27 May 2014 – A ceasefire agreed between the Government and three rebel groups in restive northern mali appears to…
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27 May 2014 – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned today that it will have to suspend essential health…
27 May 2014 – Some 70,000 more people have fled their homes in South sudan since a 9 May agreement…
MINNA (National Planning Commission) – The Governor of Niger State, Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu has described effective planning as the foundation…
GABORONE (National Sports Commission Report) – Team Nigeria has recorded five gold medals at the ongoing African Youth Games (AYG)…
ABUJA (National Planning Commission Report) – The Supervising Minister of the National Planning Commission, Bashir Yuguda has said that the…
BENIN (Nigerian Institution of Surveyors) “Nigerian Surveyors are to partner with agencies to address the paucity of spatial information in…
WASHINGTON, May 27, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Press StatementJohn KerrySecretary of StateWashington, DCMay 27, 2014On behalf of the American…
Ekiti State Deputy Governor Prof Modupe Adelabu, receiving a protest letter from the Speaker, Ekiti State Children’s Parliament, Ilesanmi Oluwaseun…
Plateau State Police Commissioner, Mr Chris Olakpe, on Monday, warned people against rushing to bomb blast scenes as there was…
Electricity consumers in the country are expected to start paying more for power as the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC)…
No fewer than 45 Nigerian security personnel were allegedly killed members of the outlawed Islamist sect, Boko Haram laid siege…
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, May 27, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Dr. Nkosazana…
BANGUI, Central African Republic, May 27, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — We have just completed a three-day joint mission to…
Nigeria’s ex-president Olusegun Obasanjo has met with people close to Boko Haram in an attempt to broker the release of…
The United States is deploying an amphibious assault ship with about 1,000 marines off the coast of Libya in case the US embassy must be evacuated, a US defense official said Tuesday. The USS Bataan was to be in the area “in a matter of days,” said…
A South African man has been arrested for allegedly holding captive and abusing his wife and five children for more than a decade, a media report said Tuesday. Afrikaans-language newspaper Beeld reported the children — who were tortured with an electric…
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, May 27, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — INVITATION TO REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MEDIAWHAT: Within the framework of…
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, May 27, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — MEDIA ADVISORYWHAT: Town Hall meeting on Ending Child Marriage in…
MOGADISHU, Somalia, May 27, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Gender Unit of the African Union Mission in collaboration with…