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BEVERLY HILLS, CA, July 15, (THEWILL) - The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has elected Mr. Augustine Alegeh, SAN as its new President. THEWILL can report that Alegeh polled 691 votes to defeat his closest rival, Mr. Dele Adesina, who polled 370...

… Speaker To Be Sworn in As Acting Governor BEVERLY HILLS, CA, July 15, (THEWILL) - The Adamawa State House of Assembly Tuesday impeached Governor Murtala Nyako after considering the report of the panel constituted to try him on allegations of...

Despite its moribund state, Nigeria Telecommunication Ltd (NITEL) and its mobile arm, Mtel, are still attractive to investors as 17 bidders are now prospecting for their core assets in the ongoing guided liquidation exercise of the national telecom carrier. The...

Five people were killed and nearly 100 were injured when an Moscow underground train went off the rails between two stations during the morning rush hour on Tuesday, the Health Ministry said. Injured passengers were carried on stretchers out of...

China told the United States on Tuesday to stay out of disputes over the South China Sea and leave countries in the region to resolve problems themselves, after Washington said it wanted a freeze on stoking tension. Michael Fuchs, U.S....

Russia is confident of hosting an even better World Cup finals than the one just witnessed in Brazil. Alexey Sorokin, chairman of Russia’s Local Organising Committee, has experienced Brazil first-hand these past few weeks and is predicting another excellent festival...

The Confederation of Brazilian Football has confirmed that Luiz Felipe Scolari has resigned as Brazil head coach. Scolari’s contract ended after the World Cup and he had said that he would let the CBF decide his fate after Brazil were...

Google Inc's Nest Labs on Tuesday unveiled an industry group to encourage makers of smart home gadgets like locks and light bulbs to use Thread, a new standard for devices to communicate on a network. The attempt by Nest, a...

Beijing stepped up efforts to re-energise China's economy in June and avert a sharper slowdown, pumping more money into the system and pressing banks to extend more loans, but analysts say more stimulus will be needed to ensure a...

Israel approved an Egyptian-proposed deal that would halt the week-old Gaza shelling war on Tuesday but the Palestinian territory's dominant Hamas Islamists responded suspiciously, saying they had not been consulted by Cairo. Hamas's armed wing vowed its attacks would "increase...