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Niger Republic suffers explosions
Two explosions have occurred simultaneously at an Army Barracks and a company involved in uranium exploration in Agadez State of Niger Republic. The governor of Agadez state, Colonel Garba Maccido, confirmed the incident, which he described as the work of suicide bombers to the Hausa service of the BBC. Initial reports said only the suicide bomber More...
Pakistan bombing: 13 reported dead
A roadside bomb killed 11 security personnel and two civilians on Thursday in southwestern Pakistan where separatist rebels have for decades been battling to control the region’s natural gas and other resources. There More...
Economic growth up by 15.2 percent in 2012-IMF
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says economic growth in Sierra Leone was 15.2 per cent in 2012. This is contained in a statement by Malangu Kabetdi-Mbuyi, Leader of an IMF team that visited Sierra Leone More...
Health Minister says medical checkup cost will be subsidized
The Federal Government said on Thursday in Geneva that a budgetary allocation had been made to subsidise the cost of some medical checkups for Nigerians. The Minister of Health, Prof Onyebuchi Chukwu, said More...
Water supply for Zamfara to cost N16m
Maradun Local Government Council in Zamfara has earmarked N16 million for the drilling of bore holes in areas worst affected by water shortage. The council Chairman, Alhaji Yahya Shehu, More...
Complainant’s claims lacks merit-NPC
The National Population Commission (NPC) has urged the Census Tribunal to dismiss the submission of Dutsi Local Government Council of Katsina State over its disputed census figure as it lacked merit. Uyioghosa More...
Let’s continue to work to achieve failed MDGs even after 2015-Africa Region proposes
As the 2015 deadline to meet up with the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) approaches, the African region on Thursday called for the inclusion of all unmet health targets in the post-2015 agenda. The post-2015 More...
Gov Wakkala has released N1m for Mosque maintenance
The Zamfara Deputy Gov., Malam Ibrahim Wakkala, on Thursday donated N1 million for the maintenance of a secondary school Juma’at Mosque in Shinkafi. Wakkala made the donation in Shinkafi at the inauguration of More...
Registration imminent for APC says party chieftain
Alhaji Garba Gadi, a chieftain of the CPC, said Thursday that the All Progressive Change (APC) was set for registration by INEC. Gadi, who is the Chairman, Merger Committee of the CPC, More...
Amnesty Compelled Jonathan to Release Boko Haram Detainees
The presidency has explained its decision to authorise the release of women, children and other suspected Boko Haram members currently being detained by Nigeria’s security agencies. The Nigerian military on Tuesday said More...
