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October 11, (THEWILL) - The Lagos State Police Command has warned against any protest to mark the first anniversary of the #EndSARS protests that rocked the nation in 2020. The Command in a statement issued on Monday by its Public...

October 11, (THEWILL) - US President Joe Biden has encouraged large private companies to mandate coronavirus vaccinations for their workers, arguing that the existing requirements his administration put in place have proved effective against COVID-19. The president, delivering remarks at...

October 11, (THEWILL) - Former Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaoré has said he would not be attending a long-awaited trial over the 1987 assassination of his predecessor, Thomas Sankara, which is due to start on Monday. His lawyers said they...

October 11, (THEWILL) - The United States has described the first face-to-face meeting between senior U.S. and Taliban government officials was "candid and professional," saying the new regime was warned that it would be judged on actions, not just...

October 08, (THEWILL) - India's unprofitable and poor-performing national carrier Air India has been sold to the Tata group, the country's largest conglomerate, about 79 years after the nation nationalized the erstwhile private company. The Tata group originally founded the airline...

October 08, (THEWILL) - Journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov have won the Nobel Peace Prize for their fights to defend freedom of expression in the Philippines and Russia. The winners of the prestigious prize, worth 10m Swedish krona ($1.1...

October 08, (THEWILL) - The United Nations Human Rights Council comfortably passed a resolution on Friday that recognises access to a safe and healthy environment as a fundamental right despite criticism in the lead-up to the vote from Britain, the...

October 08, (THEWILL) - Moderna has unveiled plans to invest roughly $500 million to build a facility in Africa to produce half a billion doses of mRNA vaccines each year, including its coronavirus shot. The pharmaceutical company - which is under...

October 08, (THEWILL) - A suicide bomb tore through a mosque in Afghanistan's northeastern Kunduz province on Friday, killing or wounding more than 100 people. No group immediately claimed responsibility. "This afternoon, an explosion took place in a mosque of our Shiite...

October 08, (THEWILL) - The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell last week, another sign that the U.S. job market and economy continue their steady recovery from last year's coronavirus recession. Unemployment claims fell by 38,000 to 326,000, the...