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DAKAR, Senegal, May 12, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — At the invitation of Mr. Said Djinnit, Special Representative of the…

Report from Office of The Head of The Civil Service of the Federation. About twenty-six- thousand officers in the…

Frustration and despair over the fate of hundreds of schoolgirls kidnapped by Islamic extremists in northern Nigeria is forcing families to organize the rescue themselves. Mother of one of the girls, asking to remain unidentified out of fear of causing…

Israel on Sunday joined the international effort to trace more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by Islamist militants in Nigeria but Washington said US troops would stay out of any rescue mission. Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan spoke to Israeli…

Originally published on Gas2. Segun Oyeyiola’s parents were always telling him, “you better find something better to do. Your siblings have completed their first degrees and rather than you do some stupid things.” Those “stupid things”, in…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday offered to help Nigeria search for hundreds of schoolgirls kidnapped by extremist Islamist group Boko Haram, an offer that was accepted. A statement from the premier’s office said that Netanyahu, currently…

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby warned Sunday of the difficulties of negotiating with an “utterly merciless” group like Boko Haram, but called for active contact with the Nigerian Islamists over their abduction of scores of schoolgirls. Welby…

French President Francois Hollande called Sunday for African leaders to hold a summit in Paris on security in west Africa focusing on the Islamist sect Boko Haram who have abducted more than 200 schoolgirls in Nigeria. “I suggested, with Nigerian President…

The United States has no plans to send troops to Nigeria to help recover hundreds of schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram, US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said in an interview broadcast on Sunday. “There’s no intention, at this point, to (put) American…

Two suspected kidnappers and three suspected robbers have been arrested along Lagos‑Ibadan expressway and in Agbado in Ifo Local Government…

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, yesterday urged the United Nations Security Council to go beyond mere expression of concern…

The World Economic Forum and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation has set up a joint task force to redesign development…

About 30,000 Nigerians spend $1 billion on medical tourism annually, Chief Executive Officer of Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority, Uche Orji…

Elder statesman and former Commonwealth Secretary General, Chief Emeka Anyaoku has said Nigeria can be great if leaders do the…

L-R: Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi; his wife, Erelu Bisi Fayemi; and National Leader, All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju…

Follow @{0}mali refugees in Burkina say they are caught between harsh camp life and insecurity fears back homeDJIBO, 9 May…

Follow @{0}Abdou Abdoullahi in front of his tentDOYABA/SIDDHO/BELOM/N’DJAMENA, 8 May 2014 (IRIN) – Abdou Abdoullahi stands beside the drenched makeshift…

Follow @{0}Cost of hepatitis B treatment exceeds the means of many SenegaleseDAKAR, 8 May 2014 (IRIN) – More than two…

The Ijaw Youths Council (IYC), through its president, Comrade Udengs Eradiri, has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to go ahead…

Schoolgirls who were lucky and brave enough to escape when they had the chance, from Islamist militant group, Boko Haram…