28 December 2013 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Saturday welcomed the appointment of a mediation team to work with Government…
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The Nigerian military operations geared towards tracking the insurgents who carried out the recent pre-dawn attacks on the Mohammed Kur…
Information Minister, Mr. Labaran Maku has said that stamping out insurgency remains the topmost priority of the Federal Government as…
Thousands of young South Sudanese fighters loyal to ex-vice president Riek Machar have peeled away from an advance on a key town, the government said Sunday, but there was no immediate confirmation from Machar’s supporters. As the UN voiced concern…
Porsches, Range Rovers and even Maseratis… luxury cars are no strange sight weaving through the old bangers that rumble along Abidjan’s chaotic streets, another indication of the emergence of a wealthy class in Africa. Each of the vehicles costs at…
Gunmen on Sunday killed a former security officer who served under slain dictator Moamer Kadhafi in the violence-ridden eastern city of Benghazi, security and medical sources said. “Retired colonel Muftah Najem was shot dead,” said a spokeswoman for…
Dr Kayode Fayemi It seems a new dawn for politics in Nigeria as the All Progressives Congress (APC) continues to…
A bomb near an army intelligence building wounded four soldiers Sunday, the third such blast within a week in Egypt after the Muslim Brotherhood’s terrorist designation further polarised the country. The explosion, which the army said was a “cowardly…
A sanitation court in Sokoto on Saturday sealed six filling stations for flouting the end of the month sanitation exercise.…
Arik Airlines says it has introduced a mobile and tablet booking app that can provide the airline with booking service.…
Governor Ibrahim Dankwambo of Gombe State on Friday presented a budget of N107.4 billion for the 2014 Appropriation Act to…
Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State said on Friday in Ilorin that the state government would give out N200 million…
Equity transactions on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) opened after the holiday on Friday in an upward trend with the…
The Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN), has advised the Federal Government to review its planned policy on importation of…
The Enugu State Police Command has arrested a native doctor, from Umuopu Umueze in Igboeze North Local Government Area, for…
The Senator representing Kebbi south, Retired Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Magoro, has appealed to the Boko Haram sect to embrace dialogue…
Lebanese national, Mr Hassan Zaid, who was kidnapped on Monday by unknown persons, has been released by his abductors. This…
Governor Babangida Aliyu of Niger says the ban on the operations of commercial motorcyclists in Minna, the state capital, has…
Voters across Yobe today turned out in large numbers to cast their votes to elect Chairmen and Councillors of the…
A socio-cultural group, the Igbomina Development Forum, on Saturday rallied support for President Goodluck Jonathan in his bid to tackle…