Lagos, Nigeria — (SBWIRE) — 12/09/2013 — Olaniyi John Gbolahan is an architect and an interior designer, a non-financial member of the International Interior Design Association (IIDA) and the President of the African Association of Interior Designers…
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The speaker of Nigeria’s lower house of parliament on Monday accused the government of failing to tackle graft, urging President Goodluck Jonathan to do more to stamp out endemic corruption. Aminu Tambuwal said Jonathan’s administration had repeatedly…
L-R: Ekiti State Deputy Governor, Prof. Modupe Adelabu; Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Olawale Fapohunda; Governor Kayode Fayemi;…
L-R: Chief host/Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi; Chairman, Board of Trustees, Nigeria Media Merit Award, (NMMA), Engr. Vincent Maduka;…
GOODWILL REMARKS OF His Excellency, Dr. Kayode FAYEMI Governor, Ekiti State, Nigeria On the Occasion of the Grand Awards Presentation…
Egyptian troops killed on Monday a leader of an Al-Qaeda inspired militant group that operates in the Sinai peninsula and that has claimed attacks against security forces, the army said. Ibrahim Mohammed Salaima, also known as Abu Sohaib, a “field leader…
Duncan Irvine, Rapid Blue talks about: the shooting of Season 2 of X Factor for Nigeria and Ghana; the talent turn-out in Lagos; why the contestants are different in West Africa; and the winner from Season 1 getting a Sony Records contract.
Nigeria’s finance minister offered a sobering view of the country’s economy on Monday, saying growth has mostly benefited the rich and failed to generate enough jobs. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala told a forum of business leaders that the country’s economy likely…
The Minister of Information, Mr. Labaran Maku has expressed confidence at the on-going projects by the Federal Government’s determination, to…
The wife of Nigerian President, Patience Jonathan, who is the President of the African First Ladies Peace Mission (AFLPM) has…
Nelson Mandela’s widow Graca Machel, who barely left her husband’s bedside in the final six months of his life, has hardly been seen in the wake of his death. Machel maintained a near round-the-clock bedside vigil during the 84 days Mandela spent in…
South African security forces had only days to implement a rough plan for Nelson Mandela’s grand funeral, based partly on blueprints of past major events like the 2010 World Cup final. South Africa’s first black president had been seriously ill for…
The Minister of Information, Labaran Maku has implored the Kaduna State Governor, Mukhtar Yero to initiate a deliberate policy that…
In the nearly two decades Andrew Mlangeni spent in the neighbouring prison cell to Nelson Mandela, he forged a special bond with the anti-apartheid “colossus” that was ripped apart by his death last week. “A part of me is gone with his passing,” Mlangeni…
TOKYO, Japan, December 9, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — 1. Upon receiving the news of the passing of H.E. Mr.…
BERLIN, Germany, December 9, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Michael Georg Link, Minister of State at the Federal Foreign Office,…
WASHINGTON, December 9, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Funding Opportunity AnnouncementBureau of Population, Refugees, and MigrationNovember 7, 2013 Funding Opportunity…
GENEVA, Switzerland, December 9, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC), Rev.…
GENEVA, Switzerland, December 9, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Celebrating the life and works of Nelson Mandela, Dr Agnes Abuom,…
VATICAN, Holy See, December 9, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — This morning in the Vatican Apostolic Palace the Holy Father…