Browsing: African News

Security has been stepped up in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State following threats of attack by Boko Haram on major institutions,…

Three Indians have been sentenced to 15 years imprisonment by a Federal High Court sitting in Yenegoa, Bayelsa State over…

A woman, Hajiya Maimuna Danja, died on Wednesday on her way to Katsina to pray for the release of the…

Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi; flanked by his wife, Erelu Bisi Fayemi (left); and deputy Governor, Prof. Modupe Adelabu,…

Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi has flagged off the construction of Ikere-Ondo State boundary dualization project aimed at ameliorating…

Members of the Correspondents’ Chapel, Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Nasarawa State Council, on Tuesday resolved to boycott all police…

Gov. Willie Obiano of Anambra on Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Rockland Development Limited for the construction of 1,000 housing units for workers…

JUBA, South Sudan, May 14, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The United Nations Mission in South sudan (UNMISS) welcomes the…

TOKYO, Japan, May 14, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — In response to the signing of agreement between H. E. Gen.…

ABUJA (Nigerian National Merit Award Report) – The Governing Board of the Nigerian National Merit Award (NNMA) has on Tuesday…

Thousands of club-wielding striking workers at a platinum mine in South Africa were urged by their leaders to remain steadfast in the face of a deadline to return underground Wednesday. The miners gathered at a stadium near the Lonmin operations in…

Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan faces an uncertain political future after attracting a torrent of criticism over his handling of the mass abduction of more than 200 schoolgirls by Boko Haram extremists. Jonathan was already on the back foot even…

The US military is flying surveillance drones as well as manned aircraft over Nigeria to help in the search for more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by Islamist extremists, the Pentagon said Wednesday. The United States has deployed the robotic Global…

The Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of zone 10, Mr Bala Hassan has warned police personnel in the zone…

Leader of the Boko Haram sect, Abubakar Shekau has made another video appearance, his second in less than 72 hours,…

Northern Delegates at the ongoing National Conference have asked the Federal Government to do everything within its powers to secure…

ABUJA (National Conference Report) – The National Conference Committee on Politics and Governance on Monday May 12, 2013 expressed shock…

ABUJA (Federal Civil Service Commission Report) – The Federal Civil Service Commission has revealed that in the month of April,…

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, May 14, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Dr. Nkosazana…

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, May 14, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Meeting of STC on Justice and Legal Affairs (Ministers…