A 29 year-old warder with the old Abeokuta Prisons, Ibara, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Joseph Emmanuel is presently in the custody…
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A prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of seven persons accused of complicity in the billion naira Police Pension fraud,…
13 March 2014 – The United Nations and Arab League Joint Special Representative for Syria today appealed to the Security…
12 March 2014 – A group of independent United Nations human rights experts today expressed alarm at the ongoing spike…
12 March 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today said that the international community cannot afford to lose focus or turn…
12 March 2014 – The head of the United Nations agency tasked with defending press freedom today stressed that decisive…
12 March 2014 – The rampant destruction of Syria’s cultural heritage – including ancient cities, houses and temples – is…
NEW YORK, March 13, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — On 11 March 2014, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions…
Wives of Local Government transition committee Chairmen in Delta State have been urged to support policies and programmes that will…
The Governor of Delta State, Dr. Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan, will be the special guest of honour at a Business Roundtable…
Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State has called on the Federal Government to rename the second Niger Bridge to be…
A valid voters register with each voter having a voters card is a must to ensure that elections are free…
Introduction:- A Nigerian has the right to live in any part of the country. An important part of voter registration…
Just a week after news that Microsoft had made arrangements to bring dual-boot Windows and Android handsets to customers in India, Chinese smartphone maker Huawei has informally announced its intention to do the same for customers here in the United…
Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg said Thursday he had called President Barack Obama to complain that the US government is undermining confidence in the Internet with vast, secret surveillance programs. In a post on his own Facebook page, the founder of…
BRUSSELS, Kingdom of Belgium, March 13, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — European Commissioner for Development, Andris Piebalgs, will today announce…
US workers accused fast-food giant McDonald’s Thursday of systematically stealing wages through illicit practices like forcing them to work off-the-clock and failing to pay overtime. Seven class-action lawsuits were filed Wednesday and Thursday in California…
The European Parliament backed sanctions on Uganda and Nigeria Thursday in protest at their recent passing of anti-gay laws. MEPs approved a non-binding resolution by a large majority which said that the two countries violated the Cotonou accord on…
Nigeria is Africa’s largest oil exporter, but imported fuel for cars has been scarce across the country for weeks. Drivers are frustrated at having to wait in long lines at gas stations to pay skyrocketing prices, while the government blames shady fuel…
Gunmen on motorbikes in northwest Nigeria’s Katsina state killed at least 69 people and torched several homes in attacks on four villages, a local lawmaker told AFP Thursday, amid rising communal tension in the region. The state’s police chief, Hurdi…