Following a painstaking and diligent investigation, detectives from the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS) of the Nigeria Police have solved…
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Imo State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Mohammed Musa Katsina, speaks on the challenges of stemming crime in the state which…
General Electric has signed a deal with a Nigerian bank to invest $350 million in Nigeria’s ailing power sector, the country’s trade and investment minister said on Friday. Olusegun Aganga said the deal between the US conglomerate and Stanbic Bank would…
Eight people were killed in religious violence in Nigeria on Friday, including a Christian family of seven, while a roadside bomb killed seven others in an area known for Boko Haram activity. The two incidents follow deadly violence last weekend, which…
Vice President Namadi Sambo has disclosed that, the Gbarain Power Plant in Bayelsa State is to be commissioned soon to…
Governor Henry Seriake Dickson has underscored the need for political parties to put the unity of Nigeria above parochial sentiments.…
MOGADISHU, Somalia, January 31, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia, Nicholas Kay,…
More revelations emerged on Thursday January 30, 2014 at the on-going trial of Dayo Olagunju and six other executive officers…
More than 2,000 people were forced from their homes after a market attack in northeast Nigeria blamed on Boko Haram militants that killed at least 52, a relief agency said Thursday. The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) in the region said…
The Bee Keepers Association of Nigeria, Oyo State Chapter, on Friday urged the Federal Government to support the private sector…
The Nigerian Army School of Infantry, Jaji, Kaduna, on Friday said it trained 937 soldiers on counter terrorism as part…
Members of the dreaded Boko Haram sects have adopted new strategy in their terror attacks in Borno state. . Seven…
The release of the modalities for the National Conference by the Federal Government has elicited mixed reactions from lawmakers and…
A businessman, Mr Seyi Ogundeji, on Friday pleaded with a Customary Court in Ake, Abeokuta, to dissolve his marriage to…
GENEVA, Switzerland, January 31, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)…
GENEVA, Switzerland, January 31, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Sierra Leonean healthcare professionals in the UK are keen to volunteer…
The Federal Government on Thursday flagged-off an Open Data Development Initiative to support its objective of driving innovations, investments and…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Wednesday, January 29, 2014 arraigned Aminu Ibrahim Gaya, a former Director with…
Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mallam Ibrahim Lamorde has warned Chief Compliance Officers of banks…
Justice Babatunde O. Qaudri of the Federal High Court, Gombe, on January 29, 2014, convicted and sentenced Habila A. Mamman…