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With generous government grants and numerous appearances on the red carpet, Nigeria’s outgoing President Goodluck Jonathan made a mark in Nollywood - the country’s home-grown movie industry turned billion-dollar enterprise. As Jonathan prepares for his exit, it is uncertain...

SAN FRANCISCO, April 22, (THEWILL) – A notorious top commander of the terrorist group Boko Haram, Abu Mojahid was among several other militants killed in an encounter with troops in the outskirt of Alagarno, Tuesday morning, Nigeria’s Defence Headquarters...

The Senate has asked the Executive arm of government to recall Nigeria’s High Commissioner to South Africa following the spate of xenophobic attacks on Nigerians and other African nationals. The Senate also asked the Executive to file a suit at...

SAN FRANCISCO, April 22, (THEWILL) – ‎The move by the National Assembly to amend some sections of the 1999 Constitution has again pitched the law making body against the Federal Government. Apparently not satisfied with the proposed amendments, the Federal...

BEVERLY HILLS, April 22, (THEWILL) –  A civil society group based in Ekiti State, the Ekiti Justice Group (EJG), has hailed the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa, over her admonition of judges handling Election Petition...

BEVERLY HILLS, April 22, (THEWILL) – Petroleum Resources Minister, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, who has been rumoured to be seeking asylum abroad following the defeat of her kinsman, President Goodluck Jonathan in the presidential election, says she has not committed...

INSPECTOR GENERAL of Police (IGP), Alhaji Suleiman Abba, a former Aide-De-Camp (ADC) to the wife of a former military Head of State, Mrs Maryam Abacha, was sacked four years before he attained the formal retirement age of service. The 17th...

BEVERLY HILLS, April 21, (THEWILL) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday arraigned one Stephen Omaidu before Justice M. A Nasir of Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Jabi, Abuja on a two count charge...

SAN FRANCISCO, April 21, (THEWILL) – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Tuesday commended President Goodluck Jonathan for deepening democracy in the country. The commendation came at the end of the inaugural meeting of the PDP National Working Committee (NWC) and...

SAN FRANCISCO, April 21, (THEWILL) – The Ekiti State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged the National Human Rights‎ Commission (NHRC) and International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Hague, Holland, to prosecute Governor Ayodele Fayose over...