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BEVERLY HILLS, November 19, (THEWILL) – No fewer than 700,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) have been registered by the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe States since the beginning of this year. The IDPs are mostly...

BEVERLY HILLS, November 19, (THEWILL) – President Goodlcuk Jonathan will travel to London Thursday evening to preside over a meeting of Nigeria’s Honorary International Investment Council (HIIC) which opens in the British capital on Friday. The HIIC which was established...

Ford Motor Co's (F.N) drive to make its sport utility vehicles (SUV) and other models lighter to save fuel and boost performance will not be delayed by a recent drop in oil prices, Executive Chairman Bill Ford said on...

Burkina Faso's transitional government named Lieutenant Colonel Isaac Zida as prime minister on Wednesday, four days after he restored the country's constitution under pressure from the African Union and the West. Zida declared himself head of state on Nov. 1...

SAN FRANCISCO, November 19, (THEWILL) – Following the dissolution of the State Executive Committees of Adamawa and Ebonyi states, the National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has constituted Caretaker Committees to pilot the affairs of...

Russia urged Ukraine's leaders on Wednesday to talk directly to separatists to end the conflict in the east, but Kiev rejected the call and told Moscow to stop "playing games" aimed at legitimizing "terrorists". Kiev and the West accuse Russia...

U.S. stock index futures were little changed on Wednesday following record closing highs for both the Dow and S&P 500 and ahead of housing data and minutes from the most recent Federal Reserve policy meeting. * Data on housing starts...

Dollar General Corp (DG.N) may need to divest more than 4,000 stores to win approval from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission for its acquisition of Family Dollar Stores Inc (FDO.N), the New York Post reported, citing two sources close...

Kenyan police found explosives at three mosques in Mombasa on Wednesday and arrested 109 people on suspicion they were undergoing militant training, in the latest in a series of raids in the port city. Kenya is looking to break up...

Zodwa Madiba has not paid an electricity bill in 14 years and is resolute she never will, holding the ruling African National Congress (ANC) to vague promises made in the dying days of apartheid to provide free electricity to...