Israeli former prime minister Ariel Sharon’s health was in “slow, gradual” decline on Friday, according to the hospital where he has been in a comatose state for eight years. “Tests show a slow, gradual deterioration in the functioning of his vital…
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The Foreign Office in London confirmed on Friday that a British national had died in tragic circumstances in Libya. Libyan troops on Thursday found the bodies of a British man and a New Zealand woman shot dead southwest of Tripoli, a security source…
Snow, high winds and a glacial chill hit the northeastern United States on Friday as a blast of brutal wintry weather bore down on many states and major cities, snarling air traffic. Temperatures in New York were expected to drop to 9 degrees Fahrenheit…
Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi has approved the appointment of a seasoned journalist and former Deputy Chief of Staff…
L-R: Ekiti State Deputy Governor, Prof. Modupe Adelabu; Governor Kayode Fayemi; his wife, Erelu Bisi Fayemi; and Head of Service,…
2 January 2014 – The United Nations today called on all parties in Lebanon to show restraint following the second…
DELTA State Governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan has canvassed support for grassroots sports competitions as part of measures to enhance of…
DELTA State Governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan has said his administration will execute and complete more developmental projects this new year,…
2 January 2014 – Appalled by the deadly bomb attacks carried out in Mogadishu Wednesday, for which Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility,…
The Washington Fellowship is the flagship program of President Obama’s Young African Leaders Initiative. President Obama launched YALI in 2010 to support young African…
Seven people, including two Cameroonian soldiers, have been killed in an attack on eastern Cameroon by an armed group from the Central African Republic, a security official said on Thursday. The raid took place on the village of Ondiki, close to the…
The lawyer who blew the cover of Harry Potter author JK Rowling when she wrote a crime novel under a pen name has been fined £1,000 (1,200 euros, $1,650) for breaching the privacy rules of his profession. Chris Gossage confided in his wife’s best friend…
Dr Kayode Fayemi Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, as part of his administration’s third anniversary ceremonies recently, fielded questions…
31 December 2013 – The top United Nations humanitarian official today expressed concern about the deteriorating situation in the Syrian…
1 January 2014 – Amid set peace talks between the Government of South Sudan and warring rebels, the head of…
Morocco on Thursday launched an operation to give residency permits to tens of thousands of immigrants living in the country illegally, after the king expressed concern about their harsh treatment by the police. Hundreds of people, almost all of them…
Al-Qaeda-linked militants were on Thursday in control of more than half of the Iraqi city of Fallujah and parts of Ramadi, a security official and witnesses said. “Half of Fallujah is in the hands of ISIL (the Qaeda-linked Islamic State of Iraq and…
Nigerian Politicians have been cautioned against fuelling the embers of bitterness and insecurity in the country in a bid to…
While recounting the progress of Mr. President’s transformation agenda from January to December, 2013 at a World Press Conference held…
The Minister of Information and Supervising Minister of Defence, Mr. Labaran Maku has said that journalists have aligned themselves to…