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SAN FRANCISCO, March 19, (THEWILL) – The Borno State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Mr. Samuel Madaki, Thursday, in Maiduguri, the state capital, advised Nigerians to shun all forms of election violence, saying "the bottom line is that post-election violence...

SAN FRANCISCO, March 19, (THEWILL) – Indications emerged on Thursday that the rag-tag Boko Haram army recently sacked from Gamboru, Ngala and Foyi towns in Borno State by Chadian troops may have taken over the towns again. Local sources told...

Dozens of Nigerian women who were forced to marry Boko Haram fighters were reportedly slaughtered by their "husbands" before a battle with troops in the northeast town of Bama, multiple witnesses said Thursday. Five witnesses who recounted the massacres to...

*** This news story has been updated to say the abducted man is a distant relative of Nigeria's Petroleum Resources Minister.  SAN FRANCISCO, March 19, (THEWILL) – Gunmen early Thursday abducted one of the relatives of Nigeria’s Petroleum Resources Minister,...

BEVERLY HILLS, March 19, (THEWILL) – United States Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday spoke separately with Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan and presidential candidate Muhammadu Buhari ahead of the Nigerian presidential election, which is scheduled for March 28, THEWILL...

SAN FRANCISCO, March 18, (THEWILL) – Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode, the spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organisation and a former federal cabinet member, who is being prosecuted by the EFCC for money laundering and theft of government...

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Atahiru Jega, on Wednesday confirmed the readiness of the electoral body to conduct the 2015 general elections scheduled to take place next Professor Jega gave the assurance at a meeting...

BEVERLY HILLS, March 18, (THEWILL) – When Arik Air got the nod of the American Civil Aviation Authorities to fly the Lagos – New York – Lagos route, there was great excitement from Nigerians residing in the United States. But...

SAN FRANCISCO, March 18, (THEWILL) – The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the full implementation of the resolutions contained in the 2014 National Conference Report as well as the modalities for the implementation of the report as approved...

SAN FRANCISCO, March 18, (THEWILL) –  With barely two months to the end of the current administration, President Goodluck Jonathan Wednesday swore in eight ministers that were recently cleared by the Senate and assigned them portfolios. The swearing-in ceremony was...