28 April 2014 – The United Nations human rights chief today called on the parties to the conflict in South…
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25 April 2014 – The number of children being treated for severe acute malnutrition in the Central African Republic’s war-torn…
Abia State Governor, Chief Theodore Orji, has condoled Vice-President Namadi Sambo over the death of his immediate younger brother, Captain…
A community leader in Chibok, claimed the girls abducted by suspected members of the Boko Haram sect had been sold…
The 102 Guards Battalion of the Nigerian Army said on Tuesday that it arrested a 72-year-old man (namewithheld), for allegedly…
Some women of Chibok, Borno, on Tuesday marched to National Assembly, urging the Federal Government to intensify efforts to rescue…
Nigerian police fired teargas at teachers and students and shot live rounds into the air as they tried to disperse…
Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company, PHEDC, has appealed to the National Assembly to enact a strong anti-theft legislation to empower…
Members of the Civilian Joint Task Force, JTF, in Borno, have vowed to support the military to end terrorism and…
The Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON) on Tuesday rejected calls for a declaration of a state of emergency…
WASHINGTON, April 29, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — RemarksJohn KerrySecretary of StateTreaty RoomWashington, DCApril 29, 2014SECRETARY KERRY: Good morning, everybody.…
EL FASHER (DARFUR), Sudan, April 29, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The eighth meeting of the Implementation and Follow-up Commission…
JUBA, South Sudan, April 29, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — “I call on all parties to the conflict in South…
GENEVA, Switzerland, April 29, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — IPU has kick-started its priority support to Egypt in its efforts…
An Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan, today postponed the re-arraignment of a former Oyo State Head of Service,…
Five persons have been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over allegation of fraudulent transfer of a…
The chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Lamorde today, April 28, declared that Local government in…
Justice Adeniyi Onigbanjo of a Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja on Monday, April 28, 2014, dismissed an application asking…
Angola’s long-serving President Jose Eduardo Dos Santos met his French counterpart Francois Hollande on Tuesday on a rare official visit abroad after years of frosty ties caused by a damaging bribery scandal. The two-day visit by the onetime rebel leader…
GENEVA, Switzerland, April 29, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — In an ecumenical service organized by the Congolese churches and hosted…