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Dozens of Nigerian women who were forced to marry Boko Haram fighters were reportedly slaughtered by their "husbands" before a battle with troops in the northeast town of Bama, multiple witnesses said Thursday. Five witnesses who recounted the massacres to...

*** This news story has been updated to say the abducted man is a distant relative of Nigeria's Petroleum Resources Minister.  SAN FRANCISCO, March 19, (THEWILL) – Gunmen early Thursday abducted one of the relatives of Nigeria’s Petroleum Resources Minister,...

BEVERLY HILLS, March 19, (THEWILL) – United States Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday spoke separately with Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan and presidential candidate Muhammadu Buhari ahead of the Nigerian presidential election, which is scheduled for March 28, THEWILL...

SAN FRANCISCO, March 18, (THEWILL) – Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode, the spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organisation and a former federal cabinet member, who is being prosecuted by the EFCC for money laundering and theft of government...

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Atahiru Jega, on Wednesday confirmed the readiness of the electoral body to conduct the 2015 general elections scheduled to take place next Professor Jega gave the assurance at a meeting...

BEVERLY HILLS, March 18, (THEWILL) – The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has raised the alarm over what it alleged as the efforts being made by President Goodluck Jonathan to use a top official of...

BEVERLY HILLS, March 18, (THEWILL) – When Arik Air got the nod of the American Civil Aviation Authorities to fly the Lagos – New York – Lagos route, there was great excitement from Nigerians residing in the United States. But...

SAN FRANCISCO, March 18, (THEWILL) – The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the full implementation of the resolutions contained in the 2014 National Conference Report as well as the modalities for the implementation of the report as approved...

SAN FRANCISCO, March 18, (THEWILL) –  President Goodluck Jonathan Wednesday approved the appointment of Mr. Samuel Ogungbesan as Acting Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), with immediate effect. A presidential statement said, “Ogungbesan, a Coordinating Director at...

SAN FRANCISCO, March 18, (THEWILL) –  With barely two months to the end of the current administration, President Goodluck Jonathan Wednesday swore in eight ministers that were recently cleared by the Senate and assigned them portfolios. The swearing-in ceremony was...