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Children of military personnel are among the over 200 female students abducted by Boko Haram from the Government Girls Secondary…
GENEVA, Switzerland, May 7, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — United Nations humanitarian chief Valerie Amos completed her two-day mission to…
LONDON, United-Kingdom, May 7, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Mark Simmonds promotes the UK’s partnership with Cameroon, trade and investment.Foreign…
BANGUI, Central African Republic, May 7, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in the…
A Boko Haram massacre has killed hundreds in Nigeria’s northeast, multiple sources said on Wednesday, as police offered $300,000 for information leading to the rescue of more than 200 schoolgirls held hostage by the Islamists. The latest insurgent attack…
The United States is setting up joint intelligence team at our embassy in Nigeria in a stepped up effort to find 300 girls who went missing from a school.
Belgian authorities have released a prominent Burundian opposition leader who had been detained at the airport last week while he was on route to Italy. Alexis Sinduhije, a former journalist, activist and leader of the Movement for Solidarity and Development…
ABUJA (National Conference Report) – The Committee on Public Finance and Revenue of the on-going National Conference has onFriday May 2,…
ABUJA (NEMA Report) – The Nigerian Government is set to host the 5th African Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction…
ABUJA (National Sports Commission) The Director General of the National Sports Commission (NSC), Gbenga Elegbeleye has said that the…
NORTH-EAST (Counter Terrorism Campaign) – The Director of Defence Information of the Counter-Terrorism Campaign, Chris Olukolade (Major General) has revealed…
The President Goodluck Jonathan-led Federal Government in its effort to rescue over 200 girls of the Government Secondary School, Chibok,…
NAIROBI, Kenya, May 7, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally…
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, May 7, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — (FORMER CONFERENCE OF MINISTERS OF JUSTICE/ATTORNEYS FROM MEMBER STATES BUT…
ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar, May 7, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission, headed by Mr. George Tsibouris,…
An Abuja High Court on Tuesday ordered former President Olusegun Obasanjo to file a statement of defence in a libel…
The recent defection of former Ekiti State governor, Mr. Segun Oni to the All Progressives Congress, APC, is an acknowledgment…
Ohanaeze Ndigbo has asked all politicians of Igbo extraction not to join the 2015 presidential race, if President Goodluck Jonathan decides to seek reelection. Dr Chris…
Members of the South-East Youth Consultative Forum have advised members of the House of Representatives to stop what it called…