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The Sokoto State Commissioner for Social Welfare and Culture, Alhaji Zubairu Yari, said the state government would evacuate, treat and…

Rice dealers on Tuesday in Asaba appealed to the FG to extend the last day for the proposed ban on…

Gov. Babangida Aliyu of Niger on Tuesday ordered the State Civil Service to work out the modalities for a compulsory…

TORONTO, ONTARIO–(Marketwired – Jan. 6, 2014) – First Global Data Limited (TSX VENTURE:FGD) (“First Global” or the “Corporation”) is pleased…

Former Romanian prime minister Adrian Nastase was sentenced to four years in jail on Monday for taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes to appoint a businesswoman to a senior government post. Nastase, 63, was found guilty of receiving bribes…

The Nigerian Government through the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has evacuated 1,277 Nigerians who were stranded in the raging…

The Minister of Power, Chinedu Nebo has assured Nigerians that effort is being made to normalise electricity supply to parts…

The Nigerian President, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has said that Government is repositioning the Nigeria Police Force to effectively tackle terrorism…

BERLIN, Germany, January 6, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Federal Foreign Office has provided Welthungerhilfe with an initial 495,000…

OSLO, Norway, January 6, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — “I am pleased to see that the Intergovernmental Authority on Development…

Extreme cold in Canada Monday disrupted flights and school classes, caused widespread power outages and created havoc on roads. Temperatures as low as minus 50 degrees Celsius (-58 Fahrenheit) with a wind chill — colder than the surface of Mars –…

Thousands of African asylum seekers demonstrated outside Western embassies in Tel Aviv on Monday in a second day of mass protests against Israel’s immigration policies. The migrants, primarily from Eritrea and Sudan, marched from downtown Tel Aviv to…

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…