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President GOODLUCK JONATHAN, Ibrahim SHEKARAU, OTHER PDP STALWARTS DANCE TO MUSIC BY POPULAR HAUSA MUSICIAN/ACTOR, SANI DANJA IN Kano ON…

A former head of state and national leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has…

T FROM LEFT: BALE OF OWUTU, CHIEF JOSEPH ALUKO; Gov. BABATUNDE FASHOLA OF LAGOS; MANAGING DIRECTOR, ARAB CONTRACTORS, MR OSAMA…

CANDIDATES WRITING THE UNIFIED TERTIARY MATRICULATION EXAMINATION IN Abuja ON Saturday (12/4/14). The result of the Paper Pencil Test (PPT)…

Wukari town in Taraba State has reportedly come under another serious attack by gunmen, said to be militant herdsmen, who…

Israeli and Palestinian negotiators were to hold a meeting Thursday with US envoy Martin Indyk, in a bid to find a way to extend their faltering peace talks. The meeting had been put off by a day, with Israel implying the delay was due to the killing…

Heart-wrenching messages of fear, love and despair, sent by high school students from a sinking South Korean ferry added extra emotional weight Thursday to a tragedy that has stunned the entire nation. Nearly 300 people — most of them students on a…

South Korean rescuers and dive teams worked frantically under floodlights as fears rose for nearly 300 people missing after a ferry sank Wednesday with 475 on board, mostly high school students bound for a holiday island. Yonhap news agency said 179…

German software giant SAP said Thursday it is sticking to its full-year forecasts for 2014 after profits rose slightly in the first quarter. SAP said that net profit rose by 3.0 percent to 534 million euros ($739 million) in the period from January…

Recently, 57 students were killed in their sleep by the terrorist group, Boko Haram, in the state of Yobe and 20 girls were also abducted by the terrorists. Following this development, mothers across major cities of Nigeria took to the streets in protest…

Following the frequency of attacks in Nigeria in the past few days, the United States Department of States has warned…

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) last night announced that 121 of the female students abducted from the Government Girls’ Secondary School,…

The spate of attacks by Islamic terrorists continued yesterday; the fourth time in three days, as they killed 20 people,…

Legendary former Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson is to auction off part of his wine collection worth an estimated £3 million ($5 million, 3.6 million euros), Christie’s announced on Wednesday. The collection of around 5,000 bottles contains…

A SPEECH PRESENTED BY HIS EXCELLENCY, CHIEF T. A. ORJI (OCHENDO), GOVERNOR Abia STATE, ON THE OCCASION OF THE INAUGURATION…

OTTAWA, Canada, April 16, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Honourable Larry Smith, Senator (Québec – Saurel), will highlight Canada’s…

TOKYO, Japan, April 16, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — 1. The Government of Japan deeply regrets the bombing incident in…

Wife of Ekiti State Governor, Erelu Bisi Fayemi (right) presenting garri processing machine to residents of Lawrence Camp, Ekiti South…

Hundreds of members of the Peoples Democratic Party and the Labour Party in Okemesi, Ido Ile, and Aramoko Ekiti on…

The Lagos State Government has given owners of communications masts made of hollow-pipes until April, 30, 2014 to replace them with galvanized…