Nigeria’s military said it has tracked down and surrounded the location, where over 200 schoolgirls who were abducted two weeks…
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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…
The Nigeria Labour Movement, Oyo State Chapter, on Monday in Ibadan protested the alleged maltreatment of some workers of the…
The Minister of Petroleum, Diezani Alison-Madueke, has said the recent award of crude oil lifting contract to indigenous companies was…
The Commandant of the Nigerian Army School of Public Relations and Information, Col. John Agim, said that 90 officers of…
25 April 2014 – The tide has turned on malaria, with mortality rates for children in Africa down by half,…
25 April 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today appointed Laurence D. Wohlers of the United States as Deputy Special Representative…
24 April 2014 – Stepped-up rebel attacks, clashes fuelled by local political rivalries, and mass displacement sparked by the abuses…