Thousands of young South Sudanese fighters loyal to ex-vice president Riek Machar have peeled away from an advance on a key town, the government said Sunday, but there was no immediate confirmation from Machar’s supporters. As the UN voiced concern…
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Dr Kayode Fayemi It seems a new dawn for politics in Nigeria as the All Progressives Congress (APC) continues to…
28 December 2013 – The deadline set for the removal of the most critical chemical weapons material from Syria for…
27 December 2013 – An independent United Nations human rights expert today urged Cambodian authorities to continue to exercise restraint…
Governor Ibrahim Dankwambo of Gombe State on Friday presented a budget of N107.4 billion for the 2014 Appropriation Act to…
Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State said on Friday in Ilorin that the state government would give out N200 million…
The Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN), has advised the Federal Government to review its planned policy on importation of…
The Enugu State Police Command has arrested a native doctor, from Umuopu Umueze in Igboeze North Local Government Area, for…
Governor Babangida Aliyu of Niger says the ban on the operations of commercial motorcyclists in Minna, the state capital, has…
Voters across Yobe today turned out in large numbers to cast their votes to elect Chairmen and Councillors of the…
A socio-cultural group, the Igbomina Development Forum, on Saturday rallied support for President Goodluck Jonathan in his bid to tackle…
The Minister of Information, Mr Labaran Maku, on Thursday, 26th December advised political leaders to refrain from making unguarded comments…
Five years after the meltdown of the Nigerian stock market, some investors and operators have shaken off their investment shocks…
The first UN peacekeeping reinforcements arrived Friday in South Sudan, where the government is said to have agreed an immediate ceasefire after nearly two weeks of heavy fighting with rebels. Seventy-two members of a police contingent, moved from the…
Today, a judge in New York ruled that the NSA’s collection of phone metadata of United States citizens is, in fact, lawful. This ruling—the result of a suit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union against the United States Government—comes…
Four American military personnel have been detained in Libya and are being held by the government there, the US State Department said Friday. “We can confirm that four US military personnel are currently being held in Libyan government custody,” said…
27 December 2013 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the Security Council and the top United Nations envoy in Lebanon have strongly…
The United Nations Development Programme has launched, together with partners, a new centre that will help countries to best use…
27 December 2013 – Some 63,000 civilians have now sought refuge in United Nations bases in South Sudan as the…
27 December 2013 – The United Nations human rights office today called on the President of Uganda to refrain from…