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Nigerian-American teenage sensation, Zuriel Oduwole, has been named as the most powerful 11-year old personality worldwide by the Business Insider.…

From Aliko Dangote to Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigerians have made their mark on the global scene and have left a long-lasting…

The Ogun State Government on Thursday honored some organizations and groups it adjudged to be most faithful in the payment…

Australian authorities said Friday they would widen the underwater hunt for missing flight MH370, as the deep-sea search for wreckage at the suspected crash site neared completion with no results. Mini-submarine Bluefin-21 has scanned 95 percent of…

The Minister of Environment, Mrs. Laurentia Laraba Mallam has pledged to cooperate with Turkish construction Companies operating in Nigeria to…

GENEVA, Switzerland, April 25, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The UN Committee Against Torture is due to review Sierra Leone’s…

LONDON, United-Kingdom, April 25, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — FCO Minister for Africa Mark Simmonds welcomes results of the first…

BANJUL, Gambia, April 25, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Her Excellency (Mrs) Zineb Jammeh, First Lady, The Gambia, Her Excellency,…

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, April 25, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Burundi President, His Excellency Pierre Nkurunziza, today, made a historic…

Edo State Governor ADAMS OSHIOMHOLE DISPLAYING HIS ALL PROGRESSIVES CONGRESS (APC) MEMBERSHIP CARD AFTER REGISTERING AT IYAMHO, ETSAKO WEST LOCAL…

Senator Kabiru Gaya, representing Kano South, on Thursday declared his intention to contest the Kano State governorship election under the…

A retired President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Ayo Salami has said that most Nigerians believe that occupants of…

Ahead of the forthcoming governorship elections in Ekiti and Osun States as well as the 2015 general polls, the Independent…

President GOODLUCK Jonathan (R) RECEIVING LETTER OF CREDENCE FROM MR GU XIAOJIE THE AMBASSADOR DESIGNATE OF China TO NIGERIA IN…

NEW YORK, April 25, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN…

ABUA (Federal Civil Service Commission) The Acting Permanent Secretary of the Federal Civil Service Commission, Mustapha Suleiman has called on…

Syria has nearly completed surrendering its chemical weapons stockpile, a joint task force in charge of the operation said Thursday, as UN Security Council members called for a fresh probe into alleged gas attacks. “Today’s operation brings the total…

Shareholders of state-rescued Royal Bank of Scotland will not get to vote on allowing its bankers to earn an EU bonus cap of twice their salary, the government said Friday. UKFI, the body that manages the government’s 81-percent stake in the lender,…

London shares opened lower on Friday as airlines fell amid reports of a highjacking in Indonesia, dealers said. The benchmark FTSE 100 index lost 26.70 points or 0.40 percent to 6,676.30 points at 8:19 am. A passenger plane landed at Bali airport on…

Trading in shares in French engineering group Alstom was suspended on Friday, a day after the shares surged on rumours of a bid by US giant General Electric. “The shares are suspended as required by the AMF (financial market authority) until further…