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Prof. Pat Utomi a seasoned economic and financial expert has commended the Delta State Economic Policy of ‘Delta Beyond Oil’,…

The attention of the Delta State Government has been drawn to media reports especially the on-line media of heavy shooting…

For the fourth time in five weeks, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, CON, Governor of Delta State, has been voted Man of…

Libya’s navy has stopped two oil tankers from entering Al-Sedra port, the site of a months-long dispute between protesting guards and the government, its National Oil Corporation said Monday. “The Libyan naval forces on Sunday prevented… a Maltese…

GENEVA, Switzerland, January 6, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC),…

BEIJING, China, January 6, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Qin Gang announces at the regular press conference:At…

  Manchester United midfielder Darren Fletcher believes his side has let down manager David Moyes. Fletcher claims poor performances from players have put a lot of pressure on the Moyes, who is in his maiden season at Manchester United.   Fletcher…

WASHINGTON, January 6, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Media NoteOffice of the SpokespersonWashington, DCJanuary 5, 2014Coordinator Macon Phillips of the…

A Saudi court has jailed five people for up to 30 years on charges including plotting to blow up an oil refinery on behalf of Al-Qaeda, state media reported Monday. The official SPA news agency gave no details of when the alleged plot against the refinery…

Liz Cheney, the oldest daughter of former vice president Dick Cheney, is dropping her bid to be the Republican senate candidate for Wyoming, US media reported late Sunday. CNN, citing unnamed sources, said that Liz Cheney, 47, could make the announcement…

Staff at Oakwood prison near Wolverhampton have ‘resolved’ an overnight incident, the security firm that manages the facility said on Monday. A G4S spokesman said: “This incident was resolved successfully at 2.10am. “Police and internal investigations…

British Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne will warn that 2014 is to be the year of “hard truths” and public spending cuts when he sets out his plans for the year ahead on Monday. He will tell an audience in central England that there is “still…

Syrian rebels in the northern Damascus district of Barzeh on Sunday agreed a local ceasefire with President Bashar al-Assad’s regime after nearly a year of fighting and bombardment, activists said. “After intense negotiation in recent days between the…

Editor’s note: the author, Zhenyu Li, a contributing columnist for some of the world’s premier publications and editor-in-chief of the business channel at the People’s Daily Online, a publication of China’s Communist Party. BEIJING, China — For the…

EDINBURGH, Scotland — In the United States, where drinking alcohol in public is prohibited, police routinely turn a blind eye to people sipping from bottles wrapped in brown paper bags. A similar system has existed in the Scottish capital for almost…

Millions of people in the United States hunkered down Sunday in anticipation of brutal weather from a dangerous Arctic blast that forecasters warn could send temperatures plummeting to their coldest in 20 years. The northeast of the country and parts…

Four skiers were killed and another was in a critical condition after a series of avalanches hit the Alps in southern Switzerland Sunday, Swiss media reported. Three of the victims, including a guide, died when a wall of snow bore down on a group of…

Syria’s main opposition National Coalition re-elected Ahmad Jarba as its leader during a general assembly meeting in Istanbul on Sunday, the coalition said in a statement. Jarba won 65 votes, beating his only rival Riad Hijab — the best-known defector…

Nigeria is repatriating over 1,600 citizens who have sought refuge in its embassy in Bangui, fleeing violence wracking the Central African Republic, an army spokesman said Sunday. “The Federal Government has … arranged several chartered flights to…

A private jet plane crashed on Sunday at Aspen-Pitkin County Airport, which serves the famous Colorado skiing resort, local and federal officials told AFP. Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Allen Kenitzer said an accident had taken place at…