Abuja (Women Affairs Ministry Report) – The Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Zainab Maina has called on stakeholders…
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After weeks of speculation and uncertainty, President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday finally requested the Senate to approve another six months…
GENEVA, Switzerland, May 13, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Federal Government of Nigeria, in collaboration with IOM, is this…
NEW YORK, May 13, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — A regional court in the semi-autonomous republic of Somaliland remanded two…
MOGADISHU, Somalia, May 13, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia (SRSG), Nicholas…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned the duo of Nnanna Kalu, 26 and Ukaegbu Arisa Oti, 27,…
FORMER President OLUSEGUN Obasanjo WITH PUPILS AND STUDENTS OF HIIS ADOPTED SCHOOL,GOVERNMENT GIRLS SECONDARY SCHOOL, KUDAI IN JIGAWA ON MONDAY…
GENEVA, Switzerland, May 13, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The start of South Sudan’s rainy season has dramatically raised the…
ALGIERS, Algeria, May 13, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Royal Philips (http://www.philips.com/africaroadshow) (AEX: PHIA, NYSE: PHG), the global leader in…
NEW YORK, May 13, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s briefing to the Security Council…
EL FASHER (DARFUR), Sudan, May 13, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — UNAMID Deputy Joint Special Representative (DJSR) Joseph Mutaboba travelled…
GENEVA, Switzerland, May 12, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -6 Church leaders, who were part of the negotiations between South Sudan’s…
Oscar Pistorius’s murder trial debated his mental state Tuesday, as the athlete faced a possible stint in a psychiatric hospital to establish if he has a “general anxiety disorder.” Under cross-examination on Tuesday, defence psychiatrist Meryll Vorster…
Report from the Office of the VP.The Vice President of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Mr. Hiroshi Kato has…
Report from Federal Ministry of Youth Development. The Minister of Youth Development, Mr.…
BANGUI, Central African Republic, May 13, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the…
The purported conversion of the abducted schoolgirls of Government Secondary School, Chibok, in Born State by members of Boko Haram…
Conditions set out by Boko Haram’s leader for the release of the Nigerian schoolgirls held hostage by the Islamists may lead to a deal that sees the girls freed, analysts said Monday. In a new video obtained by AFP, the group’s leader Abubakar Shekau…
The United States said it is flying “manned” missions over Nigeria in search of over 200 abducted schoolgirls, after the Lagos government dismissed a prisoner-swap offer from the Boko Haram kidnappers. “We have shared commercial satellite imagery with…
I heard this happened days ago but decided to watch the video before reporting it. The source was ABC News,…