Inmates at a maximum-security prison in northeast Brazil, who had taken four guards and more than 100 visiting relatives hostage during a riot, released all the captives Sunday, officials said. Negotiators secured the remaining hostages’ release just…
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The Inspector-General of Police, IGP MD Abubakar has ordered the strengthening of security in all boarding schools in and around…
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has frowned at the presence of a large number of tourists, journalists and adventurers of diverse…
Former UK Prime Minister and UN Special Envoy on Education, Mr. Gordon Brown, has announced that one million people have…
Following the security summit hosted by France at the weekend to stem the activities of the terror group, Boko Haram,…
No fewer than 40 villagers were killed and several others injured on Saturday evening in Dalwa-Masuba village of Damboa local…
A suspected car bomb ripped through a crowded entertainment spot in the north Nigerian city of Kano on Sunday, witnesses…
About ten persons were feared dead in the early hours of yesterday in a petrol fire explosion at a creek…
Fire yesterday razed about 120 shops in the popular Daleko market in Mushin Local Government Area of Lagos State, destroying…
Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, administering the Polio Vaccine to a child, during the Flag-off Ceremony of the May…
Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi; acknowledging cheers from Teachers, during a Teachers’ Sensitization on World Bank Project of the…
16 May 2014 – The United Nations human rights office today voiced deep concern about the situation of Meriam Ibrahim,…
15 May 2014 – In the wake of the second wave of mass death sentences handed down in Egypt last…
15 May 2014 – The United Nations is committed to supporting Nigeria’s efforts to ensure the release of the schoolgirls…
15 May 2014 – The barbaric murder of a woman with albinism in Tanzania has prompted the United Nations human…
A blast has hit the northern Nigerian city of Kano, in a street with many bars and night spots, police…
Kwara state First Lady, Mrs. Omolewa Ahmed, has organised a special prayer tagged, “Kwara mothers pray” for the release of…
Kogi State Chief Judge, Nasiru Ajanah has decried corruption in the judiciary, saying that bad eggs had contaminated the whole…
17 May 2014 – Following reports that armed groups cut water supplies in Syria’s flashpoint town of Aleppo, leaving at…
16 May 2014 – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said today it has started moving more food supplies…