The kidnappers of Chief Inengite Nitabai, cousin to President Goodluck Jonathan, have demanded the sum of N500m ransom to set…
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The Nigerian Army Friday refuted reports that Governor Murtala Nyako of Adamawa State was attacked by terrorists and that more…
28 February 2014 – An independent United Nations human rights expert today called on authorities in Guinea-Bissau to address the…
Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun (4th right) flanked by the state’s delegates to the National Conference, including Chief Olaniwun…
BISSAU, Guinea Bissau, February 28, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human…
GENEVA, Switzerland, February 28, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Following a malaria outbreak in a cyclone-affected area of Puntland, Somalia,…
GENEVA, Switzerland, February 28, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — I am deeply concerned by the grave humanitarian situation in South…
27 February 2014 – The establishment of a special Tribunal to prosecute crimes of slavery in Mauritania bring the country…
27 February 2014 – Ahead of the twentieth anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today honoured the…
27 February 2014 – The top United Nations humanitarian official in South sudan described as “shocking” what he saw during…
27 February 2014 – The United Nations human rights office said today that the publication by a Ugandan newspaper of…
26 February 2014 – The United Nations Security Council urged Guinea-Bissau and the international community to redouble efforts aimed at…
26 February 2014 – As mali emerges from a 2012 crisis that nearly split the country in half, members of…
26 February 2014 – The United Nations development agency today launched an initiative to promote peace-building and social cohesion among…
26 February 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have strongly condemned the brutal slaying…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday February 26, 2014 arraigned Dr Godwin Karma before Justice Oluwatoyin Ipaye…
Justice R.M Aikawa of the Federal High Court, Port Harcourt on Wednesday February 26, 2014 convicted and sentenced one Ibiba…
Delta State Governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan has been conferred with the “2013 Man of the Year Award” as he stated…
L-R: Commissioner for Integration and Intergovernmental Affairs, Mr. Funminiyi Afuye; Special Adviser to Kwara State Governor on Communication, Hon. Rahim…
L-R: A Board Member of Ekiti State AIDS Control Agency, Chief Mopelola Akerele; Zonal Coordinator (South-West), Network of People Living…