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SAN FRANCISCO, July 15, (THEWILL) – The Senate on Tuesday passed the N271 billion budget proposal for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) for the 2014 fiscal year. It however called for a faster development of the territory by the Federal Capital...

Efforts by President Goodluck Jonathan to meet with the parents of the Chibok girls have hit the walls. This followed the refusal by the Nigerian ‘Bring Back Our Girls’ campaigners to allow 12 parents of the girls, who were in...

SAN FRANCISCO, July 15, (THEWILL) – Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has warned against the excessive use of power by the PDP-led federal government, a tendency, he said, was not good for decent democratic practice. Atiku, who was reacting to the...

BEVERLY HILLS, CA, July 15, (THEWILL) - Aminu Ogwuche, the alleged mastermind of the Bus Station bombing in Nyanya, Abuja in April has been successfully extradited to Nigeria by the Sudanese government to face prosecution. Aminu, a member of the Boko...

BEVERLY HILLS, CA, July 15, (THEWILL) - The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has elected Mr. Augustine Alegeh, SAN as its new President. THEWILL can report that Alegeh polled 691 votes to defeat his closest rival, Mr. Dele Adesina, who polled 370...

… Speaker To Be Sworn in As Acting Governor BEVERLY HILLS, CA, July 15, (THEWILL) - The Adamawa State House of Assembly Tuesday impeached Governor Murtala Nyako after considering the report of the panel constituted to try him on allegations of...

Despite its moribund state, Nigeria Telecommunication Ltd (NITEL) and its mobile arm, Mtel, are still attractive to investors as 17 bidders are now prospecting for their core assets in the ongoing guided liquidation exercise of the national telecom carrier. The...

SAN FRANCISCO, July 14, (THEWILL) – Sporadic gunshots, Monday, heralded the visit of the former Borno State governor, Senator Ali Modu Sherrif, to Maiduguri, the state capital. Sherrif had stormed the state in company with his political associates to prepare the...

SAN FRANCISCO, July 14, (THEWILL) – A fresh Boko Haram attack in Borno State has claimed 45 lives. Gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram insurgents Monday stormed Dille village in a convoy of over 24 vehicles and motorcycles, torching several...

L-R: WATER RESOURCES MINISTER-SERAH OCHEKPE, AGRIC MINISTER DR, ADESINA AKINWUMI, PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN, NASARAWA STATE GOV.-TANKO AL-MAKURA AND THE MANAGING DIRECTOR OF OLAM RICEFARM-MR. SRIVATSAN, CUTTING THE TAPE TO COMMISSION THE OLAM RICE NIGERIA, IN RUKUBI NASARAWA Remarks by His Excellency,...