Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has mourned the death of eminent jurist and former Chairman of the Human Rights…
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L-R: Sen. Olu Adetunbi (Ekiti North); Former Governor of Ekiti State, Engr. Segun Oni; incumbent Governor Kayode Fayemi; deputy Governor,…
Calls for the United States to help find and free hundreds of schoolgirls kidnapped in Nigeria are mounting after Boko Haram claimed the abduction and threatened to sell the girls as “slaves”. “I abducted your girls,” the Islamist group’s leader Abubakar…
Boko Haram on Monday claimed responsibility for the abduction of hundreds of schoolgirls in northeastern Nigeria that has triggered international outrage, threatening to sell them as “slaves”. “I abducted your girls,” the Islamist group’s leader Abubakar…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday May 5, 2014, arraigned one Lebechi Chinedu, before Justice B.O Quadri…
R-L: President, Ekiti State Food Vendors Association; Chief Victoria Oladimeji; Wife of the Governor, Erelu Bisi Fayemi; and others when…
Some youths under the auspices of Youth Traders’ Association have launched a campaign to rally support for the re-election of…
Ekiti State Deputy Governor Prof Modupe Adelabu holding a sample of the Vuvuzela. With her are: House of Representative members…
The Iyaloja-General of Nigeria, Mrs Folashade Tinubu-Ojo has ordered that all Lagos Markets be shut in protest of the adopted…
President Goodluck Jonathan said in Abuja on Sunday that the Federal Government had no plans to increase pump price of…
The Media Assistant to the First Lady, Mr Ayo Adewuyi, on Monday said that Dame Patience Jonathan did not order…
The Boko Haram sect said on Monday it carried out the abduction of over 100 female students of Government Girls…
Former Governor of Lagos State in the short-lived Third Republic, Sir Michael Odetola is dead. He reportedly died early hours…
Sequel to reports that the leader of women, who protested against the abduction of 234 schoolgirls in Abuja last week…
EL FASHER (DARFUR), Sudan, May 5, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — On 1 May 2014, UNAMID Joint Special Representative (JSR)…
GENEVA, Switzerland, May 5, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — “The senseless war in South sudan must end now,” said the…
WASHINGTON, May 5, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Ms. Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), will…
WASHINGTON, May 5, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — RemarksJohn KerrySecretary of StateMinistry of FinanceLuanda, AngolaMay 5, 2014FOREIGN Minister CHIKOTI: (Via…
BANGUI, Central African Republic, May 5, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — In protest against the brutal killing of 16 civilians,…
The campaign group of Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State, John Kayode Fayemi (JKF) Campaign Organisation, has slammed the Minister…