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No Rift With Buhari – Gaidam

BEVERLY HILLS, March 21, (THEWILL) – Yobe State Governor, Alhaji Ibrahim Gaidam, Saturday, dismissed speculations of a rift between him and the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd.), blaming the inability of the...

UNICEF Gets N750m Japanese Grant For Northeast IDPs

BEVERLY HILLS, March 21, (THEWILL) – A $3.4 million or N750 million Japanese grant has been given to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) for Integrated Provision of Life-Saving Emergency Interventions for Vulnerable Populations in NortheastNigeria. UNICEF statement issued Friday...

President Jonathan Congratulates Israeli PM Netanyahu On His Election Victory

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BEVERLY HILLS, March 20, (THEWILL) – President Goodluck Jonathan has congratulated Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, on his victory in Tuesday’s general elections in Israel. President Jonathan, in a congratulatory message signed by his spokesman, Dr. Reuben Abati, said he...

Imoke not selling Chronicle – Aide

SAN FRANCISCO, March 20, (THEWILL) – The State Governor, Senator Liyel Imoke says there is no truth in the report that he intends to sell the state owned Nigerian Chronicle. Imoke in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary,...

EFCC Arrests House Of Reps Candidate Over Alleged N142m Fraud

SAN FRANCISCO, March 20, (THEWILL)  - A House of Representatives candidate of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, Miss Oluwametomi Adetokunbo Adisa, has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for allegedly obtaining the sum of N142,...

Yoruba Assembly Insists Rescheduled Elections Must Hold

…Alleges Marginalisation Of Yorubas By Jonathan Administration SAN FRANCISCO, March 19, (THEWILL) – The Yoruba Assembly, Thursday, insisted that the general elections scheduled to hold on March 28 and April 11 must hold as scheduled even as it maintained that...

Rescheduled Polls: INEC Is On Course – Jega

BEVERLY HILLS, March 19, (THEWILL) – The chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, Thursday, assured that the Commission is on course and ready to conduct the rescheduled general elections fixed for March 28 and...

Maiduguri: Newly-freed Bama Captives Moved To Separate Camp

SAN FRANCISCO, March 19, (THEWILL) – Newly-freed captives from Bama in Borno State, numbering well over 200, including women and children, have been moved to a separate camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) on the outskirts of Maiduguri, the...

Insurgency: President Jonathan Talks Tough, Says Nigeria Won’t Concede Territories To Terrorists

SAN FRANCISCO, March 19, (THEWILL) – President Goodluck Jonathan said on Thursday in Damaturu, the Yobe State capital, that the Federal Government would not concede any part of the country to Boko Haram insurgents. Addressing a Northeast Peoples Democratic Party...

Guard Against Election Violence, Visiting UN Under-Secretary General Urges Political Stakeholders

SAN FRANCISCO, March 19, (THEWILL) – The United Nations (UN) has expressed concern over the possibility of violence during and after the rescheduled general elections in the country, warning all stakeholders to eschew violence. The UN Under-Secretary-General on Political Affairs,...