Former Governor of Bayelsa, Timipre Sylva, has commended Gov. Aliyu Wamakko of Sokoto State for investing in infrastructure and manpower…
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Five new cases of the deadly Ebola virus have been recorded in Guinea in the past 24 hours, the World Health Organization said Wednesday. The total number of suspected and confirmed cases of one of the deadliest viruses known to man has risen to 127…
The S&P 500 Wednesday rose to a new high, but the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell just short of a record on another good day for stocks. Positive sentiment lifted the S&P 500 by 5.38 (0.29 percent) to 1,890.90, the second record close in a row. The…
The Special Adviser to the President on Public Affairs, Doyin Okupe, on Tuesday attributed the drop in the nation’s power…
Governor Theodore Orji of Abia State has again reiterated his stance that come May 29, 2015, “power must shift to…
Chairman of Leadership Group, publishers of Leadership newspaper, Mr Sam Nda-Isaiah, will step down as chairman from today, Wednesday. In…
The Yoruba militia group, Oodua Peoples’ Congress, OPC, has assured relatives of the remaining eight victims of Soka kidnappers’ den…
Lagos lawyer and human rights activist, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN) has described as subversive of the rule of law and…
Cross River State governor, Liyel Imoke said the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, is one of the component channels, if properly…
THE TRUCK WITH FULANI HERDSMEN INSIDE (CREDIT: SAHARA REPORTERS) The Southern Kaduna town of Kafanchan, Jema’a Local Government Area of…
A Former Minister of Information, Prof. Dora Akunyili, on Tuesday, declared that President Goodluck Jonathan’s decision to convene the National…
Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has disclosed that teachers in Public Primary and Secondary Schools in the state, who…
31 March 2014 – Our two white UN vehicles are carefully moving down the dusty and bumpy road between Kenema…
31 March 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today voiced concern at the latest upsurge in violence in the Central African…
NEW YORK, April 2, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the twentieth commemoration…
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, April 2, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare…
Turkey’s top constitutional court ruled on Wednesday that the government’s ban on the online messaging service Twitter violated rights, local media reported. The court ordered that the ban must be lifted, sending a statement both to the country’s telecommunications…
Italian police on Wednesday arrested 24 alleged separatists for terrorism after thwarting a bizarre plan to take over St Mark’s Square in Venice armed with guns and a rudimentary “tank” made from a digger. Police said they had arrested activists from…
French President Francois Hollande recalled his former partner Segolene Royal from the political wilderness on Wednesday to join a new, streamlined government, days after his Socialist Party suffered an election drubbing. Sunday’s stinging setback in…
Imo State Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha in apparent response to some of his critics, who have questioned the rationale behind…