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A beneficiary, Mr. Taiwo Adeniyi (Left); receiving a N1Million Cheque on behalf of Ado-Ekiti Irede Cooperative Multipurpose Society, from Ekiti…

OTTAWA, Canada, June 4, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird today issued the following statement on…

A seven-day International Police Training, organized by the German Police for Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, June 4, 2014 arraigned a suspected romance scammer: Omokoh Orowo Jesse…

An FCT High Court presided over by Justice Olasumbo.O Goodluck today, June 4, 2014 ruled that it has jurisdiction to…

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, June 4, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union (AU),…

President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday attended the launching of a private university, Eagle Heights, owned by the National President of…

DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, June 4, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Tigo (http://www.tigo.co.tz), Airtel and Zantel announced today a pioneering…

GABORONE, Botswana, June 4, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The SADC Consultative meeting on CFTA/BIAT kicked off today. The meeting…

Senior Special Assistant to President Goodluck on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe has slammed retired World Bank Vice President (Africa)…

Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi (Left); acknowledging cheers and dancing to a cultural display by the women wing of…

The Ekiti State Government has procured 20 sophisticated waste collection bins worth over N30m as part of plans to ensure…

The Association of Nigerian University Vice Chancellors has described the transformations made by the Dr Kayode Fayemi administration to education…

A rogue general, whose repeated deadly assaults on jihadists in Libya’s second city Benghazi have earned him threats of reprisal, escaped a suicide bombing Wednesday, one of his commanders said. But three loyalists of former general and longtime US…

Nigeria’s new central bank governor began work on Tuesday, starting a fresh chapter in Africa’s biggest economy after his predecessor’s tenure ended in scandal and claims of political connivance. Godwin Emefiele took over from Sanusi Lamido Sanusi,…

Stray bullets regularly whizz through the courtyard of the Fotokol highschool in northern Cameroon, a terrifying reminder of the Boko Haram gunmen carrying out deadly raids just across the border with Nigeria. Their insides cramped with fear, pupils…

WASHINGTON, June 4, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The United States looks forward to working with Abdelfattah al-Sisi, the winner…

NEW YORK, June 4, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN…

LONDON, United-Kingdom, June 4, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Foreign Secretary congratulates President-elect Sisi and highlights need to implement the…

Akwa Ibom State Governor, Chief Godswill Akpabio, yesterday promised to send a proposal to the state House of Assembly to…