Nigeria Union Journalists (NUJ), Plateau State chapter, members of the Civil Society Organisations (CSO) and the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) today…
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Senate President David Mark, on Tuesday insisted that the Federal Government would not enter into talks with the Boko Haram…
Governor Mukhtar Ramalan Yero of Kaduna State, on Monday threatened to personally deal with anyone, no mattr how highly placed,…
THE Controversial PHOTO SHOWING THE Naira SIGN Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has decried the twist introduced to a photograph…
Global wine consumption fell marginally in 2013 and the United States outstripped France as the top consumer, the International Organisation of Wine and Vine (OIV) said Tuesday. Consumption dipped 1 percent last year to 238.7 hectolitres of wine in…
A French journalist has been killed while on a reporting assignment in Central African Republic, French President Francois Hollande said Tuesday in a statement, vowing to make every effort to shed light on the murder. “The president learned with great…
Middle-aged municipal worker Masha bent down in her green parks department overall to tend the pristine flowerbeds on a tree-lined avenue in downtown Donetsk. “We don’t know who will be paying our salaries from now on,” she said, digging around in the…
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…
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…