GENEVA, Switzerland, March 25, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Malian regions of Timbuktu, Gao and Kidal are now hosting…
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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, March 25, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Peace and Security Council of the African Union (AU),…
MOGADISHU, Somalia, March 25, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) congratulates the Federal Government…
President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday assured Nigerians in The Netherlands that the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) would soon be passed…
A former Head of State, Gen. Mohammadu Buhari, on Monday urged the National Assembly to adopt a holistic approach to…
The ranks of All Progressives Congress, APC, in Imo State have continued to deplete since the recent return of former…
A private investor, Festrut Conglomerate is set to establish a farm covering 100 hectares of land in Uzebba, Edo State…
The Coordinator, Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB), Lagos office, Alhaji Kamaldeen Oladeji, on Monday said all was ready for…
THE Lagos State Government has dismissed the alleged sale of blood in its hospitals even as it has initiated better…
Dr Erastus Akingbola, the former Managing Director of the defunct Intercontinental Bank Plc, on Tuesday, asked an Ikeja High Court…
The Federal Government and the Republic of Namibia have proposed to construct a joint oil refinery to maximise cooperation in…
AHEAD of the April 5 Ilaje/Ese-Odo Federal constituency bye election, Police in Ondo State yesterday read a riot act to…
The two Edo-born female boxers, Edith Ogoke and Oluwatoyin Aladeji, have been commended for their performances at the just-concluded African…
Scores of rioters went on the rampage on Monday outside an abandoned building in Nigeria dubbed the “House of Horror” after decomposing human remains and skeletons were found there. At least 20 people were injured and 12 vehicles damaged when about…
Gunmen have killed 13 people in an attack on a farming community in central Nigeria in the latest deadly violence to rip through the region, police said on Monday. A further 10 people were injured in the shooting in the village of Gbajimba on Sunday…
Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for an attack on a key military barracks in the northeastern city of Maiduguri, in a new video obtained on Monday by AFP that warns of further bloodshed, including against civilians. “We carried out the attacks…
Defence Ministry Report The Director of Defence Information of the Counter Terrorism Campaign, Chris Olukolade has revealed that the…
Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson disclosed at the weekend in Lagos that the proposed Film village would gulp N20…
Ijebu Ode, Ogun State at the weekend went agog as the Bayelsa State Governor; Hon. Seriake Dickson re-connected with his…
Former Ekiti State Governor, Otunba Niyi Adebayo; Speaker Ekiti State House of Assembly, Dr Adewale Omirin; Secretary to the State…