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BEVERLY HILLS, March 25, (THEWILL) – Barely 12 hours after the All Progressives Congress (APC) warned against last minute disqualification of its presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari, from participating in the Presidential Election scheduled to hold on Saturday, a...

BEVERLY HILLS, March 24, (THEWILL) – The Greater Together Campaign Organisation, GTCO, Tuesday, accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of planning to cause maximum harm to election officials and voters in Rivers State on Saturday, March 28 during the...

SAN FRANCISCO, March 24, (THEWILL)  – The Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, Ima Niboro may have opened a discreet investigation of key officers of the agency who took advantage of the ill health of the...

Boko Haram militants have kidnapped more than 400 women and children from the northern Nigerian town of Damasak that was freed this month by troops from Niger and Chad, residents said on Tuesday. There was no immediate official confirmation of...

BEVERLY HILLS, March 24, (THEWILL) – The police in Nigeria Tuesday issued a directive restricting vehicular movements nationwide on March 28 and April 11, when the delayed general elections are scheduled to hold. The police force in a statement from...

BEVERLY HILLS, March 24, (THEWILL) – Troops Monday evening crushed Boko Haram insurgents in Pulka, Borno state, northeastern Nigeria, and reclaimed the town from the terrorists, who seized the area several months back. The military in a statement on Tuesday...

SAN FRANCISCO, March 24, (THEWILL)  –  The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and five major telecommunications companies have been ordered to pay the All Progressives Congress (APC), Nigeria’s main opposition political party, the sum of N500 million naira ($2.2m), following...

Written by Austyn Ogannah (THEWILL) and Nicholas Ibekwe (PREMIUM TIMES). SAN FRANCISCO, March 24, (THEWILL)  –  Nigeria will lose at least N549 billion ($2.8 billion) in oil royalty and petroleum tax if what appears a shady and absurd deal the Attorney...

An Airbus plane operated by Lufthansa's Germanwings budget airline crashed in southern France on Tuesday en route from Barcelona to Duesseldorf, police and aviation officials said. French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said he understood between 142 and 150 people were...

BEVERLY HILLS, March 23, (THEWILL) – The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) Monday announced the selection of the first 1,000 African entrepreneurs for the Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme (TEEP). TEEP is a $100 million initiative to discover and support 10,000 African...