Ugochukwu Ugwuanyi, THEWILL

SAN FRANCISCO, September 14, (THEWILL) – The Pan-Niger Delta Elders' Forum, PANDEF, has alerted the Nigerian army to the danger of replicating the "Boko Haram type of insurgency" through the ongoing Operation Python Dance II in the South-East geopolitical zone. This...

SAN FRANCISCO, September 14, (THEWILL) – The Abia state Police Command now has a new Commissioner of Police in Mr. Micheal Ogbizi He is taking over from Adeleye Oyebade. As at press time on Thursday, the handover is taking place at...

SAN FRANCISCO, September 14, (THEWILL) – The Abia State governor, Okezie Ikpeazu on Thursday disclosed that soldiers would be withdrawn from the streets of Umuahia, the state capital, and Aba, its commercial nerve centre, by Friday. He made this known at...

SAN FRANCISCO, September 14, (THEWILL) – The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, said about 700,000 barrels per day, bpd of crude oil were deferred in 2016 due to pipeline sabotage. The Corporation's Group Managing Director, GMD, Maikanti Baru, stated this in...

SAN FRANCISCO, September 14, (THEWILL) – The Nigerian Army on Thursday agreed to withdraw soldiers from Aba and Umuahia in Abia state, and would begin leaving both cities on Friday, September 15. The state governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, who reached an agreement...

SAN FRANCISCO, September 14, (THEWILL) – The Nigerian Army on Thursday disclosed that it is investigating the trending video clip purportedly showing troops humiliating some people at a check point in Abia State, with the view to ascertaining the source...

SAN FRANCISCO, September 13, (THEWILL) – Acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, has confirmed that plans were in place to extradite the immediate past minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke from the United Kingdom. Speaking...

SAN FRANCISCO, September 13, (THEWILL) – The National Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, in the early hours of Thursday announced the suspension of its two-week-old strike which has crippled activities in public hospitals nationwide. The suspension of the strike, which...

SAN FRANCISCO, September 13, (THEWILL) – Members of the Joint Health Sector Union, JOHESU, on Wednesday announced their intention to begin a nationwide strike from Wednesday, September 20, in response to government’s failure to meet its demands. It had earlier...

SAN FRANCISCO, September 13, (THEWILL) – The National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, has expressed concern over the alleged invasion of parts of the South-East and South-South by the Nigerian military, stating that it will collaborate with the Nigeria Police...