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SAN FRANCISCO, November 30, (THEWILL) – Ambassador Olugbenga Ashiru, 66, Nigeria’s former Foreign Affairs Minister, who served under President Goodluck Jonathan from 2011 to 2013, has died inside a South African hospital where he was receiving treatment for an...

SAN FRANCISCO, November 30, (THEWILL) – Former political appointees as well as loyalists of Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan and the daughter of former Governor, Chief James Ibori, Saturday clinched the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) tickets in their...

The president of Nigeria has vowed "to leave no stone unturned" in tracking down the perpetrators of a mosque attack that killed at least 81 people. Goodluck Jonathan urged the nation "to confront the common enemy" after the gun and...

Nigeria's naira fell 2.5 percent on Friday, despite central bank intervention, and it briefly touched a record low on concerns OPEC's decision not to cut oil output would put further pressure on Nigeria's shaky finances. The central bank has struggled...

A former Minister of state for works, Engineer Chris Ogiemwonyi Friday,formally decamped from the Peoples Democratic Party,PDP, to the All Progressive Congress, APC, with over 2,000 followers.  The one-time President of the Energy Strategy Centre, Abuja also used the opportunity...

BEVERLY HILLS, November 28, (THEWILL) – United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, one of Africa’s largest financial services institutions, swept the global banking awards in London, Thursday, winning in five categories to become one of the highest single winning...

BEVERLY HILLS, November 28, (THEWILL) – The prompt response of the military Friday in Maiduguri saved the Borno State capital from being rocked by another bomb blast. Some residents of the town had woken to see some strange objects around...

BEVERLY HILLS, November 28, (THEWILL) – The National Assembly has been urged to fast-track the passage of a Bill seeking to allow Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the country to vote in their various camps during the forthcoming general...

Three expatriate construction workers were kidnapped on Friday in Nigeria's Bayelsa state in the delta region, a security forces spokesman said. The men, two Pakistani and one Indian, were seized at Emakalakala town in the Ogbia council area, a few...

At last 36 people have been confirmed dead after two vehicles loaded with Improvised Explosive Devices exploded near the emir’s palace Jumaat mosque in Kano state, north-west Nigeria. The Acting Commissioner of Police in the state, Sunusi Lemu, told reporters...