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BEVERLY HILLS, August 12, (THEWILL) – Residents of Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, were thrown into confusion, Tuesday night, as soldiers at the Maimalari Barracks embarked on sporadic shootings to repel rampaging insurgents who were wreaking havoc in the...

SAN FRANCISCO, August 12, (THEWILL) – A chopper has crashed into the Lagoon near the Oworonshoki end of the 3rd Mainland Bridge in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial hub. The unidentified helicopter was headed to Lagos Island from Ikeja when it went...

SAN FRANCISCO, August 12, (THEWILL) – Twenty-four hours after a bomb exploded and killed many people at a market in Sabon Gari town of Borno State, the Defence Headquarters has condemned in its entirety the spate of suicide attacks...

BEVERLY HILLS, August 12, (THEWILL) – President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday in Abuja praised the contributions of Nigerian youths to the outcome of the 2015 elections. President Buhari, who was speaking on the occasion of the 2015 International Youth Day, commended...

The Nigerian-based Islamist militant group Boko Haram has a new leader, Chad's President Idriss Deby says. He did not say what had happened to Abubakar Shekau, but said he had been replaced by Mahamat Daoud. Mr Shekau has not featured in...

SAN FRANCISCO, August 11, (THEWILL) – The federal government of Nigeria below explains how its newly established single revenue account christened “Treasury Single Account (TSA)” will operate. President Muhammadu Buhari last week ordered all federal ministries, departments, agencies and as...

The House of Representatives Tuesday summoned the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, to explain the bank’s recent policy directing commercial banks to reject foreign currency deposits. This followed the unanimous adoption of a motion under...

BEVERLY HILLS, August 11, (THEWILL) – The Management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Tuesday confirmed a string of exclusive reports first published by THEWILL, with the appointment of four new Group Executive Directors (GEDs) to head the corporations four new Directorates in...

BEVERLY HILLS, August 11, (THEWILL) – Mounting suspicions that young Nigerians seeking to travel abroad may end up increasing the ranks of ISIS has forced the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) to block 24,000 school leavers from leaving the country. According...

BEVERLY HILLS, August 11, (THEWILL) – At least 20 persons have been killed in a deadly bomb attack Tuesday at the popular Sabon-Gari market along the Maiduguri-Damboa-Biu highway in Sabon Gari, Borno State, the hotbed of the notorious Boko...