The Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson on Tuesday reiterated his administration’s commitment to zero tolerance for crime and criminality,…
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EL FASHER (DARFUR), Sudan, December 12, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The African Union-United Nations Joint Chief Mediator for Darfur,…
BRUSSELS, Kingdom of Belgium, December 12, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Council has today decided that the conditions have…
Human Rights Watch on Friday called for Boko Haram to stop targeting ordinary Nigerians, claiming the banned Islamist group had abducted scores of women and girls and used children as young as 12 in fighting. The organisation also called on the Nigerian…
Report cites discrepancies between evidence of environmental damage from Nigeria spills and claims made by oil company
Hiring a private jet to get a dying man out of the country looks like the immigration equivalent of a show trial by Theresa May
Argentina, Indonesia and Nigeria among world’s top 10 most polluted places due to jewellery and other chemical processing
After India has reinstated a ban on gay sex, we look at LGBT rights globally and where criminalisation remains the norm
As Kenya marks half a century of independence, celebrations are tempered by concern about the future. How have things changed since 1963 – and what does the future hold?
WASHINGTON, December 12, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Media NoteOffice of the SpokespersonWashington, DCDecember 11, 2013In an important symbol of…
MONROVIA, Liberia, December 12, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) today completed…
Most Nigerian farmers now abandon growing food and economic crops for cannabis in a bid to become instant millionaires, the country’s anti-narcotics agency said on Saturday. In a statement, Ahmadu Giade, the chairman of the Nigeria’s National Drug Law…
The Nigerian presidency on Wednesday hit back at criticism by former president Olusegun Obasanjo, describing his widely leaked letter accusing Goodluck Jonathan of leadership failures as “indecorous” and “reckless”. Presidential spokesman Reuben Abati…
Most Africans believe their politicians can commit crimes such as stealing and mismanagement with impunity, according to a survey released on Wednesday of 22 of the continent’s natural resource-producing countries. Despite attempts to improve governance…
Boko Haram’s leader said in a video obtained by AFP on Thursday that the group was behind a daring raid on military installations in the north Nigerian city of Maiduguri earlier this month. “Allah the Almighty has given us victory in the attack we launched…
I am constrained to make this an open letter to you for a number of reasons. One, the current situation …
Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi (Right), presenting the 2014 Appropriation Budget to the Speaker, Ekiti State House of Assembly,…
Quality assurance monitors in the education sector have identified low teacher capacity as a major factor responsible for poor performance…
The Federal Ministry of Education has commenced the construction of the National Education Diagnostic and Assessment Centre in Abuja for…
The Supervising Minister of Youth Development, Bolaji Abdullahi has launched the Junior Professional Officers Programme (JPO-P) and unveiled the e-recruitment…