Commissioners of Agriculture in Ogun, Lagos, Ekiti and Oyo States have held a meeting in Abeokuta where they draw…
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Justice U. N Agomoh of the Federal High Court, Port Harcourt has dismissed the motion filed against the Economic and…
A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has convicted one Suleiman Abdul for illegal dealing in Petroleum product. Justice…
The Central African Republic’s mostly Muslim ex-rebels killed nearly 1,000 people in the capital Bangui two weeks ago in a rampage avenging deadly Christian militia attacks, Amnesty International said in a report Thursday. The death toll was significantly…
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan lost his majority in parliament on Wednesday after 37 lawmakers bolted his party for a new opposition coalition, the latest political blow to hit the embattled leader. In a letter presented to the speaker of the…
The Akasoba of Kalabari and Chairperson of the Akasoba Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution (ACPCR), Akasoba Duke-Abiola has informed…
A Workshop aimed at building capacities and enhancing understanding of monitoring and evaluation (M&E) procedures has been organised for SURE-P…
The House of Representatives Committee on Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA) has expressed satisfaction with the Agency’s road maintenance and…
As part of the social responsibility of the Federal Ministry of Water Resources and its agencies, the National Water Resources…
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has revealed that at least 16,470 officially registered internally displaced persons (IDP) are presently…
The Supervising Minister of Environment, Darius Ishaku has reaffirmed the commitment of the Nigerian Government to ensuring healthy living for…
South Africa’s “Dr Death” Wouter Basson, who headed the apartheid regime’s germ warfare programme, was found guilty on Wednesday of unprofessional conduct by the country’s health council. The cardiologist, 63, now risks being barred from practising…
The United States flew 120 people out of South Sudan on Wednesday in three plane-loads amid fierce fighting in the capital, US officials said. Two C-130 planes plus a charter aircraft took off from Juba “carrying non-emergency chief of mission personnel…
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, December 16, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union (AU),…
The latest e-Banking Africa report compares the cost of remitting money to various African countries, and looks into MasterCard’s attempt…
Fighters in Somalia shot dead three Syrian doctors and their three Somali colleagues Wednesday as they travelled to a hospital outside the capital Mogadishu, an AFP reporter said. Their bullet-riddled bodies were carried into Mogadishu’s Medina hospital…
Ethiopia has brought home close to 140,000 citizens from Saudi Arabia, the International Organization for Migration said Wednesday, a month after the oil-rich kingdom started deporting undocumented migrants. Thousands are continuing to arrive daily…
The Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson has proposed a N299.2bn appropriation bill comprising N162.5bn Recurrent expenditure and N136.7bn Capital…
Although they represent different political districts in the state, they are united by one goal: to bring development and prosperity…
L-R: Adelabu, Erelu Fayemi and Osundare at the event US-based poet laureate, Prof. Niyi Osundare, entertained his people at the…