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…
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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…
14 out of about 200 secondary school girls, who were abducted on Monday in Borno State have escaped from the…
President Goodluck Jonathan has reassured Nigerians and persons living in the country that the Federal Government remains very mindful of…
Following increased frequency of terror attacks in the country, especially the recent events in Abuja and Borno State, President Goodluck…
The Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC, today April 15, 2014, arraigned one Dr George Odabi along with his company,…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday April 15, 2014, arraigned one Adagun Moshood Olalekan before Justice O.…
Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Lamorde today disclosed that the Commission has recovered N4.3billion…