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ADDRESS BY MUHAMMADU BUHARI PRESIDENT, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA AT THE 70TH SESSION OF THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY, NEW YORK, 28TH SEPTEMBER 2015. President of the General Assembly, Secretary–General Your Excellencies Heads of State and Governments Distinguished Delegates Ladies and Gentlemen, I would like, Mr. President, on behalf of...

BEVERLY HILLS, September 28, (THEWILL) – The Federal Government has declared Thursday, October 1 public holiday to mark Nigeria's 55th Independence celebration. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Mr. Abubakar Magaji, made the declaration on behalf of the government in...

SAN FRANCISCO, September 28, (THEWILL) – As the sitting of the Rivers State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja continueson Tuesday, the tribunal was told on Monday that the Nigerian Army lied in its claim that the April 11 governorship election in the...

SAN FRANCISCO, September 28, (THEWILL) – Chief Olu Falae, the kidnapped former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) has said his abductors received a ransom before he was set free contrary to claims made by the Inspector-General...

SAN FRANCISCO, September 28, (THEWILL) – President Muhammadu Buhari Monday ordered the National Hajj Commission (NAHCON) and the Nigerian Embassy in Saudi Arabia to urgently account for all Nigerian pilgrims in the aftermath of last Thursday's disaster at Mina. The...

…As FG Reorganises State Oil Corporation BEVERLY HILLS, September 27, (THEWILL) –  President Muhammadu Buhari Sunday in New York restated his determination to fully sanitise Nigeria's oil industry and make it totally free of corruption and shady deals. Speaking at a...

...Condoles with families of Hajj stampede victims BEVERLY HILLS, September 27, (THEWILL) – Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, said on Sunday that terrorist bombs never ask the question about the religious persuasion of its victims or their ethnic origins, before...

SAN FRANCISCO, September 27, (THEWILL) – The Borno Police Command on Sunday confirmed the killing of nine persons after a suspected Boko Haram insurgents' attack in Mailari village in Konduga Local Government Area (LGA) of Borno. “Today Sept. 27, 2015,...

BEVERLY HILLS, September 27, (THEWILL) – Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta state may have sacked the Chairman of the State Board of Internal Revenue, Hon Joel Thomas-Onowakpo, in his bid to weed out former Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan's political structure...

BEVERLY HILLS, September 27, (THEWILL) – The Chief Imam of the Sultan Abubakar III Jumaa'at Mosque, Sokoto, Sheikh Liman Dan-Ata is among the dead in the Mina, Saudi Arabia, hajj stampede, the Sokoto State Pilgrims Welfare Agency said.       The...