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BEVERLY HILLS, March 21, (THEWILL) – Yobe State Governor, Alhaji Ibrahim Gaidam, Saturday, dismissed speculations of a rift between him and the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd.), blaming the inability of the...

BEVERLY HILLS, March 21, (THEWILL) – A $3.4 million or N750 million Japanese grant has been given to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) for Integrated Provision of Life-Saving Emergency Interventions for Vulnerable Populations in NortheastNigeria. UNICEF statement issued Friday...

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Saturday talks with Iran had made genuine progress and the time had come to make hard decisions in reaching a deal to curb Tehran's nuclear program. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani was quoted...

BEVERLY HILLS, March 20, (THEWILL) – President Goodluck Jonathan has congratulated Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, on his victory in Tuesday’s general elections in Israel. President Jonathan, in a congratulatory message signed by his spokesman, Dr. Reuben Abati, said he...

SAN FRANCISCO, March 20, (THEWILL)  - A House of Representatives candidate of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, Miss Oluwametomi Adetokunbo Adisa, has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for allegedly obtaining the sum of N142,...

Bolivia "chickened out" of a friendly in Nigeria because it feared an attack by the Boko Haram extremist group, the Nigerian Football Federation said on Thursday. In a statement on its website, the NFF said Bolivia's "excuses" for calling off...

BEVERLY HILLS, March 19, (THEWILL) – The chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, Thursday, assured that the Commission is on course and ready to conduct the rescheduled general elections fixed for March 28 and...

SAN FRANCISCO, March 19, (THEWILL) – The United Nations (UN) has expressed concern over the possibility of violence during and after the rescheduled general elections in the country, warning all stakeholders to eschew violence. The UN Under-Secretary-General on Political Affairs,...

A spate of victories against Boko Haram has pushed the militants out of much of the territory they controlled in Nigeria, but that is unlikely to do much to boost President Goodluck Jonathan's bid for re-election by divided voters...

SAN FRANCISCO, March 19, (THEWILL) – Indications emerged on Thursday that the rag-tag Boko Haram army recently sacked from Gamboru, Ngala and Foyi towns in Borno State by Chadian troops may have taken over the towns again. Local sources told...