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U.S. Reaffirms Counterterrorism Partnership With Nigeria After Joint Operation Against ISIS

June 04, (THEWILL) — The United States has reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening counterterrorism cooperation with Nigeria, highlighting recent joint security operations that delivered a major setback to the Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist network. U.S. Secretary of State, Marco Rubio,...

Oyo School Abduction: Senate Demands Urgent Rescue of Abducted Pupils, Teachers

June 03, (THEWILL) — The Senate on Wednesday urged the Federal Government to intensify efforts and deploy all necessary resources towards the immediate rescue of schoolchildren and teachers abducted in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State. The upper chamber...

Justice For Owo: Court Sentences Four To Death Over 2022 St Francis Church Massacre

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June 3 (THEWILL) — Four years after one of Nigeria’s deadliest attacks on a place of worship, the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday, sentenced four persons to death by hanging for their involvement in the terrorist...

Nigeria Will Defeat Insurgency, Military Force Alone Can’t End West Africa’s Security Crisis – Jimoh Ibrahim Tells ECOWAS

June 3 (THEWILL) — Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Jimoh Ibrahim, has declared that Nigeria will overcome its insurgency challenges, while warning that military action alone cannot resolve the broader security crisis facing West Africa. Jimoh made...

CAN Declares Three-Day National Mourning, Demands Emergency Rule on Insecurity

June 02, (THEWILL) — The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has declared a three-day national mourning period from June 12 to June 14 in honour of victims of violent attacks, mass abductions, and banditry across the country, while urging...

Tinubu Returns to Abuja After Eid-El-Kabir Holiday, Resumes Official Duties

June 02, (THEWILL) — President Bola Tinubu has returned to Abuja following the Eid-el-Kabir holiday spent in Lagos, where he participated in a series of political, governmental, and national engagements that underscored ongoing administrative activities and preparations within the...

Oyo School Abduction: Reps Rage, Slam Brutal Execution of Teacher, Call for State Police

June 02, (THEWILL) — The House of Representatives on Tuesday erupted in outrage over the gruesome killing of Mr Michael Oyedokun, a mathematics teacher who was allegedly beheaded by kidnappers after being abducted alongside students and other teachers, as...

Political Earthquake In House As Minority Leader Chinda, Seven Others Dump PDP

June 02, (THEWILL) — The House of Representatives was thrown into political turbulence on Tuesday, following the formal announcement of the defection of the Minority Leader, Hon. Kingsley Chinda, from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives...

More Headache for INEC as Parties Challenge Electoral Act Provisions

June 01 (THEWILL) — Two judgements with more similarities than differences directing the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to follow provisions on the Electoral Act 2026 and give political parties more room to operate outside the Commission’s election timetable...

OB3-Gas Pipeline Project Positions Nigeria for Transformative Industrialisation

-Marginalises Host States, Communities June 01 (THEWILL) — Nigeria has achieved a significant milestone in her gas development plan with the successful completion of the River Niger crossing – a technically challenging section of the Obiafu-Obrikom-Oben (OB3) pipeline project, that...