the state, Sunusi Lemu, told reporters...

A 15-minute blood and saliva test for Ebola is to be trialled in Guinea, it has been announced. The solar-powered, portable laboratory should deliver results six times faster than tests currently used in West Africa. The researchers involved say faster diagnosis...

Britain's biggest drugmaker, GlaxoSmithKline Plc, fired an executive from its South African unit for refusing to appear for a performance review, which was called a week after he complained of racial discrimination in the workplace, Bloomberg reported, citing company...

Saudi Arabia blocked calls on Thursday from poorer members of the OPEC oil exporter group for production cuts to arrest a slide in global prices, sending benchmark crude plunging to a fresh four-year low. Brent oil fell more than $6...

BEVERLY HILLS, November 27, (THEWILL) – The Lt. Gen. Aliyu Kama-led caretaker committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Anambra State has been sacked. An Abuja court presided over by Justice Evoh Chukwu sacked the caretaker committee in his...