President Francois Hollande on Thursday said France stood shoulder-to-shoulder with Nigeria in its battle against Boko Haram, vowing to support its fight against Islamist militancy as it had done in Mali. Hours before Hollande’s arrival in Abuja, hundreds…
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On behalf of the Government and good people of Bayelsa State, I wish to convey with profound joy our felicitations and…
L-R: Chairman, Board of Directors, Senior Citizens Care Foundation, SCCF, Prince Adesumbo Ajibola; Former Attorney General and Minister for Justice,…
Mr Kingsley Kuku, the Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta, said on Friday that N35.83 billion would be…
MEN of the Delta State Police Command have arrested a 71‑year‑old man involved in duping women under the guise of…
Malam Muhammad Nafi’u, the Chief Imam of Nupe Road Central Mosque, Kaduna, on Friday, urged Muslims to continue to pray…
Governor Murtala Nyako of Adamawa State Friday escaped death by the whiskers when he was attacked by gunmen suspected to…
A 54- year- old Estate agent, Femi Adewumi and two others, were Friday arraigned before an Ikeja Magistrate Court, for…
FORMER governorship candidate of the Democratic Peoples Party, DPP in Delta State, Olorogun Great Ovedje Ogboru has described Mallam Sanusi…
Electricity consumers all over the country heaved a sigh of relief, following the decision of the federal government to handover…
GOVERNORS under the aegis of Nigeria Governors’ Forum, NGF Frirday condemned in very strong terms, the massacre of fifty- three…
The kidnappers of Chief Inengite Nitabai, cousin to President Goodluck Jonathan, have demanded the sum of N500m ransom to set…
The Nigerian Army Friday refuted reports that Governor Murtala Nyako of Adamawa State was attacked by terrorists and that more…
Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun (4th right) flanked by the state’s delegates to the National Conference, including Chief Olaniwun…
BISSAU, Guinea Bissau, February 28, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human…
GENEVA, Switzerland, February 28, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Following a malaria outbreak in a cyclone-affected area of Puntland, Somalia,…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday February 26, 2014 arraigned Dr Godwin Karma before Justice Oluwatoyin Ipaye…
Justice R.M Aikawa of the Federal High Court, Port Harcourt on Wednesday February 26, 2014 convicted and sentenced one Ibiba…
Delta State Governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan has been conferred with the “2013 Man of the Year Award” as he stated…
L-R: Commissioner for Integration and Intergovernmental Affairs, Mr. Funminiyi Afuye; Special Adviser to Kwara State Governor on Communication, Hon. Rahim…