The Federal Government, yesterday, linked the Boko Haram insurgency to the 2015 presidential election, saying that this was because people…
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Britain’s High Court will on Tuesday hold a pre-trial hearing ahead of a court case due to be held next year brought by around 15,000 members of Nigeria’s Bodo community against oil giant Shell. The residents are seeking compensation from the British…
BERN, Switzerland, April 28, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Today, Switzerland and the European Union have signed an agreement on…
THE National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) is on the right path in the exercise of its mandate, with its findings…
Ekiti State University( EKSU) is set to establish a new Institute of Medical Technology in its Ifaki-Ekiti Campus. Medical Technology…
Clashes between rival tribes in Nasarawa State have left at least 34 people dead with homes and barns torched in…
Nigeria’s military said it has tracked down and surrounded the location, where over 200 schoolgirls who were abducted two weeks…
Nigerians on Monday commended the Federal Government for setting up a committee to resolve the Higher National Diploma (HND) and…
President Goodluck Jonathan has pledged to collaborate with the Nigerian Baptist Convention (NBC) in seeking divine guidance to govern the…
Contrary to widely held belief that cholesterol is bad for the body, a veterinarian, Dr Mari Dawuda, said in Jos…
Between 100 and 200 victims of an April 22 train crash in the Democratic Republic of Congo were buried in mass graves after the disaster, the Congolese Red Cross said Monday, casting doubt on the official death toll of 74. Many people were trapped for…
OSLO, Norway, April 28, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — “It is shocking and unacceptable that an Egyptian court has once…
JUBA, South Sudan, April 28, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) condemns the unspeakable acts of violence…
YAOUNDE, Cameroon, April 28, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — “Education Ministers have the very important responsibility to ensure quality education…
The reported suspension of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) rally scheduled for Adamawa State on Tuesday, in line with the…
As the dust is yet to settle on Governor of Adamawa State, Murtala Nyako’s memo to his colleagues in the…
The House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts is about now meeting to take a final stand on the planned…
The South African parliamentary committee looking into the $23 million state-funded renovations of President Jacob Zuma’s private residence on Monday delayed their inquiry until after May 7 elections, sparking a furious reaction from the opposition.…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has commiserated with Vice President Namadi Sambo on the death of his younger brother, who…
The House of Representatives on Monday said a Federal High Court order stalled investigation in the alleged N10 billion spent…