ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, June 4, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union (AU),…
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President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday attended the launching of a private university, Eagle Heights, owned by the National President of…
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, June 4, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Tigo (http://www.tigo.co.tz), Airtel and Zantel announced today a pioneering…
GABORONE, Botswana, June 4, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The SADC Consultative meeting on CFTA/BIAT kicked off today. The meeting…
Senior Special Assistant to President Goodluck on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe has slammed retired World Bank Vice President (Africa)…
Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi (Left); acknowledging cheers and dancing to a cultural display by the women wing of…
The Ekiti State Government has procured 20 sophisticated waste collection bins worth over N30m as part of plans to ensure…
The Association of Nigerian University Vice Chancellors has described the transformations made by the Dr Kayode Fayemi administration to education…
French President Francois Hollande said on Wednesday that he will again defend BNP Paribas bank against a huge fine for alleged sanctions busting, when he dines with US President Barack Obama later in the day. Hollande told journalists during a visit…
Oil prices edged higher on Wednesday as investors awaited the latest US supply report for clues about demand in the world’s biggest crude consumer. The US benchmark, West Texas Intermediate for delivery in July, gained 63 cents to $103.29 a barrel.…
Britain’s biggest retailer Tesco suffered its largest quarterly drop in sales for four decades, it said on Wednesday, hit by supermarket price wars and the rising popularity of German-owned discounters. Tesco, the world’s third biggest supermarket group…
UN members launched a new round of climate talks Wednesday with Europe demanding early action to tame carbon emissions, two days after the United States unveiled a longer-term plan. “Although we are already looking beyond the current decade, it is also…
A rogue general, whose repeated deadly assaults on jihadists in Libya’s second city Benghazi have earned him threats of reprisal, escaped a suicide bombing Wednesday, one of his commanders said. But three loyalists of former general and longtime US…
Europe’s main stock markets fell on Wednesday when caution prevailed on the eve of interest rate decisions in Britain and the eurozone, dealers said. Investors were on edge also ahead of this week’s key non-farm payrolls data in the United States, which…
Nigeria’s new central bank governor began work on Tuesday, starting a fresh chapter in Africa’s biggest economy after his predecessor’s tenure ended in scandal and claims of political connivance. Godwin Emefiele took over from Sanusi Lamido Sanusi,…
Stray bullets regularly whizz through the courtyard of the Fotokol highschool in northern Cameroon, a terrifying reminder of the Boko Haram gunmen carrying out deadly raids just across the border with Nigeria. Their insides cramped with fear, pupils…
WASHINGTON, June 4, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The United States looks forward to working with Abdelfattah al-Sisi, the winner…
NEW YORK, June 4, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN…
LONDON, United-Kingdom, June 4, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Foreign Secretary congratulates President-elect Sisi and highlights need to implement the…
Akwa Ibom State Governor, Chief Godswill Akpabio, yesterday promised to send a proposal to the state House of Assembly to…