Indications emerged yesterday that the Nigerian troops were set to take up battle with the invidious Boko Haram terrorists, who…
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President Jonathan has ordered the immediate probe of the Sunday bomb blast that killed five persons in the Sabon Gari…
Traditional hunters armed with home-made guns, poisoned spears and amulets have gathered in their hundreds, eager to use their skills…
The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Mohammed Abubakar has ordered that security be beefed up in all boarding schools in and…
The Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Lamorde, has again charged Nigerian youths to be disciplined and shun…
Ekiti State Deputy Governor, Prof. Modupe Adelabu (left) addressing representatives of Students’ Union in Ekiti State University (EKSU), Ado-Ekiti during…
Apapa Local Government Area of Lagos State has joined the list of donors to the re-election of Dr Kayode Fayemi…
A former Minister of Information and Communications, Prof. Dora Akunyili, sunday said God was answering the prayers of Nigerians for…
OTTAWA, Canada, May 19, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Honourable Deepak Obhrai, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign…
GENEVA, Switzerland, May 19, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) has deplored the attack on the Libyan…
GENEVA, Switzerland, May 19, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — A group of UN human rights experts Monday expressed alarm after…
LONDON, United-Kingdom, May 19, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — FCO Press Release: Sudanese Chargé d’Affaires summoned to FCO over death…
The declaration of ‘war’ on Boko Haram extremists by African leaders at a security summit in Paris is a major step to tackle the regional threat posed by the group as well as help end the insurgency if properly implemented, analysts say. “It’s a good…
Police said on Monday they had foiled a second suicide car bomb attack in Kano, after a blast ripped through a busy entertainment spot in Nigeria’s second city, killing four. The authorities said it was too early to say who was behind the first blast…
Britain’s Ministry of Defence on Monday said that a spy plane sent to help in the search for the Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by Islamists had been grounded en route due to a fault. “A technical fault which has delayed the Sentinel aircraft on its…
18 May 2014 – A special United Nations defensive military force recommended by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to protect UN staff…
17 May 2014 – On the eve of run-off presidential elections in Guinea-Bissau, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged…
16 May 2014 – The United Nations and the European Union have forged an agreement today to fund the restoration…
16 May 2014 – As fighting worsens in northern Central African Republic, United Nations humanitarian agencies and partners are working…
KAMPALA, Uganda, May 19, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Africell Holding (http://www.africell.com) signs an agreement with the Orange Group to…