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BEVERLY HILLS, March 25, (THEWILL) – Barely 12 hours after the All Progressives Congress (APC) warned against last minute disqualification of its presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari, from participating in the Presidential Election scheduled to hold on Saturday, a...

…Hails Programme in Maritime Capacity Building BEVERLY HILLS, March 24, (THEWILL) – President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday in Lagos hailed the Nigerian Seafarers Development Programme (NSDP) of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) at a reception hosted in...

BEVERLY HILLS, March 24, (THEWILL) – A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has stopped the national leadership of All Progressives Congress (APC) from fielding Mr. Yejide Ogundipe as its House of Representatives candidate for Odigbo/ile-Oluji/Oke-igbo in Ondo State...

SAN FRANCISCO, March 24, (THEWILL)  –  The Christian Association of Nigerian-Americans, CANAN, has commended President Barrack Obama, on his message on Nigeria’s elections. The association gave the commendation in a statement issued Monday from its Secretariat and signed by Pastor...

SAN FRANCISCO, March 24, (THEWILL)  – The Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, Ima Niboro may have opened a discreet investigation of key officers of the agency who took advantage of the ill health of the...

Boko Haram militants have kidnapped more than 400 women and children from the northern Nigerian town of Damasak that was freed this month by troops from Niger and Chad, residents said on Tuesday. There was no immediate official confirmation of...

BEVERLY HILLS, March 24, (THEWILL) – The police in Nigeria Tuesday issued a directive restricting vehicular movements nationwide on March 28 and April 11, when the delayed general elections are scheduled to hold. The police force in a statement from...

BEVERLY HILLS, March 24, (THEWILL) – Troops Monday evening crushed Boko Haram insurgents in Pulka, Borno state, northeastern Nigeria, and reclaimed the town from the terrorists, who seized the area several months back. The military in a statement on Tuesday...

BEVERLY HILLS, March 24, (THEWILL) – President Goodluck Jonathan Tuesday commiserated with the family of the former military governor of Benue State, Gen. Ishaya Bakut, on his passing away. President Jonathan also extended heartfelt condolences to the government and people...

Written by Austyn Ogannah (THEWILL) and Nicholas Ibekwe (PREMIUM TIMES). SAN FRANCISCO, March 24, (THEWILL)  –  Nigeria will lose at least N549 billion ($2.8 billion) in oil royalty and petroleum tax if what appears a shady and absurd deal the Attorney...