Three pro-Russian militants and one attacker were killed in a gunbattle near the volatile eastern Ukrainian town of Slavyansk early Sunday, a local leader told journalists. Vyatcheslav Ponomarev said the battle broke out at a barricade put up in a village…
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Divers began retrieving bodies on Sunday from inside the submerged South Korean ferry that capsized four days ago with hundreds of children on board, as families angered by the pace of the rescue efforts scuffled with police. Coastguard officials said…
17 April 2014 – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today said he was encouraged by the initial round of diplomatic…
16 April 2014 – The ongoing unrest in eastern Ukraine, if not addressed as a matter of priority, risks seriously…
16 April 2014 – Violence against women remains a pervasive challenge in the United Kingdom and a more comprehensive and…
15 April 2014 – The United Nations refugee agency applauded today the “significant efforts” made recently by the Bulgarian authorities…
15 April 2014 – While corruption and widespread inequality were among the root causes of the massive street protests that…
13 April 2014 – In the wake of the violent clashes that have swept eastern Ukraine over the past 24…
Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, Saturday, reiterated the commitment of the Sultanate Council to the education of the…
About 77 people lost their lives during the crises between some Fulani herdsmen and the indigenous people of Wukari, Taraba…
The First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, has urged Nigerians, particularly Christians and women, to pray for the peace and economic…
Activities in Abuja were low key on Saturday as the Easter holidays and celebrations continued, the News Agency of Nigeria…
A Nigerien in possession of over 1,000 passport photographs of young boys have been arrested by men of the Ogun…
LONDON, United-Kingdom, April 19, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Foreign Secretary William Hague welcomes peaceful vote and congratulates the winner…
The newspaper’s edition was set, ready to print, when the assailants came at 2 o’clock in the morning, Molotov cocktails in hand. “We heard someone beating violently against our windows. They ripped off the shutters and broke the glass. Then they took…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, on Thursday delivered medical consumables worth millions of naira to victims of Abuja bomb…
A religious organisation, Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has accused security agencies in the country of being biased in the campaign…
A member of the Board of Trustees of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) and proprietor of Rogenny Tourist Village Oba in Anambra…
DR. SAM AMADI The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has directed the Electricity Distribution Companies (Discos) to with immediate effect,…
Senate President, David Mark; his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu; and the Senator representing Kwara Central Senatorial District, Senator Bukola Saraki have…