Nigeria on Tuesday said it was willing to talk to Boko Haram militants, as the United States sent its top Africa general for talks on the rescue mission of more than 200 kidnapped schoolgirls. The governor of Nigeria’s northeastern Borno state, Kashim…
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President Barack Obama has been briefed by his top advisors after a second case of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) was discovered on US soil, the White House said Tuesday. “The president has been briefed on this development … Our team…
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday asked the country’s parliament for a six-month extension to the state of emergency in three northeastern states riven by Islamist militant violence. “I most respectfully request the distinguished senators…
ABUJA (Industry, Trade and Investment Ministry Report) – The Nigerian Government has said that it is partnering with the United…
Abuja (Code of Conduct Tribunal Report) – The Code of Conduct Tribunal in Abuja has recently received delivery of some…
Abuja (Women Affairs Ministry Report) – The Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Zainab Maina has called on stakeholders…
After weeks of speculation and uncertainty, President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday finally requested the Senate to approve another six months…
GENEVA, Switzerland, May 13, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Federal Government of Nigeria, in collaboration with IOM, is this…
NEW YORK, May 13, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — A regional court in the semi-autonomous republic of Somaliland remanded two…
MOGADISHU, Somalia, May 13, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia (SRSG), Nicholas…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned the duo of Nnanna Kalu, 26 and Ukaegbu Arisa Oti, 27,…
FORMER President OLUSEGUN Obasanjo WITH PUPILS AND STUDENTS OF HIIS ADOPTED SCHOOL,GOVERNMENT GIRLS SECONDARY SCHOOL, KUDAI IN JIGAWA ON MONDAY…
GENEVA, Switzerland, May 13, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The start of South Sudan’s rainy season has dramatically raised the…
ALGIERS, Algeria, May 13, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Royal Philips (http://www.philips.com/africaroadshow) (AEX: PHIA, NYSE: PHG), the global leader in…
NEW YORK, May 13, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s briefing to the Security Council…
EL FASHER (DARFUR), Sudan, May 13, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — UNAMID Deputy Joint Special Representative (DJSR) Joseph Mutaboba travelled…
GENEVA, Switzerland, May 12, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -6 Church leaders, who were part of the negotiations between South Sudan’s…
The EU was intensifying diplomatic efforts Tuesday to get Ukraine’s leadership and pro-Moscow rebels to the negotiating table, as the OSCE said Moscow supports a de-escalation roadmap for the crisis. German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier kicks…
Oscar Pistorius’s murder trial debated his mental state Tuesday, as the athlete faced a possible stint in a psychiatric hospital to establish if he has a “general anxiety disorder.” Under cross-examination on Tuesday, defence psychiatrist Meryll Vorster…
Report from the Office of the VP.The Vice President of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Mr. Hiroshi Kato has…