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Tunisia police on Saturday arrested 10 suspected jihadists of the banned Ansar al-Sharia movement in the northeast of the country triggering clashes with their supporters, the interior ministry said. The arrests took place at dawn in the town of Kef…

Britain said Saturday it would provide £10 million ($16.4 million, 1.2 million euro) in aid to the Central African Republic to help tackle the humanitarian crisis in the country. The support package of emergency healthcare, clean water and logistical…

An Egyptian panel approved Saturday more than half of the articles of a new constitution aimed at paving the way for a return to elected rule after July’s military ouster of president Mohamed Morsi. If adopted in full, the charter will be put to a popular…

Paris will host on December 7 a mini-summit on the crisis in strife-torn Central African Republic, with leaders from neighbouring African countries and UN chief Ban Ki-moon due to attend, the French presidency said Saturday. The gathering of leaders…

European ambassadors and intelligence officials are making discreet trips to Damascus in a bid to resume contacts with the Syrian regime after years of outspoken support for the opposition, diplomats say. “Since May, little by little, we have begun…

Police on Saturday found the burned wreckage of a Mozambican Airlines plane a day after it went missing in a remote area in northeastern Namibia, saying none of the 33 people aboard from several countries had survived. It is one of the worst accidents…

Nigeria on Saturday pledged to secure communities near its northern and eastern borders with Chad, Niger and Cameroon over Christmas and New Year due to fears about Boko Haram strikes. The banned Islamist group has previously launched deadly attacks…

L-R: Executive Director, Environmental Rights/Friends of The Earth, Nigeria, ERA/FoEN, Dr. Godwin Uyi Ojo; Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi;…

Dr Kayode Fayemi, Ekiti State governor, says he wants ‘to do government with the people’ rather than ‘do government to…

N Ekiti State, citizen participation in governance appears to be working, as the various communities are making some input into…

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L-R: Executive Director, Environmental Rights Rights/Friends of the Earth, Nigeria, ERA/FoEN, Dr. Godwin Uyi Ojo; Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode…

Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi has said that the merger of the new Peoples Democratic Party (nPDP) with the All…

The United States has offered to destroy Syria’s chemical stockpile and will do so on a ship at sea, the world’s chemical watchdog said on Saturday. “The Director-General stated that the neutralisation operations will be conducted on a US vessel at…

The Bayelsa State caucus of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has applauded President Goodluck Jonathan for the remarkable progress his…

Newly appointed Special Advisers in Bayelsa State have been urged to work assiduously in fine-tuning the economic policies and programmes…

Bayelsa State Government has approved an intervention fund of N3bn for the completion of the Ogbia/Nembe road which is expected…

Abia State Governor, Chief Theodore Orji, has charged 21 officers of Abia origin who recently graduated from the Nigerian Navy…

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