Italy has rescued 896 migrants crossing the Mediterranean by boat overnight, the navy said on Friday, after the government warned of an “emergency” caused by a surge in new arrivals. Three navy warships and two coast guard patrol boats took on the migrants…
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The Governor of Bayelsa State, Seriake Dickson has sworn-in eight new commissioners and announced the re-organisation of some of the…
An irate mob Friday lynched a middle-aged woman suspected to be a kidnapper in Ilorin, Kwara state capital, after she…
Amnesty International Friday urged the Nigerian security forces to disclose the whereabouts of a man who was arrested after tweeting…
Mrs Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, Lagos State Deputy Governor Lagos State Deputy Governor, Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, has made a passionate plea to workers…
Suspected Fulani herdsmen, Thursday evening invaded the home town of Governor Gabriel Suswam; Anyii, killing six persons. The Fulani militia…
(Information Ministry Press Report) – The Minister of Information, Labaran Maku has charged the Resident Information Officers (RIOS) deployed to…
Office of the Vice President Report Nigeria’s Vice President, Mohammed Namadi Sambo on Tuesday April 8, 2014 paid a condolence…
Special Duties & Inter-Governmental Affairs Report The Minister of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs, Kabiru Tanimu Turaki has called on…
Information Ministry Press Report The Minister of Information, Labaran Maku has charged the Resident Information Officers (RIOS) deployed to Ministries,…
Report by Sampson Ikemitang. President Jonathan’s address of Monday, March 17, 2014, at the opening ceremony of the National Conference…
Mali’s new Prime Minister Moussa Mara formed a government, with the outgoing foreign minister becoming reconciliation minister as the deeply-divided nation recovers from months of ruinous conflict. Former planning minister Mara, 39, was promoted to…
Thai security forces shot dead seven suspected drug smugglers and seized hundreds of thousands of methamphetamine pills after a firefight in the Golden Triangle border region, an official said Saturday. The clash broke out late Friday in the mountains…
A man was charged with attempted murder following a hammer attack on three wealthy female Emirati tourists in their luxury London hotel room, police said. The attack happened in the early hours of Sunday in a room on the seventh floor of the four-star…
The search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 will likely continue for “a long time”, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott warned Saturday, a day after voicing confidence that signals from the black box had been detected. The Australian-led…
Three Chinese coastguard ships sailed through disputed waters off Tokyo-controlled islands in the East China Sea Saturday, the Japanese coastguard said, the latest such incident in a bitter territorial row between the Asian giants. The state-owned Chinese…
11 April 2014 – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon paid tribute to the Trinidad and Tobago’s former President, A.N.R. (Ray)…
11 April 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed the start of dialogue to ease political tensions in Venezuela and…
11 April 2014 – The United Nations independent expert tasked with defending the rights of indigenous peoples, today called on…
10 April 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today voiced his deep sadness at the death of Norman Girvan of Jamaica,…