GENEVA, Switzerland, March 31, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights…
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The Ogun State Civil Service Commission has announced dates for the final phase of the interview for successful candidates who…
The flyover bridge and road construction embarked upon by the Ogun State Government in Sabo, Sagamu Local Government Area of…
MOGADISHU, Somalia, March 31, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The National Union of Somali Journalists NUSOJ condemns the arrest of…
MOGADISHU, Somalia, March 31, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) protests today’s arrest of broadcast…
Nigeria’s secret police faced questions Monday about how 21 detainees were killed during an attempted jailbreak from their headquarters, with claims of a cover-up about exactly what happened. The detainees, reportedly suspected Boko Haram insurgents…
Ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday, responded to the request of Northern Youth Leaders Forum, NLYF, to forgive his estranged former deputy, Vice-President…
FROM LEFT: Gov. ISA YUGUDA OF Bauchi STATE; PDP NATIONAL CHAIRMAN ADAMU MUAZU; President GOODLUCK JONATHAN; SENATE President DAVID MARK…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday frowned at the All Progressives Congress, APC’s resort to using a section of the…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has strongly warned against any attempt to put pressure on the House of Representatives Committee…
GENEVA, Switzerland, March 31, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — A group of eight United Nations human rights experts* today urged…
ROME, Italy, March 31, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Government of the United Kingdom has released $13.7 million in…
At least 21 members of the terrorist sect, Boko Haram, who were detained at the State Security Service (SSS) headquarters…
Hundreds of youths under the aegis of the Niger Delta People’s Salvation Front (NDPSF) yesterday disrupted smooth flow of traffic on…
The Nigeria Labour Congress has advised the Federal Government to halt any plans it has to sell off public properties.…
Doctors employed by the Ekiti State government have threatened to start a warning strike if by Monday, April 7, government…
WASHINGTON, March 31, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Media NoteOffice of the SpokespersonWashington, DCMarch 29, 2014Assistant Secretary Anne C. Richard…
FROM LEFT: CHIEF OF DEFENCE STAFF, AIR MARSHAL ALEX BADEH; GOV. MURTALA NYAKO OF ADAMAWA;President GOODLUCK JONATHAN; CHIEF OF AIR…
Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson at the weekend in Yenagoa carpeted critics of President Goodluck Jonathan, especially members of…
Adamawa State Governor, Murtala Nyako, yesterday, slammed President Goodluck Jonathan for blaming insurgency in the North on governors, whom the…