The Rivers State chapter of All Progressives Congress has demanded that the position of the president, the vice president or…
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Ekiti State, ex-Governor Ayo Fayose, has said he will not take up…
Iran could be a “reliable, secure and long-term” supplier of gas to Europe, Tehran’s industry minister Mohammad Reza Nematzadeh said on Monday. “We don’t want to compete with Russia. But we know that Europe’s demand for gas is increasing and would like…
07:58 GMT – Crime scene – Nel is questioning Pistorius on police arriving at the crime scene after he shot Steenkamp. He is specifically asking him about evidence from Colonel Schoombie van Rensburgh that he had gone up to the scene first. “I don’t…
A loud blast rocked a bus station packed with commuters heading to Nigeria’s capital Abuja on Monday, with many people feared injured, the rescue agency spokesman told AFP. “This morning there was an explosion at the Nyanya Motor Park,” Manzo Ezekiel…
Seriake Dickson has tasked the newly sworn in commissioners to work as a formidable team to protect the overall interest…
furtherance of ongoing efforts at re-organizing and repositioning Ministries, Departments and Agencies for optimal performance and delivery of the restoration…
MBABANE, Swaziland, April 14, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — On 10th April 2014, the African Union Commission (AUC), through the…
Swedish superstar Daniel Sedin was in a Vancouver hospital Sunday night after being hit by Calgary’s Paul Byron in the second period of the Canucks 5-1 victory at Rogers Arena. Sedin scored two goals in the first period but was taken off the ice on…
Suspected Boko Haram Islamists killed at least 60 people in Nigeria’s troubled northeastern Borno state close to the border with Cameroon, a local official said. “The attackers, who are no doubt Boko Haram insurgents, attacked Amchaka and nearby villages…
Human rights lawyer, Mr. Bamidele Aturu, has hailed the National Human Rights Commission for its report on public hearing which…
FROM LEFT: VICE PRESIDENT, NAMADI SAMBO; ETSU NUPE, ALHAJI YAHAYA BUBAKAR AND Sultan OF SOKOTO, ALHAJI SA’AD ABUBAKAR 111, AT…
Troops or Military personnel deployed to the North Central zone of the country to checkmate herdsmen/farmers’ clashes as well as…
Concern has been raised by Nigerian banks over the possibility of losing about N1 trillion they invested in the acquisition…
Police in Plateau State have arrested a 70-year-old man for defiling a 13-year-old girl in Barkin Ladi Local Government of…
British hate preacher Abu Hamza goes on trial in New York on Monday, facing the rest of his life behind bars if found guilty on kidnapping and terror charges that predate the 9/11 attacks. It is the second high-profile terror trial to be heard by a…
11 April 2014 – The United Nations human rights office today voiced deep concern about the revised penal code in…
10 April 2014 – The top United Nations official in Myanmar welcomed the Government’s condemnation of the recent attacks against…
9 April 2014 – United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon condemned today the two recent deadly bomb blasts in Pakistan,…
8 April 2014 – A United Nations human rights panel has voiced concerns about issues related to the deprivation of…