GENEVA, Switzerland, December 4, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) assisted in the…
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Enlarge NAIROBI, Kenya — In their most audacious attack yet, Islamic militants in northern Nigeria launched a pre-dawn raid on an air force base, showing their continued strength and ability to strike despite a six-month-long army offensive aimed…
Nigerian police said on Wednesday that they raided a home and freed 16 pregnant girls and young women allegedly being forced to have babies to be sold. “We carried out a raid on a residence in Owerri following an intelligence report and rescued 16 expectant…
Nigeria’s military on Tuesday restored the mobile phone service in the embattled city of Maiduguri, a day after a major raid by Islamists which prompted a round-the-clock ban on movements. The phones were switched off in May when a state of emergency…
Nigeria said on Wednesday that 500 people who were arrested during security operations against Boko Haram militants in three northeast states should be put on trial for terror offences. The 500 are among nearly 1,400 detained in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe…
BRUSSELS, Kingdom of Belgium, December 4, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — MEP Mariya Gabriel (EPP Group) and the European Network…
WASHINGTON, December 4, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and Société Générale have…
TUNIS, Tunisia, December 4, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF), the…
KINSHASA, Dem. Rep. of Congo (DRC) December 4, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),…
PARIS, France, December 4, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Schneider Electric (http://www.schneider-electric.com), the global specialist in energy management, is inviting…
Pope Francis on Wednesday called for prayers for a group of nuns seized from their convent in Syria and for all hostages held in the war-torn country. “I invite you all to pray for the nuns of the Greek Orthodox convent of St Takla of Maalula in Syria…
The widow of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat said on Wednesday she was still convinced he was poisoned, after French experts ruled out the theory that he had been assassinated. “I’m still completely convinced that the martyr Arafat did not die…
An appeal has gone to employers of corps-members to accommodate all such corps-members posted to their establishments to enable them…
Operators of radio-active facilities and users of radiation materials in the southeast zone have been enjoined to support the Nigerian…
The Joint Investigation Team set up by the Defence Headquarters has recommended immediate trial of over 500 persons apprehended in…
The Permanent Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Information, Folasade Yemi-Esan in an interactive session with Federal Civil Servants in…
The Minister of Power, Chinedu Nebo has assured Nigerians that the newly commissioned Dei Dei Injection Sub-station constructed by the…
Nigeria’s Agric Minister, Akinwumi Adesina has been awarded the prestigious ‘Forbes Africa Person of the Year Award’ defeating four other…
President Goodluck Jonathan has declared open the 1st International Palm Produce Conference (IPPC) in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State with a…
Nigeria’s Minister of Power, Chinedu Nebo has assured a visiting trade and investment delegation from South Africa that Nigeria’s fledgling…