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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…

LONDON, United-Kingdom, May 14, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — FCO advises against all but essential travel to Mombasa Island and…

Abuja (National Conference Report) – The Committee on Devolution of Power at the on-going National Conference in Abuja has on…

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has on Tuesday May 13, 2013 requested the National Assembly to extend the emergency rule in…

The House of Representatives will on Wednesday debate President Goodluck Jonathan’s request for extension of the state of emergency in…

Continuing in its tradition of speaking out against the activities of the Islamist sect, Boko Haram, the main opposition party,…

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, recorded another success in its war against drug trafficking as its operatives nabbed…

BRUSSELS, Kingdom of Belgium, May 14, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — One year after the Donors’ Conference for mali that…

OSLO, Norway, May 14, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — ‘Boko Haram’s kidnapping of more than 200 schoolgirls is an unacceptable…