Members of the House of Representatives, yesterday mandated its committee on security to invite the National Security Adviser, NSA, Col.…
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suspect A food vendor, who allegedly inserted 685 grammes of cocaine in her private part, has been arrested by officials…
7 April 2014 – The crisis in the Central African Republic (CAR) is devastating the economy and people’s ability to…
7 April 2014 – Commemorating “one of the darkest chapters in human history,” United Nations officials paid tribute this morning…
7 April 2014 – Senior United Nations officials today voiced outrage at the killing of two consultants working for the…
NAIROBI, Kenya, April 9, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Police in the semi-autonomous republic of Somaliland on Thursday raided the…
A leading Nigerian Islamic group has accused the country’s military of summarily executing Muslims in the name of counter-terrorism, prompting a swift and strongly-worded denial on Tuesday from top brass. The Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI) umbrella group…
The UN Security Council on Tuesday expressed concern over ongoing tensions in Burundi as the country prepares for 2015 elections. Nigeria’s UN envoy Joy Ogwu, the current president of the council, spoke to reporters after being briefed by Jeffrey Feltman…
A Nigerian man was arraigned today on a 31-count superseding indictment charging him with participating in a scheme that used stolen identities to claim phony tax refunds, causing the U.S. Treasury losses of more than $3 million, authorities said. Kole…
BRUSSELS, Kingdom of Belgium, April 8, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The spokesperson of Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the…
Read the official press release below: – PRESS RELEASE – OUCH UNVEILS ITS 2014 SUMMER COLLECTION, NEW Brand AMBASSADORS AND…
Jim Iyke lost his mom on the 1st of April, 2014 and he has been silent over her death. He finally found courage…
The National Industrial Court, sitting in Abuja, on Monday gave an order restraining the Ekiti State chapter of the Nigerian…
L-R: Speaker Ekiti State House of Assembly, Dr. Adewale Ominrin; Deputy Governor, Prof. Modupe Adelabu; Interim Chairman All Progressive Congress…
Wife of Ekiti State Governor, Erelu Bisi Fayemi (2nd left); Younger sister of the late deputy governor of the state,…
The government of Delta State has denied paying the sum of N500 million to secure the release of Edwin Clark’s…
Nigerian Muslims under the leadership of Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Muhammad Abubakar III, have accused the country’s military of persecuting…
A troop of soldiers in masks, Tuesday stormed the Jimeta Shopping Complex situated in the heart of Yola, the capital…
The family of a 16-year old Secondary School student was Tuesday thrown into mourning by the enforcement team of the…
A terrifying ordeal occurred in Lagos last month when a man held down another man and defiled him, a police…