GENEVA, Switzerland, April 10, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The United Nations Special Rapporteurs on minority issues, Rita Izsák, and…
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The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, on Wednesday said the commission would commence its continuous voter registration…
The Senate on Wednesday in Abuja withdrew its earlier proposal to amend Section 9 of the 1999 Constitution to empower…
The FCT chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Wednesday elected 156 party officials across the six Area Councils during…
Deputy Whip of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rotimi Abiru has called on the Federal Government and the Peoples…
The Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, was Wednesday honoured with the prestigious David…
The governor of Kogi State, Captain Idris Ichalla Wada, has granted amnesty to Mr Lasisi Yusuf, a 67 year old…
A Zuba Upper Area Court on Thursday sentenced Godwin Samuel and Tyowase Denis, both of fruit market, Zuba, to five…
Governor Umaru Al-Makura of Nasarawa State on Thursday said that the state government would not compromise its core mandate of protecting…
The Inspector-General of Police, Alhaji Mohammed Abubakar, on Thursday warned against unauthorised use of siren in Anambra. Abubakar gave the…
The Commissioner of Police in Rivers, Mr Tunde Ogunshakin, on Wednesday said that the spate of kidnapping in the state…
The Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) has urged President Goodluck Jonathan to ignore calls by governors and other stakeholders of states…
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, April 10, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The 23rd Ordinary Session of the African Committee of Experts…
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, April 10, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Members of the African Ombudsmen and Mediators Association(AOMA) will henceforth…
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, April 10, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Department of Political Affairs of the African Union Commission…
GENEVA, Switzerland, April 10, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Community acceptance, provision of impartial treatment and psychosocial support for medical…
PRETORIA, South-Africa, April 10, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — During a two-day consultation, HIV surveillance experts in South Africa agreed…
Mrs Felicia Sani, a delegate at the ongoing National Conference, has condemned what she called “the exposure of female bankers…
Gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram Islamists stormed a packed viewing centre in Nigeria’s restive northeast and shot dead two…
OTTAWA, Canada, April 10, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Honourable Christian Paradis, Minister of International Development and La Francophonie,…