GENEVA, Switzerland, January 24, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — A follow-up mission to Mauritania by the United Nations Special Rapporteur…
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The Supervising Minister of Education, Ezenwo Nyesom Wike has recently met with the Principals of Federal Government Colleges at the…
At least 45 people were killed in a suspected Boko Haram attack on a market in restive northeast Nigeria, police said on Monday, warning the death toll could rise. “So far, we have 45 dead and 26 injured… but the figures could increase as our men…
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Dr Kayode Fayemi Following the release of the Elections Timetable by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Ekiti State Governor,…
L-R: Ekiti State Deputy Governor, Prof. Modupe Adelabu; wife of Ekiti State Governor, Erelu Bisi Fayemi; her husband, Governor Kayode…
The Ekiti State Government has stated that it would intensify its sensitisation campaign on the enforcement of the monthly environmental…
Follow @{0}Discrimination against people living with HIV/AIDS in Cameroon is widespread YAOUNDE, 23 January 2014 (IRIN) – People living with…
Follow @{0}Cameroon has embarked on a four-month crackdown of illegal clinicsYAOUNDE, 21 January 2014 (IRIN) – Cameroon is cracking down…
The federal government is to resolve pension terminal benefits issues of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, workers in…
What could be termed a graveyard peace returned to public health institutions, weekend, following the end of the three-day warning…
Employers in the nation’s construction industry are today meeting leaders of the National Union of Civil Engineering, Construction, Furniture and…
Victims of police demolition exercise in Lagos have dragged the Attorney-General of the Federation, Inspector General of Police, Commissioner of…
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, weekend, urged leaders at all levels to seek for knowledge on leadership. .…
Governor Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers State, yesterday, called on the Ogoni people to declare one- day fasting for God to…
Cracks have appeared in the political camp of former President Olusegun Obasanjo as his loyalists are divided. Some of the…
Nigeria has set a date for its presidential and parliamentary elections but the main question dominating discussion in the country…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and All Progressives Alliance (APC) on Saturday in Osogbo pledged to shun thuggery and rigging…
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet), said on Saturday that the rain which fell on Friday evening in FCT and its…
Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, President, Al-Mustapha Peace, Unity, Development Initiative (APUDI), says his organisation will empower majority of the 22 million…