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The Minister of Power, Chinedu Nebo has assured Nigerians that effort is being made to normalize electricity supply to parts…
WASHINGTON, January 8, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Media NoteOffice of the SpokespersonWashington, DCJanuary 7, 2014U.S. Special Envoy to the…
Late Chief Friday Aderemi Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has expressed profound regrets at the death of former Acting…
7 January 2014 – The United Nations today resumed food aid for some 100,000 displaced people in Bangui, capital of…
7 January 2014 – As the fighting in parts of South Sudan grinds on between Government forces and rebels despite…
6 January 2014 – Three helicopters have been deployed to the South Sudanese capital of Juba today to help reinforce…
6 January 2014 – The worsening strife in the Central African Republic (CAR) with its Muslim-Christian overtones risks escalating into…
Kenyan actress Lupita Nyong’o was nominated on Monday for Bafta’s Rising Star Award for her role in “12 Years A Slave”, in a further sign that it is heading for Oscar glory. Nyong’o is considered the frontrunner for the British Academy of Film and Television…
Commended MorganCapital Group, one of leading investment banking and securities dealing firms in the country for its crucial role in…
Libya’s General National Congress on Tuesday failed to agree on what action to take about the embattled government of Prime Minister Ali Zeidan, a member said. His administration has been under fire for failing to tackle security problems and end an…
ThA Ne small number of surviving giraffes in western Africa is on the rise again, after 366 were counted in southwest Niger in 2012, up from 311 the previous year, official figures published Tuesday showed. The latest figure includes 177 males and 189…
Drug abuse in northern Nigeria’s largest city has been on the rise in recent years, with anti-narcotics officials and experts warning of serious social consequences if the problem is not tackled. Kano has the country’s highest drug abuse rate based…
Africa’s largest oil producer Nigeria on Tuesday exported its milestone 3,000th liquefied natural gas cargo since it began operations in 1999, Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) said. The cargo was exported from NLNG’s Bonny Island terminal in southern Rivers…
GENEVA, Switzerland, January 7, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child is meeting…
GENEVA, Switzerland, January 7, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — IOM is expanding its assistance to people displaced by the ongoing…
GENEVA, Switzerland, January 7, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Three weeks of fighting raging throughout much of South Sudan are…
GENEVA, Switzerland, January 7, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Global Alliance for the Rights of Ethiopians in Saudi Arabia…
The Nigerian Government through the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has evacuated 1,277 Nigerians who were stranded in the raging…
Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has charged leaders and members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to work hard…