The embattled chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Bamanga Tukur, Wednesday, made a surprise appearance at the party’s Board of…
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Senior Special Assistant to the President on Islamic Affairs, Alhaji Tahir Umar, has commended President Goodluck Jonathan for signing Same-Sex…
AFTER several months of intrigues and political maneuvering, embattled National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, Wednesday…
BUSINESS activities were hindered, Wednesday, in the busy city of Onitsha following violent protests by hundreds of youths over the…
JUBA, South Sudan, January 15, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Heavy fighting in South Sudan’s Upper Nile, Unity and Jonglei…
LONDON, United-Kingdom, January 15, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Minister for the Middle East and North Africa, Hugh Robertson, visits…
Queen Elizabeth II was presented jewels, fine wine and a London travel card during royal engagements last year, a list revealed on Wednesday. The Oyster card was presented to the monarch when she marked the 150th anniversary of London Underground by…
A total of 19 people were killed in a car bomb attack on a busy market blamed on Boko Haram militants, police in Maiduguri, northeast Nigeria, said on Wednesday. “From the latest tally at our disposal, the death toll stands at 19,” Lawan Tanko, the…
EL FASHER (DARFUR), Sudan, January 15, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Joint Special Representative (JSR) of the African Union-United…
NEW YORK, January 15, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN…
NAIROBI, Kenya, January 15, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and CDC Group…
In response to a 14-Day Ultimatum letter by the National Union of Electricity Employees, the Federal Ministry of Labour and…
NEW YORK, January 15, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Gambian authorities should drop the charges against two journalists who have…
GENEVA, Switzerland, January 14, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Tuesday…
GENEVA, Switzerland, January 14, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — UNAIDS and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria…
13 January 2014 – The head of the United Nations agency tasked with defending press freedom today denounced the murder…
Abia State Governor, Chief Theodore Orji, has charged all Muslims in the country to emulate the virtues of peace, tolerance…
JERUSALEM — Spoiled by sunshine for about 520 days a year, Jerusalemites are strangely phobic about cloudy weather, as if a grey day could infect them with Nordic melancholy. Sunday was one such day: the streets empty, the air quiet and chill. So…
Gay activists on Tuesday vowed to fight the Nigerian government after the country outlawed same-sex unions, warning the act legitimised homophobic violence and increased fears of persecution. The United Nations also attacked the Same Sex Marriage (Prohibition…
The United States on Monday criticized Nigeria for approving a law that punishes same-sex marriage with prison, saying the move would curtail basic human rights. Secretary of State John Kerry said the United States was “deeply concerned” by Nigeria’…