Abuja – Striking workers at the National Hospital, Abuja, on Saturday suspended the indefinite strike they started on Thursday over non-implementation of their revised conditions of service. Members of Senior Staff Association, Association of Nurses and Midwives and Medical Health Workers Union began the indefinite strike at 4 p.m. on Thursday after a three-day warning […]

CAIRO (AFP) – The headquarters of the Egyptian Football Association were set ablaze on Saturday, minutes after a police officers’ club was torched following sentencing over a deadly football riot last year. Firefighters were working to put out the fire which spread through the building located in the same neighbourhood as the officers’ club, an […]

CAIRO (AFP) – An Egyptian court on Saturday upheld death sentences for 21 defendants over a deadly football riot in Port Said, in a case that has already sparked widespread violence and threats of further unrest. The court, sitting in Cairo for security reasons, also handed down life sentences to five defendants, with 19 receiving […]

CARACAS (AFP) – Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro took over as acting president in a ceremony rejected by the opposition after a tearful farewell to Hugo Chavez during a rousing state funeral for the firebrand leftist. More than 30 heads of state paid tribute to Chavez Friday as his body lay in state in a flag-covered coffin […]

Abuja, March 9, 2013 (NAN) Power supply at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, will be interrupted between 10 a.m. and 10.30 p.m. on Sunday. The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) said in a statement that “the proposed interruption on March 10 is to allow the agency to improve on power supply at the […]

In a move  to ensure unity and progress of the country, Former President Shehu Shagari has called on Nigerians to work towards moving Nigeria forward.

Cameroonian strongman Issa Hayatou will be re-elected unopposed in Morocco on Sunday for a final four-year term as Confederation of African Football (CAF) president.

Two soldiers on Friday at the Orile Bus Stop on the Lagos-Badagry Expressway in Lagos State apprehended one Mr Assassu Ubong who paraded himself as a soldier.

Raila Odinga is not conceding defeat in Kenya’s presidential elections, a senior advisor said on Saturday, hours after provisional results showed the outgoing prime minister losing the key race to arch-rival Uhuru Kenyatta.

Uhuru Kenyatta was elected Kenya’s new president despite facing an international crimes against humanity trial, provisional election commission figures showed Saturday.

MATRON of Government Hospital Isiokolo, headquarter of Ethiope East Local Government Area, Delta State, Mrs. Blessing Affe has been abducted by yet unknown gunmen.

The sex abuse crisis and massive cover up by top hierarchy of the church are so much that the situation currently, has put Catholicism in dire strait.

Member representing Jos South/Jos East Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Mr. Bitrus Kaze has joined in condemnation of calls for the granting of amnesty to members of the Boko Haram Sect describing it an a confirmation of beliefs that they have backers in high places.

She hardly could control tears as people trooped to the large Onuiyi compound of Asadu family wailing while sympathizers were in groups lamenting over the news of the death of commissioner of police, Chiwike Asadu in Enugu, last Saturday.

Deputy Superintendent of Police,Ngozi Conchita Braide assumed office nine months ago as the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer. She was the first female officer to occupy such position, having been in the Police Force for over 12 years.