The arraignment of Timipre Marlin Sylva, former governor of Bayelsa State and six others by the Economic and Financial Crimes…
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The withdrawal of defence counsel, Mahmood A. Magaji, SAN today ( March 20, 2014) stalled further hearing in the ongoing…
South African retailer Shoprite on Thursday opened its first outlet in northern Nigeria, as part of an aggressive expansion drive and defying wider concerns about security in the region. The store in Kano — the north’s largest city and main commercial…
Ivory Coast announced Thursday it will transfer Charles Ble Goude, the jailed right-hand man of former president Laurent Gbagbo, to the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity. In September last year, The Hague-based ICC unsealed a…
(State House News) – At the fortnightly meeting of the Federal Executive Council which held in the Banquet Hall of…
(Works Ministry Report) – The Federal Ministry of Works has flagged-off a three-day training workshop on ‘Public Procurement Process for…
WASHINGTON, March 20, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Press StatementJohn KerrySecretary of StateWashington, DCMarch 20, 2014On behalf of President Obama…
Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun has approved the immediate reinstatement of the Executive and Legislative arms of Abeokuta South…
Few days after the disaster which plagued the Immigration Department’s recruitment exercise across the country, commissioners in charge of Budget…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on March 19, 2014 arraigned one Emmanuel Sunday before Justice P.I. Ajoku of…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested four undergraduates and three others for alleged involvement in Internet scam.…
JUBA, South Sudan, March 20, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The first torrential rains of the season have left large…
CAPE-TOWN, South-Africa, March 20, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Authorities in Swaziland should immediately release Bheki Makhubu, editor of the…
Ministry of Environment Umuahia, Abia State Invitation to Tender The Abia State Ministry of Environment invites tenders from reputable construction…
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, March 19, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — INVITATION TO MEDIA REPRESENTATIVESWHEN: 21-24 March 2014WHERE: ECOWAS Secretariat in…
L-R: Interim National Organizing Secretary, All Progressives Congress, APC, Sen. Osita Izunaso; Interim National Secretary, APC, Alhaji Tijani Tumsah; Ekiti…
South Africa’s 340,000-strong NUMSA union marched Wednesday to protest a new labour law it says will increase unemployment and poverty, amid a tense stand-off with the ruling ANC weeks before polls. Thousands of people striked and marched across the…
WASHINGTON, March 19, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — President Obama will host Prime Minister Mehdi Jomaa of Tunisia at the…
EL FASHER (DARFUR), Sudan, March 19, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The situation in Saraf Omar, North Darfur, has stabilized…
JUBA, South Sudan, March 19, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Press invitationYou are warmly invited to a press conference with…