More than 251 Congolese refugees perished in the weekend sinking of a crowded boat on Lake Albert, between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, Kinshasa said Thursday. Government spokesman Lambert Mende also declared three days of national mourning…
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TUNIS, Tunisia, March 27, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Getting more African youth involved in agriculture and boosting support for…
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, March 27, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Force Commander and the Police Commissioner updated the Commissioner…
WASHINGTON, March 27, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Press StatementJohn KerrySecretary of StateWashington, DCMarch 26, 2014I am deeply, deeply troubled…
NDJAMENA, Chad, March 27, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — To move the peace process forward, and at the invitation of…
Ivorian ex-president Laurent Gbagbo’s right-hand man Charles Ble Goude faced International Criminal Court judges for the first time on Thursday for his alleged role in a deadly post-election standoff three years ago. The leader of the so-called “Young…
Following, ongoing re-organisation of Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) for a more optimal implementation of the Restoration agenda, the…
The Bayelsa State Government has advocated stringent environmental laws for the protection and preservation of the environment against crude oil…
It has come to the knowledge of Abia State government about the rumour making rounds within and outside the state…
GENEVA, Switzerland, March 26, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — PRESS TELECONFERENCE ON SOUTH SUDAN / THURSDAY, March 27, 2014, 3…
Assets worth $458 million stolen by former Nigerian dictator Sani Abacha and frozen by the United States should ultimately be returned to Nigeria, the country’s justice minister said Wednesday. The US has said the funds held in various European accounts…
Shareholders of the defunct Intercontinental Bank Plc, yesterday, dragged the suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mallam…
The Imo House Assembly on Wednesday denied hatching any plot to impeach the Speaker, Dr Benjamin Uwajumogu. . The Chairman,…
A 69-year-old housewife, Mrs Simbiatu Oduntan, on Wednesday told an Orile Agege Customary Court in Lagos that her husband, Alhaji…
The Senate on Wednesday confirmed the appointment of a new central bank governor to replace Lamido Sanusi, who was suspended…
The NRC said in a statement in Lagos on Wednesday that the proposed re-opening was in response to appeals from…
The Police Command in Edo on Wednesday confirmed the abduction of the wife and daughter of a transport magnate, Abel…
Former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory and Deputy National Secretary of the All Progressive Congress, APC, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai…
Six people have been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly selling fake Alteco 110 Super Glue in…
Governor Sule Lamido of Jigawa State, on Wednesday, signed the state’s 2014 Appropriation Bill of N114.7 billion. into law. .…