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Update: Protesters have stormed the palace of the Emir of Kano and have barricaded the entrance. They have also taken over Gwammaja, near Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Dan Agundi near the Rumfa College, and Ibrahim Taiwo Road, near Radio Kano.   Our...

SAN FRANCISCO, June 08, (THEWILL) – The Kano State Governor has appointed Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, the former Governor of Central Bank as the emir of Kano. The announcement was made a few minutes ago by the state government. The appointment of...

...‘FG Is Chasing Shadows’ ...Action Will Continue Until ‘Satisfied’, Says Defense Hqrs ...Presidency Denies Suppression Of Media THE Defence Headquarters Saturday battled to explain its reasons for clamping down on newspaper distribution vans, even as the action intensified. Unlike Friday when about three...

… An Intellectual Of International Repute, Says Mark SAN FRANCISCO, June 07, (THEWILL) – President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has received with shock and sadness, news of the sudden and untimely death of Professor Dora Akunyili, former Minister of Information and...

BEVERLY HILLS, CA, June 07, (THEWILL) - Kola Aluko, the co-founder of Seven Energy and Atlantic Energy Drilling Concepts Limited, two companies with vast interest in the Nigerian oil sector, has refuted reports that he is being sought by...

SAN FRANCISCO, June 07, (THEWILL) – Condolence messages have continued to pour in for the former Minister of Information and Director General of the National Agency for Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Dora Akunyili, who passed on Saturday...

SAN FRANCISCO, June 07, (THEWILL) – The United States Department of State is financing a new 24-hour satellite television station in Nigeria’s troubled north where the Boko Haram, a radical Islamic terrorist group has orchestrated brutal and deadly attacks. The...

South African President Jacob Zuma has been admitted to the hospital for tests, his spokesman Mac Maharaj said in a statement Saturday. "Yesterday President Zuma was advised to rest following a demanding election and transition programme to the new administration,"...

SAN FRANCISCO, June 07, (THEWILL) – After surviving several rumours of her death, Dr. Dora Akunyili, a former Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration Control (NAFDAC) and ex federal minister, died Saturday inside an...

The Nigerian military has defended its confiscation of copies of three national newspapers, the Punch, Leadership and the Nation, around the country, saying it was a ‘routine security action’. In a statement released on Friday hours after the bizarre incident,...