Senate President, David Mark last Thursday escaped death as his convoy was allegedly attacked by yet to be identified gunmen…
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The joint meeting of the National Council on Privatisation (NCP) and the Board of the Niger Delta Power Holding Company…
President Goodluck Jonathan rounded up his state visit to Namibia yesterday where he was conferred with “Order of Welwitschia”, the…
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Kenneth Minimah, says the Army will not rest until peace is restored in…
Nigerian police said Saturday they had raided a home near Lagos where eight pregnant girls were staying with plans to…
The Management of National Hospital, Abuja, has released five more bodies of those who died during Nigerian Immigration Service recruitment…
Public secondary schools in Nigeria’s northeast Borno state have been closed indefinitely following deadly attacks blamed on Boko Haram Islamists, teachers and parents said Saturday. The closure reportedly affects 85 secondary schools, catering to some…
As the world marks the 2014 World Water Day today (Saturday), many Nigerians have renewed the call for the erection…
A former governor of Ekiti State, Mr Ayo Fayose, was on Satuday declared winner of the PDP governorship primaries in…
Public secondary schools in northeast Borno state have been closed indefinitely following deadly attacks blamed on Boko Haram Islamists, teachers…
Nigerian police said Saturday they had raided a home near Lagos where eight pregnant girls were staying with plans to sell each of their newborns for nearly two thousand dollars. “Following intelligence report, we discovered and stormed on Friday a…
Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has urged political office holders and corporate individuals to support Government’s efforts to alleviate…
Follow @{0}A child who attended a Koranic school in Senegal.DAKAR, 21 March 2014 (IRIN) – Despite pledges by the Senegalese…
Dismantling West Africa’s trade barriers can improve food security DAKAR, 20 March 2014 (IRIN) – Severe food shortages in the…
Follow @{0}ATT, former President of MaliBAMAKO, 18 March 2014 (IRIN) – As mali embarks on a difficult period of national…
The Bayelsa State Government has released the sum of N300 million for payment of gratuity to retirees, which will commence…
GENEVA, Switzerland, March 21, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — A staff member of the International Committee of the Red Cross…
ROME, Italy, March 21, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The World Bank, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United…
Authorities in Uganda have ordered a police investigation into complaints by elite female runners that they suffered sexual harassment and abuse from a top athletics coach, a report said Friday. The Daily Monitor said female runners were subjected to…
The Ogun State Government has ordered the management of the Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago iwoye, to effect the immediate payment…