23 May 2014 – Deadly clashes between Tuareg rebels and Government forces in northern mali have sent a “small but…
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23 May 2014 – Nearly 30 children – the youngest a baby – died in the past month fleeing violence…
23 May 2014 – The United Nations Security Council has added Boko Haram, the Nigerian militant group that has claimed…
Follow @{0}Looks like rain: traditional weather forecasts can involve studying termite movementsKISUMU, 23 May 2014 (IRIN) – In the latest…
BAMAKO, Mali, May 25, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — H.E. Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, President of the Islamic Republic of…
Catholic Bishop of Ekiti Diocese, Most Rev Felix Femi Ajakaye yesterday had messages from the pulpit for both the Federal…
Wife of Ekiti State Governor, Erelu Bisi Fayemi (right), educating traders at Oja Egbe Odo, Ijesa-Isu, on the voting process…
From left: Governor Kayode Fayemi, his deputy and celebrator Prof Modupe Adelabu, governor’s wife, Bisi and Speaker, Ekiti State House…
President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday said that growing insecurity in Nigeria will not stop the conduct of the 2015 general elections.…
Governors of the 19 northern states have pleaded for the assistance of past leaders in a bid to come up…
The leader of Nigeria’s Muslims on Sunday called for followers of the faith to unite against Boko Haram extremists, pledging the government full support to ensure their defeat. But the Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, also said the government…
An explosion that killed at least three people in the central Nigerian city of Jos was hidden in a car, police said on Sunday, as an investigation opened into the second deadly blast within a week. “It was a vehicle-borne IED (improvised explosive device…
Beneath the calm waters of Lake Kivu lie vast but deadly reserves of methane and carbon dioxide, which Rwanda is tapping both to save lives and provide a lucrative power source. Plans are in place to pump out enough gas for power that would nearly double…
At least three people died and three others were injured in a blast Saturday in the central Nigerian city of Jos targeting football fans watching the European Champions League final, police said. “So far we have three dead, three injured,” Chris Olakpe…
EL FASHER (DARFUR), Sudan, May 25, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — An African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur peacekeeper was…
BRUSSELS, Kingdom of Belgium, May 25, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — “Libya is at a highly critical stage in its…
At least three people were killed on Saturday in the central Nigerian city of Jos in an explosion targeting football fans watching the European Champions League final, the authorities said. The blast came just days after a twin car bomb attack ripped…
The Bayelsa State Government has called on the Chiefs, Community leaders and youths across the state to mobilize their people…
Director General, Bayelsa State Investment Promotion Agency, BIPA, Ms. Freda Murray-Bruce says, Bayelsa State is to host its first Investment…
The Bayelsa state government says, it has paid a whopping N10 billion as arrears of the N18,000 minimum wage as…