WASHINGTON, March 20, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Press StatementJohn KerrySecretary of StateWashington, DCMarch 20, 2014On behalf of President Obama…
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The Pentagon was due to host Saudi Arabia’s deputy defense minister for talks Thursday as the two sides try to smooth over differences on US policy towards Iran and Syria. Prince Salman bin Sultan was scheduled to meet Pentagon chief Chuck Hagel as…
Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun has approved the immediate reinstatement of the Executive and Legislative arms of Abeokuta South…
Few days after the disaster which plagued the Immigration Department’s recruitment exercise across the country, commissioners in charge of Budget…
Two objects possibly related to the search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 have been sighted, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Thursday in a potential breakthrough. Abbott told parliament “new and credible information” had come…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on March 19, 2014 arraigned one Emmanuel Sunday before Justice P.I. Ajoku of…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested four undergraduates and three others for alleged involvement in Internet scam.…
JUBA, South Sudan, March 20, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The first torrential rains of the season have left large…
France on Thursday resisted pressure to suspend the controversial sale of two Mistral warships to Russia over the Crimea crisis, insisting it would not make any decision before October. “The delivery of the first boat is due in October, so the question…
08:18 GMT – Arrive – A merchant ship was expected to arrive in the vicinity around 0700 GMT. 07:24 GMT – Reality – Anthony Brickhouse, associate professor of aerospace and occupational safety at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in the United States…
CAPE-TOWN, South-Africa, March 20, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Authorities in Swaziland should immediately release Bheki Makhubu, editor of the…
Ministry of Environment Umuahia, Abia State Invitation to Tender The Abia State Ministry of Environment invites tenders from reputable construction…
19 March 2014 – With Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon headed to Russia and Ukraine as part of his diplomatic efforts to…
17 March 2014 – Leading the United Nations push for parties in Ukraine to resolve the country’s ongoing political crisis…
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, March 19, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — INVITATION TO MEDIA REPRESENTATIVESWHEN: 21-24 March 2014WHERE: ECOWAS Secretariat in…
L-R: Interim National Organizing Secretary, All Progressives Congress, APC, Sen. Osita Izunaso; Interim National Secretary, APC, Alhaji Tijani Tumsah; Ekiti…
New Federal Reserve chief Janet Yellen kept the central bank firmly on the path set by predecessor Ben Bernanke Wednesday, shrugging off recent economic weakness as largely weather-caused. But she also took a crucial step to reshape how the Fed has…
South Africa’s 340,000-strong NUMSA union marched Wednesday to protest a new labour law it says will increase unemployment and poverty, amid a tense stand-off with the ruling ANC weeks before polls. Thousands of people striked and marched across the…
President Barack Obama said Wednesday the search for the missing Malaysian airliner was a “top priority” for the United States and offered every possible resource — including the FBI. In his first on camera comments on the mystery of Malaysia Airlines…
Malaysia has asked the FBI to help recover data deleted from a flight simulator in the home of the pilot of a missing Malaysian jet, a US official said Wednesday. The official, who spoke to AFP on condition of anonymity, confirmed the request related…