NAIROBI, Kenya — Few countries have invested as much goodwill and diplomatic energy in the birth of South Sudan as the United States. And few presidents have tied their legacies more tightly to the fledgling nation than George W. Bush, for whom the…
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Nigeria’s top military officer on Monday called for a swift end to the Islamist insurgency gripping the country’s north, as he was sworn in as the new chief of defence staff. “The security situation in the northeast must be brought to a complete stop…
Nigeria’s ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday chose a new chairman, days after his predecessor was forced out following months of bitter in-fighting. Members of the party’s national executive council unanimously chose Ahmadu Adamu Mu’Azu…
The proliferation of firearms in Nigeria has been blamed on the uncontrollable number of private jets in the country. This…
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) in Rivers State has recently in Port Harcourt urged members of the public to…
The Nigerian Government is totally committed to fulfilling her part in the Prison Transfer Agreement reached with the United Kingdom…
GENEVA, Switzerland, January 20, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Statement by High Commissioner Pillay at the Special Session of the…
WASHINGTON, January 19, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Press StatementJen PsakiDepartment SpokespersonWashington, DCJanuary 18, 2014The United States welcomes the announcement…
GENEVA, Switzerland, January 20, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Fresh intercommunal violence has flared in western and north-western parts of…
DUBLIN, Ireland, January 20, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Minister for Trade and Development Joe Costello T.D., has underlined the…
Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson will be a year older on the 28th of this month. But, in…
Former governor of Abia State, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, yesterday, called for the arrest and prosecution of ex- President Olusegun…
OGONI area of Rivers State is the new theatre of war in battle for the soul of the state between…
17 Peoples Democratic Party, PDP senators are to quit to the All Progressives Congress, APC, within days after resumption tomorrow,…
Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola of Lagos State, in Benin City, Edo State, weekend, stated reasons behind his disagreement with the…
Strong indications have came through in Abuja that ousted former chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur,…
Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has called the bluff of chairman, Mobilisation and Organisation of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the…
The Peoples Democratic Party who has President Goodluck Jonathan as a leader has appointed a former Governor, Bauchi State, Alhaji…
A middle aged yoruba individual, Tunwase Kabiru, serving life sentence, Saturday, graduated with 4,308 students who bagged various degrees at…
South Sudanese troops fought Sunday to win back the key oil town of Malakal from rebels loyal to sacked vice president Riek Machar, the army said, a day after reclaiming the strategic town of Bor. The army said its troops were launching an offensive…