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BEVERLY HILLS, CA, June 18, (THEWILL) – President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has received with great shock and sadness, news of the death of the renowned Nigerian businessman and religious leader, Alhaji Abdul-Azeez Arisekola-Alao, a Presidency statement said Wednesday after...

SAN FRANCISCO, June 18, (THEWILL) – The Federal Government Wednesday assured that it would soon restore means of livelihood to the troubled residents of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe States currently under emergency rule as a result of the five-year-old Boko...

BEVERLY HILLS, CA, June 18, (THEWILL) – The Tuesday attack on a football viewing centre in Damaturu, the Yobe State capital, by Boko Haram, has been condemned. Yobe State Governor, Ibrahim Gaidam, Wednesday, who condemned the attack which killed 14 persons...

…Tickles Other Vulnerable Persons Also BEVERLY HILLS, CA, June 18, (THEWILL) – The Borno State chapter of the Police Officers Wives Association (POWA) has reached out to the widows and orphans of slain policemen in the state. At a ceremony which held...

SAN FRANCISCO, June 18, (THEWILL) – Businessman Alhaji Arisekola Alao died Wednesday in a London hospital, according to associates. THEWILL gathered that the businessman died following a long battle from an undisclosed form of cancer. Alhaji Abdul-Azeez Arisekola Alao, 69, a devout...

SAN FRANCISCO, June 18, (THEWILL) – The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) Tuesday stated that it stands by its counsel for Borno State governor, Kashim Shettima, on the failed bombing in Imo State. A statement issued by the...

SAN FRANCISCO, June 17, (THEWILL) – One of the 486 suspected members of the Boko Haram detained by soldiers in the wee hours of Sunday along the Enugu-Port Harcourt highway in Abia State has been identified as a “most...

A suicide bomber detonated a tricycle taxi packed with explosives at an outdoor World Cup viewing center in a northeast Nigerian city Tuesday night, and witnesses said several people were killed. Hospital workers said the death likely will rise with...

BEVERLY HILLS, CA, June 17, (THEWILL) – The National Conference sitting in Abuja on Tuesday asked the Federal Government to ensure that every major airport in the country is linked to functional rail lines to boost easy access to airports...

BEVERLY HILLS, CA, June 17, (THEWILL) – United States Congress woman, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee is urging the United States Government to take further action against the Boko Haram, a terrorist group operating mainly in Northern Nigeria, which has claimed...