Download image Cover of the 2013/14 Edition of the Muslim 500 AMMAN, Jordan, December 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Latest annual release of ‘The Muslim 500’ highlights those world’s most influential Muslims and highlight changes going on in the Muslim world…
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on, Thursday, November 28, 2013 secured yet another conviction as Justice Shuaibu of the…
The Foreign Press Association on Sunday accused the Israeli army of “deliberately targeting” journalists after soldiers fired rubber bullets and threw a stun grenade at photojournalists clearly identified as press. In a statement, the Tel Aviv-based…
Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Sunday accused the United States of halting essential supplies to some Afghan army and police units in order to pressure the country to quickly sign a key security pact. The interruption of fuel and equipment had occurred…
A Nigerian asylum seeker believed to be near death from a hunger strike is back in Britain despite losing his bid to stay in the country, as his flight was turned back, his lawyers said on Sunday. Isa Muazu, 45, from the northeastern Nigerian city of…
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s President Joseph Kabila said Sunday the fight against insurgents in the country’s conflict-torn east was not over despite the recent defeat of the M23 rebels. Delivering the keynote speech of a 1,200-kilometre (750…
PITTSBURGH, Dec. 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Mylan Inc. (Nasdaq: MYL), one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies, and the Elton John AIDS Foundation (EJAF) today announced that they will give a combined $1 million to the Business Leadership Council…
NAIROBI, Kenya, December 1, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) together with the United…
WASHINGTON, December 1, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — RemarksJohn KerrySecretary of StateWashington, DCNovember 30, 2013On behalf of President Obama and…
MOGADISHU, Somalia, December 1, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia, Nicholas Kay, has…
A one day meeting of Ijaw elders and leaders of thought took place in Government House, Yenagoa on Sunday 30th…
Croatians voted on Sunday in a referendum that could ban same-sex marriage in this conservative and Catholic country, an issue that polarises the European Union’s newest member. Discrimination or protection of family values, human rights or gay activists…
A woman run over and trapped under a car in China was rescued by good samaritans who lifted the vehicle off her. CCTV footage shows the victim riding an electric bicycle being hit during morning rush hour in the city of Ningbo, Zhejiang province, on…
Scottish police say eight people are now confirmed dead following the crash of a police helicopter into a crowded Glasgow pub. (Nov. 30)
Soil from World War I battlefields in Belgium was laid in a memorial garden in London on Saturday ahead of the 100th anniversary next year of the start of the conflict. Seventy bags of “sacred soil” gathered by more than 1,000 British and Belgian schoolchildren…
Suspected Boko Haram militants killed 24 people in two separate attacks in northern Nigeria, eyewitnesses said on Saturday, just as the military vowed to ramp up security over Christmas. Seven fishermen were ambushed and killed in the first attack in…
L-R: Chairman, Ekiti State Cooperative Advisory Board, Chief Clement Ayoola; Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi and Commissioner for Rural…
L-R: Speaker, Ekiti State Hoise of Assembly, Dr. Adewale Omirin; Governor Kayode Fayemi; Regent of Iluomoba, Olawunmi Adeola; and Regent…
The Underlisted Applicants Whose Examination Numbers Appear Below Are The Successful Candidates That Made The Cut-Off Points In The Recruitment…
The PUNCH’s editorial titled, “Official convoys of death” on November 22, 2013, deserves commendation. As noted in the editorial, Governor…