An armed squad from the Edo State Prisons Command on Friday foiled an attempt to free inmates being conveyed to…
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The Federal government Friday gave power distribution contractors sixty days to complete their contracts on the power projects or risk…
Gov. Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, on Friday called on the people of the state to offer special prayers for…
In what could best be described as bizarre, a 30-year-old man, simply identified as Chukwudi Nwode, has been arrested by the…
The Defence Headquarters has said it would look into allegations of human rights abuses leveled against Nigerian troops in the…
A swath of territory from India to Indonesia has been declared free of polio, the crippling and sometimes fatal disease. As for today, only 3 countries, Afghanistan, Nigeria and Pakistan, remain polio-endemic. The World Health Organization says 80%…
GENEVA, Switzerland, April 4, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — IOM Angola has received USD 1 million from the Government of…
The Election Petition Tribunal on the 2013 governorship election in Anambra on Thursday rejected a letter tendered by the All…
The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and former Governor of Ekiti State, Mr Ayo Fayose, and one…
DR. HAKEEM BABA-AHMED The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kaduna State on Friday urged its supporters to ignore rumours making…
A group of hoodlums terrorizing residents of Dugbe area in Ibadan, Oyo State, were on Friday dislodged by the convoy…
FILE PHOTO An alleged attempt was made to break free inmates being conveyed to Oko Medium prison from court in…
It is not yet uhuru for suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi as…
The President, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Mr Abdulwahed Omar, on Thursday urged the Federal Government to create more job opportunities…
2 April 2014 – Stating that the world failed to stop the Central African Republic’s slide “into a grave political,…
1 April 2014 – Amid growing humanitarian aid needs and despite recent assurances from the Government, the United Nations mission…
1 April 2014 – The United Nations panel dealing with peacebuilding efforts in Guinea-Bissau today welcomed the successful preparations for…
1 April 2014 – The number of suspected and confirmed cases of Ebola (EVD) in Guinea has jumped from 103…
1 April 2014 – With the Central African Republic (CAR) capital of Bangui having relapsed into wider violence, the United…
GENEVA, Switzerland, April 4, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Ahmed Hassan Roba, aged 72, spent six years stranded in Puntland,…