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SAN FRANCISCO, May 18, (THEWILL) – Fresh crisis is looming in Ijaw communities in Gbaramatu Kingdom of Warri South-West Local Government Area of Delta State. The development is coming even as the indigenes remembered the May 15, 2009 invasion of...

Pfizer Inc. (PFE) raised its offer to buy AstraZeneca Plc (AZN) to 69.4 billion pounds ($117 billion) in what the drugmaker described as a final bid to spur negotiations for the industry’s biggest-ever acquisition. Pfizer said it doesn’t expect AstraZeneca...

AT&T Inc. (T) agreed to acquire DirecTV (DTV), the largest U.S. satellite-TV provider, for $48.5 billion, adding video subscribers as the biggest competitors in the pay-TV industry bulk up. AT&T will pay $95 for each share of DirecTV, with $28.50...

SAN FRANCISCO, May 18, (THEWILL) – A bomb explosion has been reported in Kano State, the biggest commercial city in Northern Nigeria. Residents said the blast occurred around the Sabon Gari district of town around 9.26pm local time. The blast struck a...

SAN FRANCISCO, May 18, (THEWILL) – President Goodluck Jonathan has ordered that ongoing developmental projects in the North-eastern part of the country must be pursued to logical conclusion despite the Boko Haram insurgency. The Minister of State for Power, Hon....

…Sends 50 Borno Indigenes To India For Agric Training SAN FRANCISCO, May 18, (THEWILL) – Governor of Borno State, Alhaji Kashim Shettima, has listed ways of combating the Boko Haram insurgency in the North-eastern part of the country. He maintained that...

BEVERLY HILLS, CA, May 18, (THEWILL) – Rampaging Boko Haram gunmen struck Saturday evening at Dalwa-Masuba village in Damboa Local Government Area of Borno State, killing 40 persons in an attack that left the entire village completely burnt. The gunmen...

SAN FRANCISCO, May 18, (THEWILL) – The All Progressives Congress (APC) has slammed President Goodluck Jonathan over his "aborted" trip to Chibok , describing it as symptomatic of his administration's policy flip-flop in the fight against Boko Haram. The Nigerian Presidency...

BEVERLY HILLS, CA, May 18, (THEWILL) – Irate youths stormed the streets of Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, Sunday, protesting the killing of a mango seller by a stray bullet from a soldier’s rifle. The soldier, who was said to...

BEVERLY HILLS, CA, May 18, (THEWILL) – After three weeks of intensive committee work, the plenary session of the on-going National Conference in Abuja resumes on Monday May 19, with commencement of the consideration of reports of the 20...