South Africa remains the most important economy in the continent despite being overtaken by Nigeria as Africa’s biggest, South African economists said. The result of a long awaited rebasing of Africa’s most populous nation showed that Nigeria’s GDP…
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CAPE-TOWN, South-Africa, April 7, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — In line with its commitment to Africa’s rapidly growing markets, Sidel…
Presidents of Nigeria and South Africa, Goodluck Jonathan and Jacob Zuma Nigeria, Sunday became Africa’s largest economy, after a long…
Follow @{0}Curbing Ebola in Uganda. In Guinea, where the disease erupted for the first time last month, authorities are racing…
R-L: Mr Olamide Agbola; daughter of the deceased Yeside; husband of the deceased, Arc. Lanre Olayinka; Wife of Ekiti State…
L-R: L-R: Director General Kayode Fayemi Campaign Organisation, Hon. Bimbo Daramola; Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi and Special Adviser to…
Gov Theodore Orji of Abia has expressed worry over the long list of governorship aspirants from Ukwa/Ngwa area for next…
The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the Ilaje/Ese Odo Federal Constituency bye-election inconclusive. The Returning Officer for the election, Mr…
Recently sacked Borno State Commissioner for Home Affairs, Information and Culture, Mr. Inuwa says he saw his exit coming. Governor…
ORJI UZOR KALU (RIGHT); Gov. RAUF AREGBESOLA, MRS. TITI LOAYE-TOMORI; AKINTUNDE ADEGBOYE AND OTHERS, DURING THE 15TH EDITION OF WALK…
Sen. Remi Tinubu has donated 20,000 US dollars (N3.2 million) as take-off fund to assist Nigerian students studying in various universities…
The Ijaw Youths Congress, has commended security agencies for freeing Mr Ebikeme Clark, son of Chief Edwin Clark from his…
The All Progressives Congress ward congress in Kano State has been shifted to Wednesday, April 9, an official said. Dr…
Gunmen believed to be Fulani herdsmen stormed a meeting in northern Nigeria’s Zamfara state and killed 30 people, police said…
Acting Governor of Taraba State, Alhaji Garba Umar has disclosed that the state government has purchased two aircrafts to be…
Residents of Soka, Oluyole Local Government Area of Oyo State, where scores of decomposing human bodies and captives were discovered…
A jihadist group in Libya says it plans to take over security in the restive eastern town of Derna and impose sharia Islamic law, in a posting on Facebook. Witnesses said the group “Majlis Shura of Islamist Youth in Derna” staged a show of force on…
Boko Haram militants attacked a village in restive northern Nigeria, killing 17 people and setting houses and cars alight, the local government said Sunday. Among the dead were Muslim worshippers shot as they prayed in the village mosque, said Abdullahi…
Sri Lanka fans at home burst firecrackers and danced on the streets as the national team won the World Twenty20 title beating India by six wickets in Dhaka on Sunday. Instant celebrations broke out at cricket grounds and public parks in the capital…
The controversy over a “selfie” photo of President Barack Obama and baseball star David Ortiz now is in the hands of attorneys, a White House official said on Sunday. The White House last week warned Samsung against using the president’s likeness for…