The United States is alone in helping Nigeria locate more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by Islamists, Secretary of State John Kerry said, despite help on the ground from Britain, France and Israel. With 80 military personnel sent to neighboring Chad…
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Governor Murtala Nyako of Adamawa State has described allegations of discrimination against Christians levelled against his government as fictitious, saying he…
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has disclosed that it has so far captured the data of about three million…
The Oyo State Commissioner of Police, Mr Mohammed Indabawa, on Saturday in Ibadan urged various communities in the country to engage…
Northern Christian elders have risen to the defence of President Goodluck Jonathan in the face of public criticism over his…
US Secretary of State John Kerry congratulated India’s future prime minister Narendra Modi Friday after he led his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party to a landslide election victory. “Congrats to and BJP,” Kerry tweeted. “Look forward to working…
The United States said Monday it does not recognize the “illegal referendum” held over the weekend in east Ukraine that called for breaking away from Kiev. State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said the voting organized by pro-Russian elements in Donetsk…
Mrs. Mayowa Ikuforiji, the wife of the Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly, says she is set to adopt an…
A group of elders from the North-East have told President Goodluck Jonathan in no uncertain terms that his wife, Dame…
US Secretary of State John Kerry warned South Sudan’s warring factions Monday against walking away from ceasefire agreements and recently agreed peace talks, saying the implications of such a move would be “serious”. “Let me make clear: if there is…
Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State has warned former loyalists of his predecessor in office, Chief Timipre Sylva against “jumping…
Despite colossal investment, Angola’s goal of pumping two million barrels of oil a day and even upstaging Nigeria as Africa’s largest producer remains a pipedream. To be sure, Angola’s oil industry is going gang-busters. State-owned oil firm Sonangol…
The United States is ready to help fund the demobilisation of Democratic Republic of Congo’s rebels, a senior US official said on Saturday as Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in the country on the latest leg of an Africa tour. “I can say categorically…
US Secretary of State John Kerry on Saturday vowed that Washington will do “everything possible” to help Nigeria deal with Boko Haram militants, following the kidnapping of scores of schoolgirls. “Let me be clear. The kidnapping of hundreds of children…
US Secretary of State John Kerry warned Thursday of a risk of genocide in South Sudan if the country’s four-month-old civil war is not stopped. “There are very disturbing leading indicators of the kind of ethnic, tribal, targeted nationalistic killings…
A Federal High court sitting in Ibadan, capital of Oyo state today postponed the re-arraignment of a former Oyo State…
Flight operations have again resumed at the Kaduna International Airport, Kaduna State even as aviation authorities have commenced investigations into…
Parents of the school girls yet to be released or escape from Islamist sect Boko Haram that abducted 129 secondary…
The National Emergency Management Agency on Thursday released a list of 126 victims admitted in various hospitals in the Federal…
The United States has authorized the release of a $450 million installment in Iranian assets that were frozen as punishment for Tehran’s disputed nuclear program, the State Department said Thursday. It came after a new report by the UN’s nuclear watchdog…