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Borno State Governor, Alhaji Kashim Shettima, yesterday, said that the doubt in certain quarters on whether or not the Chibok…

Academic Staff Union of Universities, Lagos State University, LASU, Ojo, branch has declared a total and indefinite strike over what…

Former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, yesterday, dragged the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and its National…

Twin car bombings in central Nigeria killed at least 118 people and brought entire buildings down Tuesday, in the latest affront to the government’s internationally-backed security crackdown. Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan swiftly condemned the…

Report from Ministry of Niger Delta Development. The Minister of State and Supervising Minister for the Ministry of Niger Delta…

Report from Ministry of Power. With determination to deliver on Mr. President’s directive of appreciable improvement in electricity nationwide by…

Report from Federal Ministry of Finance A total of N634.721 Billion has been shared to the three tiers of Government…

ABUJA (National Planning Commission Report) The Supervising Minister of the National Planning Commission, Bashir Yuguda has said that the new…

LONDON, United-Kingdom, May 20, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — FCO Minister Mark Simmonds condemns fighting in Mali, calls for peace…

The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has disclosed that it has so far captured the data of about three million…

Pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere Renewal Group, on Monday, demanded regional autonomy for the Yoruba race of South-West or force it…

The Yoruba rights’ group has condemned a statement credited to the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator…

Israel has sent two anti-terror experts to Nigeria to join the search for hundreds of schoolgirls kidnapped by extremist Islamist…

The Shehu of Borno, Dr Mustapha El-Kanemi, has disowned leaders of the Boko Haram, saying that none of them is…

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has intercepted 244 vessels allegedly involved in illegal activities on Nigeria’s territorial…

The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has taken responsibility for the fire explosion that occurred at…

Three blasts rocked the city of Jos in central Nigeria on Tuesday, two local journalists said. The blasts caused casualties,…

NEW YORK, May 20, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN…

BRUSSELS, Kingdom of Belgium, May 20, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — In the context of the second round of the…

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