An attack by scores of Boko Haram Islamists in the northeast Nigeria town of Bama has killed 60 people and caused massive destruction to public buildings, police told AFP Thursday. Residents said gunmen stormed the town at roughly 4:00 am (0300 GMT)…
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19 February 2014 – Concerned by the escalating violence in the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, top United Nations officials have urged…
14 February 2014 – The United Nations human rights office has expressed concerns about a bill allowing Turkey’s telecommunications authority…
LONDON, United-Kingdom, February 19, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Foreign Office advise against all but essential travel to South Sinai…
SEATTLE, WA–(Marketwired – Feb 19, 2014) – Recognizing that law enforcement agencies often rely on manual practices to transfer sensitive…
A 61-year-old engineer, Age Ashogbon and one Prince Eshilokun, 50, a technician, were, Tuesday, arraigned before a Lagos magistrate’s court…
One person was confirmed dead while properties worth millions of naira were destroyed in a tanker fire incident that occurred…
L-R: Wife of Ekiti State Governor, Erelu Bisi Fayemi; Commissioner for Local Government, Mr. Paul Omotosho; and Alawe of Ilawe-Ekiti,…
A 19-year-old boy, Burwa White, was on Monday sentenced to four months imprisonment by a Special Offences Court in Alausa,…
Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State, Monday said the terrorist sect, Boko Haram, were better armed and better motivated by…
16 February 2014 – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has strongly condemned today’s terrorist attack on a bus in the…
15 February 2014 – The United Nations Security Council has called on the Sudanese Government and the sudan People’s Liberation…
By Chris Simpson The war in the desert – old rivalries must end TIMBUKTU, 12 February 2014 (IRIN) – The…
Students of University of Benin Chapter of Network for Good Governance (N4GG) commended President Goodluck Jonathan style of governance describing…
Major General David Jemibewon (rtd) has taken a swipe at Nigeria’s politicians, saying they are dishonest and materialistic. . Jemibewon,…
Since the beginning of 2014, criminals have been on the onslaught in Cross River State especially in Calabar, the state…
Nigerian troops have taken over major streets in the commercial city of Kano Saturday ahead of the visit of President…
The Commissioner of Police in Abia, Mr Ibrahim Adamu, on Friday assured the people of his readiness to improve on…
An Egor Magistrates’ Court, Benin, on Friday sentenced a 62-year old pastor, Alfred Idonogie, to two years imprisonment for defiling…
13 February 2014 – Welcoming the start of the latest round of talks between South Sudan’s sparring factions aimed at…