The Nigerian Government has expressed shock and deep sense of loss over the death of Isaiah Chawai Balat, which occurred…
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The Nigerian Government has charged all unlicensed Private Employment Agencies (PEAs) to regularize their operations with the Ministry of Labour…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on February 28, 2014 arraigned the duo of Apiri Richard Tonye and Paul Charles…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested a legal practitioner, Barrister Ayodele Owoka, 47, over allegations of bribery. He…
Senator Victor Lar, Chairman Senate Committee on Drugs, Narcotics, Financial Crimes and Anti-Corruption has commended the Economic and Financial Crimes…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on February 25, 2014 arraigned the trio of Pastor Glory Okeoghene Abrefera, Reverend Vincent…
NEW YORK, March 1, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The new Permanent Representative of Cabo Verde to the United Nations,…
BISSAU, Guinea Bissau, March 1, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — On 26 February 2014, in Bissau, Ambassador Joaquín González-Ducay, Head…
GENEVA, Switzerland, March 1, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) (http://www.unitar.org) has…
ABUJA, Nigeria, February 28, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Good and inclusive governance is essential to ensuring minority rights, equality…
Nigeria’s presidency on Friday said the country was at war with Boko Haram, apparently backing off previous claims that the Islamist rebels were on the run and desperate. President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration has been fiercely criticised over…
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…
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…