Vice President Joe Biden will travel to Ukraine on April 22 to stress US support for Kiev and steps to improve its energy security amid a crisis with neighboring Russia. During his meetings with government leaders and civil society groups, Biden will…
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US Secretary of State John Kerry warned Russia of “additional consequences” if it fails to pull its troops back from the Ukraine border, as Kiev accused Moscow of aggression in its restive east. During a telephone call with Russian Foreign Minister…
Near-ideal sunny and clear conditions greeted the first runners to start the London Marathon with fans hoping for a fast pace by British favourite Mo Farah in his debut over the distance. Farah, the reigning Olympic and world 5,000 metres and 10,000m…
Ukraine on Sunday launched an “anti-terrorist operation” in the eastern town of Slavyansk, where pro-Russian gunmen have seized police and security services buildings, Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said. “Units from all of the country’s force structures…
Iran’s Supreme Court has overturned the death sentence handed to a former US Marine convicted of espionage, with the penalty being cut to 10 years in jail, media reported Sunday. Amir Hekmati, a dual US-Iranian citizen, was arrested in August 2011,…
An uncontrollable wildfire in the Chilean port city of Valparaiso destroyed 500 homes and forced the evacuation of 3,000 people as the conflagration burned into the night. Huge tongues of fire engulfing one home after another led President Michelle…
Twelve countries seeking to abolish nuclear weapons on Saturday denounced North Korea’s atomic programme at the close of a meeting in Hiroshima, saying it endangered global stability. The Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Initiative (NPDI) criticised…
14-year-old Wasila Umar, accused of killing her 35-year-old husband and three of his friends while injuring many others after she…
file photo Two candidates who sat for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), Saturday, lost their lives in a multiple…
Ogun State COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, IKEMEFUNA OKOYE The Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) Lagos Command and the Ogun State Police Command…
Remnants of the suspected Delta State kidnap kingpin, Kelvin Oniarah, currently facing trial, weekend engaged the police and soldiers in…
The Senator representing Borno Central in the Senate, Zannah Ahmed has lamented over the early Friday attacks on four…
Malaysia on Sunday rejected claims that phone calls were made from missing flight MH370 before it vanished, but refused to rule out any possibility in a so far fruitless investigation over the cause of the jet’s disappearance. The New Straits Times,…
L-R: Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi being presented the Champion Newspapers’ Governor of the Year (2013) award by the…
President Goodluck Jonathan has announced the contribution of the sum of $5,000,000 US Dollars for feasibility study towards restoring the…
ABUJA (Women Affairs Ministry Report) “Nigeria is currently witnessing a steady progress in the reduction of the erstwhile alarming rate…
ABUJA (RMAFC News) – The Chairman of the Revenue Mobilization, Allocation and Fiscal Commission, Elias Mbam has urged States and…
Abuja (Federal Executive Council News) – The Meeting of the Federal Executive Council which held in the Presidential Villa, Asokoro…
Abuja (Federal Executive Council News) – The fortnightly meeting of the Federal Executive Council in Nigeria which held in the…
11 April 2014 – The United Nations refugee agency today stressed the need to find durable solutions for those making…