Gov. Sule Lamido of Jigawa has enjoined voters in the state to shun violence in the ongoing local government polls…
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Professor Awwal Yadudu was legal adviser to the late Head of State, General Sani Abacha. . In an interview, he…
“Yes, because I wanted to face my job. Before I got the NTA job, I had heard that their men…
Acting U.S. Surgeon General releases annual tobacco report which outlines new health hazards of smoking.
Smoking cigarettes can cause even more health problems than previously known, including liver and colon cancer, blindness, diabetes and erectile dysfunction, said a major US government report on Friday. Top health officials gathered at the White House…
The knives are out in some Republican circles for embattled New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R). According to Tegan Goddard’s Political Wire blog, one top Republican fundraiser described the governor as disloyal and self-promoting. “The guy, as a…
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Friday dismissed President Barack Obama’s proposals to curb the reach of the National Security Agency (NSA), saying they would change very little. In a speech intended to quell the furor over surveillance programs…
US lawmakers were poised Friday to seize a chance to take the initiative in reforming America’s vast digital surveillance network, after President Barack Obama opened the door to them. Under pressure after fugitive intelligence contractor Edward Snowden…
Officials are to announce on Saturday the results of a constitutional referendum likely to set the stage for a presidential bid by the army chief who toppled Egypt’s first freely elected head of state. Initial tallies suggest this week’s two-day referendum…
Two Britons were among the 21 people killed in a Taliban attack on a popular restaurant in Kabul, the Foreign Office in London said on Saturday. “We can confirm the deaths of two British nationals in Afghanistan on the 17th of January,” a spokeswoman…
US clothing chain American Apparel has sparked controversy by putting mannequins sprouting pubic hair in the windows of their shop in New York’s boho Lower East Side. Passersby stopped to gawk, take photographs, chuckle or raise a horrified eyebrow…
DELTA State Commissioner for Finance and Economic Planning, Chief Kenneth Okpara has justified the development of Economic Dashboard for the…
MEZEIN TERCHITT/NOUAKCHOTT, 16 January 2014 (IRIN) – For decades in the Sahel, working-age men have left their rural villages to…
NOMBORI, 16 January 2014 (IRIN) – The region around Bandiagara, in central Mali’s Mopti Region, is struggling to cope with…
17 January 2014 – United Nations personnel may be among at least 14 civilians killed in a suicide bombing of…
17 January 2014 – A United Nations independent human rights expert today urged Government and opposition parties in Cambodia to…
Follow @{0}Bissau-Guineans will go to the polls in March to end yet another post-coup regimeDAKAR, 16 January 2014 (IRIN) -…
17 January 2014 – More than 6,000 child soldiers may now be involved in the conflict in the Central African…
17 January 2014 – A United Nations human rights expert today called on the Myanmar Government to investigate reports of…
17 January 2014 – With more and more people fleeing the ongoing conflict in South Sudan, the United Nations refugee…