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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…
GENEVA, Switzerland, April 29, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — IOM has condemned in the strongest possible terms a grenade attack…
Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on political affairs, Alhaji Ahmed A. Gulak has been relieved of his appointment by…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday said it had embarked on a restructuring exercise as part of efforts…
The Governor Jonah Jang-led faction of the Nigeria Governors Forum, NGF, has dismissed claims that the recent crisis in some…
FILE PHOTO What should have started out as a normal plenary session at the Ebonyi State House of Assembly some…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State has faulted the call by Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the arrest…