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The death toll in last week's collapse of a guesthouse at a church run by a famous Nigerian preacher has risen to at least 70, a rescue agency official said Wednesday. Rescuers have helped 131 other people out of the...

Support for Islamic State increased after U.S. airstrikes began in Iraq and the militant group may take more hostages to try to force concessions from Washington, the FBI director told Congress on Wednesday. Islamic State is "committed to instilling fear...

Syria has revealed a previously undeclared research and development facility and a laboratory to produce the poison ricin to the global chemical weapons watchdog, diplomatic sources told Reuters. Syria has detailed three new facilities to the Organisation for the Prohibition...

SAN FRANCISCO, September 17, (THEWILL) – Federal troops Wednesday killed several Boko Haram fighters who made another unsuccessful push to take Konduga, a town few miles from Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State. Military sources said clashes between soldiers and the...

Around 300 South Africans were visiting a Pentetcostal church in Nigeria last week where a wing collapsed killing more than 60 people and an unknown number were still unaccounted for, the government said. President Jacob Zuma had said on Tuesday...

Ukraine's prime minister told the defense ministry on Wednesday to ensure that government forces were on full battle alert despite a 12-day ceasefire with Russian-backed separatists. "Russia will not give us peace so I am asking the defense minister for...

General Mills Inc reported lower-than-expected quarterly profit and revenue as the maker of Cheerios cereal and Betty Crocker cake mixes lost further ground to cheaper store-branded foods amid rising demand for alternative breakfast options. The company's shares fell as much...

Global shares and commodity prices rose on the reported move, although local money market rates climbed on the day, reflecting continued tightness in liquidity. The Wall Street Journal, citing an unnamed Chinese bank executive, said the People's Bank of...

SAN FRANCISCO, September 17, (THEWILL) – A bomb blast has occurred at the Federal College of Education in Kano, northern Nigerian. Witnesses told THEWILL that gunshots were also fired at the institution. Casualty figures are unclear as at press time but witnesses...

The scramble for Africa was led by Goldie Taubman, referred to as ‘father of modern Nigeria.’ It was after him that Lord Frederick Lugard came on board to initiate the merging of the Southern and Northern protectorates together in...