Enlarge NAIROBI, Kenya — In their most audacious attack yet, Islamic militants in northern Nigeria launched a pre-dawn raid on an air force base, showing their continued strength and ability to strike despite a six-month-long army offensive aimed…
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Nigerian police said on Wednesday that they raided a home and freed 16 pregnant girls and young women allegedly being forced to have babies to be sold. “We carried out a raid on a residence in Owerri following an intelligence report and rescued 16 expectant…
Nigeria’s military on Tuesday restored the mobile phone service in the embattled city of Maiduguri, a day after a major raid by Islamists which prompted a round-the-clock ban on movements. The phones were switched off in May when a state of emergency…
Nigeria said on Wednesday that 500 people who were arrested during security operations against Boko Haram militants in three northeast states should be put on trial for terror offences. The 500 are among nearly 1,400 detained in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe…
BRUSSELS, Kingdom of Belgium, December 4, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — MEP Mariya Gabriel (EPP Group) and the European Network…
WASHINGTON, December 4, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and Société Générale have…
TUNIS, Tunisia, December 4, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF), the…
KINSHASA, Dem. Rep. of Congo (DRC) December 4, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),…
PARIS, France, December 4, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Schneider Electric (http://www.schneider-electric.com), the global specialist in energy management, is inviting…
An appeal has gone to employers of corps-members to accommodate all such corps-members posted to their establishments to enable them…
Operators of radio-active facilities and users of radiation materials in the southeast zone have been enjoined to support the Nigerian…
The Joint Investigation Team set up by the Defence Headquarters has recommended immediate trial of over 500 persons apprehended in…
The Permanent Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Information, Folasade Yemi-Esan in an interactive session with Federal Civil Servants in…
The Minister of Power, Chinedu Nebo has assured Nigerians that the newly commissioned Dei Dei Injection Sub-station constructed by the…
Nigeria’s Agric Minister, Akinwumi Adesina has been awarded the prestigious ‘Forbes Africa Person of the Year Award’ defeating four other…
President Goodluck Jonathan has declared open the 1st International Palm Produce Conference (IPPC) in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State with a…
Nigeria’s Minister of Power, Chinedu Nebo has assured a visiting trade and investment delegation from South Africa that Nigeria’s fledgling…
The Nigerian Envoy to the Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Ambassador Bulus Paul Zon Lolo on Wednesday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia…
A Kenyan court denied bail Wednesday to four men facing trial in connection with Kenya’s Westgate mall massacre in September in which at least 67 people were killed. Magistrate Kiarie Waweru Kiarie told the accused in court in Nairobi their bail applications…
NEW YORK, December 4, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1521 (2003) concerning…