A pastor whose supporters have claimed a wave of attacks across DR Congo is “on the run” and outside the country, government spokesman Lambert Mende said Tuesday, adding that the death toll from the violence had risen to over 100. Pastor Joseph Mukungubila…
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L-R: Ekiti State Deputy Governor, Prof. Modupe Ade;abu; Governor Kayode Fayemi; Speaker, Ekiti State House of Assembly, Dr. Adewale Omirin;…
DELTA State Governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan on Sunday warned employees of the State Government, contractors and other officials in the…
The naming of Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, Governor of Delta State as The Sun man of the Year has been described…
Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan and his Kano State counterpart, Alhaji Rabiu Kwankwaso have emerged joint winners of The…
As part of his efforts at promoting Ijaw national integration, Bayelsa State Governor, Hon Seriake Dickson paid a visit to…
30 December 2013 – The Security Council has condemned “in the strongest terms” the attack on a United Nations-African Union…
Production at two oilfields in southern Libya has restarted after it was suspended for several months, a national oil company official said on Monday. Mohamed al-Harairi of Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) told AFP the Sarir and Msala oilfields…
Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has revealed that his administration has no plan to ban commercial motorcycle operators otherwise…
L-R: Chairman, Ekiti State Council of Obas, Oba Adamo Babalola; Onisan of Isan Kingdom, Oba Sunday Ajiboye; Ekiti State Governor,…
Barely 48 hours to the end of the year, the Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun today signed…
The United States is still investigating last year’s attack on its diplomatic mission in Benghazi but has no evidence that “core Al-Qaeda” leaders directed the assault in which four Americans died, a US official said Monday. State Department spokeswoman…
30 December 2013 – United Nations moved on the diplomatic and military fronts today to douse the flames of conflict…
30 December 2013 – United Nations peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are on alert today amid…
30 December 2013 – Attacks against children in the Central African Republic (CAR) have sunk to a “vicious new low,”…
Nigerian security forces have launched ground and air operations on terrorists’ locations in the forest at Alafa, about 21km from…
30 December 2013 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Philippe Lazzarini as his Deputy Special Representative, as…
President Goodluck Jonathan was on Monday urged to hold talks on the future of Nigeria, as the country prepared to mark the centenary of the unification of north and south. The Movement for New Nigeria (MNN), a civil society group made up of a number…
Suspected Boko Haram gunmen shot dead seven people and injured five more in a weekend attack on a wedding party in northeastern Nigeria, police said on Monday. Two gunmen on a motorcycle opened fire in the mainly Christian village of Tashan Alade, 230…
L-R: Wife of Ekiti State Governor, Erelu Bisi Fayemi; her husband, Governor Kayode Fayemi; with some aides, serving some elderly…