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The Director of Defence Information, Chris Olukolade has informed that the troops of the Multi-National Joint Task Force of the…
(Ministry of Defence Report) – Pockets of terrorists apparently in a move to boost their depleted stock of fighters did…
(NEMA Report) – The National Emergency Management Agency has revealed that the Seasonal Rainfall Prediction (SRP) issued by the Nigerian…
A leading business organization based in the United States of America, Procter and Gamble has recently opened a multi-million dollar…
A national conference criticised for its cost and scope opens in Nigeria’s capital on Monday, with the country’s future existence looming large over the talks. Nearly 500 delegates from the hundreds of ethnic, religious and linguistic groups that make…
BRUSSELS, Kingdom of Belgium, March 17, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Council adopted the following conclusions: “1. The European…
At least 100 people were killed in the religiously divided centre of Nigeria this weekend, local officials said on Sunday, as tensions between Muslim-dominated herdsmen and mostly Christian farmers again turned deadly. About 40 assailants armed with…
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Office of the First Lady The wife of Nigerian President, Patience Jonathan has described the Governor of Plateau State, …
As the nation prepares for the conduct of the 2015 general elections, the Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson on…
Power Ministry News The Minister of Power, Chinedu Nebo has urged all stakeholders in the power sector to mobilize efforts…
Ministry of Water Resources “The Federal Ministry of Water Resources has announced that the Nigerian Government is set to mark…
JOHANNESBURG, South-Africa, March 17, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — A.T. Kearney Study provides global retailers with direction on entering specific…
A farmer holds what is left of his millet crop after an attack by grasshoppers. (file photo)MARADI/KANO, 14 March 2014…
Follow @{0}Flooding displaced 1.3 million Nigerians in 2012. (file photo)DAKAR, 14 March 2014 (IRIN) – Researchers at the Madrid-based humanitarian…
Follow @{0}Displaced from Borno State now sheltering in Niger’s Guesseré village.KANO, 14 March 2014 (IRIN) – Humanitarian needs are mounting…
Follow @{0}Car displaced in Cameroon’s Garoua-BoulaiYAOUNDE/GAROUA-BOULAI, 12 March 2014 (IRIN) – Up to 130,000 refugees have fled from the Central…
Follow @{0}Finding enough food for the children is very difficult,” said Ndeye Diagne. “ Always my children are hungry.”LOUGA/DAKAR, 12…
Femi Awoniyi, Germany-based publisher of The African Courier magazine, was recently in Nigeria. The metallurgical engineer-turned journalist visited the The…