Rebel gunmen in South Sudan massacred “hundreds” of civilians in ethnic killings when they captured the oil town of Bentiu last week, the UN said Monday, one of the worst reported atrocities in the war-torn nation. In the main mosque alone, “more than…
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All appears not to be well within the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as governors have reportedly given three conditions…
Governor of Rivers State and Chairman of Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, has called on Nigerians to pray for…
The Minister of Interior, Comrade Abba Moro has said that Nigeria needs prayers to overcome her current security challenges. Moro,…
Constant intimidation, harassment and illegal arrests and even murder carried out on Nigerian students by Malaysian authorities while staffers of…
The Presidency on Saturday rebuked the Governor of Adamawa State, Murtala Nyako over the letter he wrote to the leadership…
The presidency and Adamawa State Governor Murtala Nyako have continued trading words over terror attacks in the state and the…
Three pro-Russian militants and one attacker were killed in a gunbattle near the volatile eastern Ukrainian town of Slavyansk early Sunday, a local leader told journalists. Vyatcheslav Ponomarev said the battle broke out at a barricade put up in a village…
Activities in Abuja were low key on Saturday as the Easter holidays and celebrations continued, the News Agency of Nigeria…
Parents of the school girls yet to be released or escape from Islamist sect Boko Haram that abducted 129 secondary…
Japan broke ground Saturday on a coastal surveillance unit near a string of islands at the centre of a bitter territorial dispute with China, a report said. Radar equipment will be installed on Yonaguni island to monitor ships and aircraft in the East…
A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 7.5 struck off Papua New Guinea late Saturday night, the US Geological Survey said, with a tsunami warning issued. The quake hit 75 kilometres (47 miles) south-west of the town of Panguna on Bougainville island…
SOME BUSES AFFECTED BY explosion AT NYANYA MOTOR PARK IN Abuja ON MONDAY (14/4/14). The car containing the bomb that…
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) Thursday admitted that troops were still searching for majority of the girls abducted by suspected Boko…
President Goodluck Jonathan has again summoned all the 36 state governors for an emergency security meeting scheduled for next Wednesday…
The leadership of the 20 standing committees of the National Conference has been released with Ibrahim Coomasie, Florence Ita-Giwa, Bola…
The National Emergency Management Agency on Thursday released a list of 126 victims admitted in various hospitals in the Federal…
The Rivers State Police Command has doused tension over a suspected bomb that sent traders and commuters in Port Harcourt,…
17 April 2014 – Amid escalating violence in northern and central South Sudan, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon strongly condemned…
16 April 2014 – United Nations humanitarian agencies and their partners today launched a joint appeal to donors to fund…