Colombia’s Nobel-winning novelist Gabriel Garcia Marquez died Thursday in Mexico City at the age of 87, the Colombian president said. “One thousand years of solitude and sadness for the death of the greatest Colombian of all time,” Juan Manuel Santos…
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US college freshman stars Jabari Parker and James Young said Thursday they will skip their final three seasons of collegiate play and declared themselves eligible for June’s NBA Draft. Parker, a forward, led Duke University to a 26-9 season, averaging…
President Barack Obama said a deal Thursday to de-escalate tensions in Ukraine was a “glimmer of hope” but cautioned he could not be sure if Russia would live up to it. Obama, in a careful response to the apparent breakthrough in Geneva, said he was…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on April 14, 2014 arraigned duo of Isiyaku Ibrahim and Alhaji Mallam Usman…
Khalil Ahmed Bappah, a self appointed agent to communications giant, Globacom has been arraigned before the Federal High Court sitting…
WASHINGTON, April 17, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Funding Opportunity AnnouncementBureau of Population, Refugees, and MigrationApril 16, 2014Funding Opportunity Number:…
The Lagos State Government on Thursday said it had plans to acquire farmlands in some states in the northern part…
The Supervising Minister of National Planning Commission, Alhaji Bashir Yuguda, on Thursday assured delegates to the forthcoming World Economic Forum…
Parents of the abducted school girls in Chibok, Borno State have accused the Nigerian military of lying. The Defence Headquarters…
Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Apo, Abuja has declared the park and pay policy of the FCT Administration…
Report from the Office of VP’s Wife. Hajiya Amina Namadi Sambo, the Wife of the Vice President has announced the…
Report from Federal Ministry of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs. Given the critical need for the grassroots to feel the…
Report from Ministry of Labour The Minister of Labour and Productivity, Emeka Wogu has described the Nyanya bomb incidence as…
The U.S Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. James Entwistle, has expressed his country’s readiness to collaborate with Nigeria in the fight…
WASHINGTON, April 17, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Press StatementJohn KerrySecretary of StateWashington, DCApril 17, 2014On behalf of President Obama…
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, April 17, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The importance of laboratory research and quality diagnostics cannot be…
A Nigerian school principal on Thursday denied military reports that most of the girls kidnapped by Islamist gunmen were now safe, as parents continued a desperate search for 115 children still held captive. A defence ministry spokesman, Chris Olukolade…
The cold war between the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP-led Federal Government and governors under the platform of All Progressives Congress…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) governors yesterday said the country has witnessed so much blood shed and called for a…
President GOODLUCK JONATHAN, Ibrahim SHEKARAU, OTHER PDP STALWARTS DANCE TO MUSIC BY POPULAR HAUSA MUSICIAN/ACTOR, SANI DANJA IN Kano ON…