ROME, Italy, May 16, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — A major operation to distribute seeds and tools has been launched…
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The Independent National Electoral Commission inaugurated a National Inter-agency Advisory Committee on Voter Education and Publicity to provide effective strategies for…
A hairdresser, Mrs Suzy Adeleke, on Friday urged an Ikorodu Customary Court in Lagos to dissolve her six-year-old marriage over…
A suspended judge of the FCT High Court, Abuja, Abubakar Talba, resumed sitting after one year suspension by the National…
A 29-year-old woman, Lucy Samuel, on Thursday, appeared before a Yaba Magistrate’s Court, Lagos, for allegedly assaulting her 13-year-old step-daughter…
SECURITY AGENCIES AT A JOINT PRESS BRIEFING IN Abuja ON MONDAY (ENLARGED PHOTO OF AMINU OGWUCHE ARROWED) The Department of…
Members of the Volunteer Vigilance Youths Group also known as “Civilian JTF” in Borno State on Thursday condemned the move…
Culture clashes and concerns over sovereignty will undermine efforts by foreign experts to help Nigeria’s military find the schoolgirls held hostage by Boko Haram but cooperation can work, experts said on Friday. US military experts have been in Nigeria…
A group of gunmen razed two schools in Bauchi state, northern Nigeria, where Boko Haram gunmen previously attacked a girls’ school, a police spokesman said on Thursday. Dozens of gunmen in cars and on motorcycles stormed the neighbouring villages of…
The United Nations warned Friday of an “alarming deterioration” of human rights in eastern Ukraine, where an armed insurgency by pro-Russian separatists is threatening a presidential election just over a week away. In a new report, the UN rights chief…
Colombia’s FARC rebel group said Friday it will observe a unilateral truce during the country’s May 25 elections as a gesture of goodwill. The FARC said the truce will run from May 20 through May 28, and will also include the forces of Colombia’s second…
US Secretary of State John Kerry congratulated India’s future prime minister Narendra Modi Friday after he led his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party to a landslide election victory. “Congrats to and BJP,” Kerry tweeted. “Look forward to working…
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday cancelled a visit to the hometown of more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by Islamic militants, provoking fresh criticism of his handling of the crisis. A senior government official told AFP that Jonathan…
14 May 2014 – The political situation in Burundi remains tense with limited political space not conducive to protection of…
14 May 2014 – The United Nations expert committee tasked with monitoring discrimination against women today added its voice to…
14 May 2014 – The United Nations Mission in South sudan (UNMISS) has welcomed the signing of an agreement between…
13 May 2014 – The children of the Central African Republic are witnessing terrible violence in what has become a…
13 May 2014 – Stressing the need to educate all children, the head of the United Nations education agency today…
GENEVA, Switzerland, May 16, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — ITU presented the World Telecommunication and Information Society Award to three…
LONDON, United-Kingdom, May 16, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Foreign Secretary condemns attacks in Nairobi and offers his condolences to…