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BEVERLY HILLS, CA, March 27, (THEWILL) – Honourable Chidi Lloyd, the Leader of the Rivers State House of Assembly, is a free man following a Thursday ruling by a Rivers State High Court, Port Harcourt which struck out the...

BEVERLY HILLS, CA, March 27, (THEWILL) – Leading cement manufacturer, Dangote Cement Plc has declared its 2013 financials recording an upsurge in its Nigerian sales volume to the tune of 13.3million tonnes leading to a 40.6 per cent increase...

BEVERLY HILLS, CA, March 27, (THEWILL) – Bayelsa State Governor, Mr. Seriake Dickson has sacked seven Commissioners from the state executive council. Affected are the Attorney-General of the State and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Francis Egele; Commissioner for Trade, Investment...

Shares in Alstom fell on Thursday on the prospect that the French engineering firm could face hefty penalties from the U.S. Justice Department in a bribery probe focused on Asia. Alstom is cooperating with the U.S. Department of Justice on...

The U.S. government plans to sell the bulk of its stake in bailed-out auto lender Ally Financial Inc, to raise up to $2.66 billion. A successful initial public offering will cut the U.S. Treasury's stake to 14.1 percent from 36.8...

The Philippines and its largest Muslim rebel group, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), on Thursday signed a final peace pact, ending about 45 years of conflict that has killed more than 120,000 people in the country's south. The fight...

Ukraine won a $27-billion international financial lifeline on Thursday, rushed through in the wake of Russia's annexation of Crimea, as Moscow's economy minister spoke of the cost of military action in its former Soviet neighbor. The International Monetary Fund announced...

The euro fell on Thursday and peripheral European government bond yields hit their lowest levels in years as speculation grew that the European Central Bank may ease monetary policy soon. Emerging market stocks edged higher and Ukraine's sovereign government bonds...

China will beef up its internet security in response to recent reports that the U.S. government spied on a major telecommunications firm, the Defence Ministry said on Thursday. Reports that the U.S. National Security Agency infiltrated servers at the headquarters...

Yahoo Japan Corp said on Thursday that it would buy mobile and broadband provider eAccess Ltd from its parent SoftBank Corp for 324 billion yen ($3.17 billion) in a bid to expand its services for tablets and smartphones. SoftBank, which...