At least 100 people were killed in the religiously divided centre of Nigeria this weekend, local officials said on Sunday, as tensions between Muslim-dominated herdsmen and mostly Christian farmers again turned deadly. About 40 assailants armed with…
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Office of the First Lady The wife of Nigerian President, Patience Jonathan has described the Governor of Plateau State, …
As the nation prepares for the conduct of the 2015 general elections, the Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson on…
Power Ministry News The Minister of Power, Chinedu Nebo has urged all stakeholders in the power sector to mobilize efforts…
Ministry of Water Resources “The Federal Ministry of Water Resources has announced that the Nigerian Government is set to mark…
A farmer holds what is left of his millet crop after an attack by grasshoppers. (file photo)MARADI/KANO, 14 March 2014…
Follow @{0}Flooding displaced 1.3 million Nigerians in 2012. (file photo)DAKAR, 14 March 2014 (IRIN) – Researchers at the Madrid-based humanitarian…
Follow @{0}Displaced from Borno State now sheltering in Niger’s Guesseré village.KANO, 14 March 2014 (IRIN) – Humanitarian needs are mounting…
Follow @{0}Car displaced in Cameroon’s Garoua-BoulaiYAOUNDE/GAROUA-BOULAI, 12 March 2014 (IRIN) – Up to 130,000 refugees have fled from the Central…
Follow @{0}Finding enough food for the children is very difficult,” said Ndeye Diagne. “ Always my children are hungry.”LOUGA/DAKAR, 12…
Femi Awoniyi, Germany-based publisher of The African Courier magazine, was recently in Nigeria. The metallurgical engineer-turned journalist visited the The…
This coming election is another opportunity for us in Ekiti to once again demonstrate, and, confirm that Ekiti will never…
L-R: Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, SAN; Chairman, Governors’ Forum and River State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi; and Ekiti…
Nigerian football authorities on Friday suspended all Premier League matches at El Kanemi Warriors’ home ground because of attacks by Boko Haram militants. El Kanemi play in Maiduguri, a stronghold of the Islamist group who were accused of staging new…
Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson at the weekend approved the award of N6.1billion contracts at the State owned Niger…
A SPEECH PRESENTED BY HIS EXCELLENCY, CHIEF T. A. ORJI (OCHENDO), GOVERNOR ABIA STATE, ON THE OCCASION OF A GRAND…
The Abia State Governor, Chief Theodore Orji, has expressed shock over the news of the death of former President-General of…
Justice Adeniyi Ademola of the Federal High Court today March 14, 2014 refused an application for the variation of the…
Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes, Ibrahim Lamorde, has commended the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) for accepting to…