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BEVERLY HILLS, June 30, (THEWILL) - President Muhammadu Youssouf of Niger Republic has been elected as the new Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of heads of states and Government and taking over from president Muhammadu Buhari. The election was part...

BEVERLY HILLS, June 30, (THEWILL) - The Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), a group of Elders from the Niger Delta, has rejected the plan to establish Ruga settlements for herdsmen across the country. Alfred Mulade, PANDEF’s national secretary, made this...

BEVERLY HILLS, June 30, (THEWILL) - The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has condemned any case of rape in “strong terms”, saying it does not matter who is involved. Samson Ayokunle, the president of CAN, who gave the condemnation via...

US President Donald Trump and China's President Xi Jinping reached agreement at the G20 summit in Japan. Mr Trump also said he would allow US companies to continue to sell to the Chinese tech giant Huawei, in a move seen...

The 2018 ECOWAS Prize of Excellence has been posthumously awarded to a former Secretary-General of the United Nations, Kofi Annan and Dr Ameyo Adadevoh for their contributions to region’s well-being. The prize was presented to representatives of their families at...

BEVERLY HILLS, June 28, (THEWILL) - Lai Mohammed, the former Minister of Information and Culture, is to appear before a Federal High Court Abuja to explain his role in the alleged misapplication of N2.5 billion Federal Government Digital Switch-Over (DSO)...

SAN FRANCISCO, June 28, (THEWILL) - Former Transportation Minister Rotimi Amaechi has raised the alarm over plots to fund a smear campaign of calumny and lies against him. Amaechi, in a statement by his media office described the plot as a...

SAN FRANCISCO, June 28, (THEWILL) - About 15 months after the African Continental Free Trade Area (AFCFTA) agreement was signed in Rwanda, the presidential committee on impact and readiness assessment of the treaty has recommended that Nigeria sign the agreement. The...

SAN FRANCISCO, June 28, (THEWILL) - A Brazilian air force officer travelling with President Jair Bolsonaro’s G20 team has been arrested after being caught with 39 kilograms of cocaine. The officer was detained in Seville, Spain, when the back-up plane travelling...

BEVERLY HILLS, June 27, (THEWILL) - A Federal High Court in Abuja has ruled that a candidate cannot be disqualified from an election for failure to participate in the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme. The court made this pronouncement on...