Governor Sule Lamido of Jigawa State will contest the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential primary elections, Chairman of the party…
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The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship candidate in the August 9 elections in the state, Senator Iyiola Omisore, has proclaimed…
EL FASHER (DARFUR), Sudan, May 2, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — A UNAMID peacekeeper, Sergeant Awesu Soleiman who had been…
Renowned Islamic Scholar, Sheik (Dr) Ahmed Abubakar Gumi has expressed the hope that the abduction of over 200 school girls…
Users and visitors of www.vconnect.com are in for pleasant times as lots of vouchers worth N10,000 from Lagos’ favorite businesses…
BANGUI, Central African Republic, May 2, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Mr. Herve Ladsous, arrived…
Ahead of the August 9 governorship election in Osun State, Senator Iyiola Omisore of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday…
As the country gears up for the 2015 general elections, workers in Bayelsa State have been urged not to allow…
Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson Wednesday identified lack of access to finance and skills as major challenges militating against…
Senator Iyabo Obasanjo has accused those in President Goodluck Jonathan’s inner circle of being a stumbling block to ending Boko…
A statement credited to the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) dismissing claims that the ongoing crisis in Taraba State was religiously…
President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, at the National May Day rally, in Abuja, said Nigeria is not poor, but suffering from…
National Orthopaedic Hospital, Igbobi Lagos (NOHIL) has sacked two female nurses for wearing hijab while on duty. The nurses Mrs…
The Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT, in the Ughelli North Local Government Area, Delta State, has embarked on a week…
First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, yesterday, urged Nigerians to support the federal, state and local governments to address the issue…
Four more girls surfaced, Wednesday, after escaping from their Boko Haram abductors. Wednesday’s escape brings the list of the girls…
Director-General of the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, Sanni Sidi disclosed that yesterday’s bomb blast happened when a parked car…
1 May 2014 – With rival Christian and Muslim militias stoking inter-communal violence and spreading fear throughout the Central African…
1 May 2014 – Recent fighting in parts of South Kordofan and Blue Nile states has displaced or affected an…
30 April 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Abdoulaye Bathily of Senegal as the head of the United Nations…