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Mr Ayinla Kangu of Pakata Area in Ilorin on Monday asked an Ilorin Area Court to dissolve his five-year-old marriage to Raliatu Ologede, over alleged impatience and domineering attitude. The complainant cited an instance when his wife slapped him for h...
The governments of the United States of America and South Africa have agreed on the way to further boost the economies of both countries. This was made in a joint statement released to Journalists after the second meeting of the South Afri...
Exiled Malagasy president Marc Ravalomanana who stays in South Africa, on Tuesday dismissed as false allegations that he committed crimes against humanity. South Africa's National Prosecuting Authority had told him it was common cause that h...
US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham-Clinton, who is presently on a four-day visit to South Africa, has a packed itinerary today. Clinton is on an official visit to the country to consolidate existing bilateral political and economic relations between ...
The United Nations envoy in Côte d’Ivoire has strongly condemned Monday’s attack against a military base in Abidjan that left seven soldiers from the national army dead and seriously injured another dozen troops. An unidentified arm...
The United Nations-African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur today voiced its deep concern over recent violence and attacks on civilians in and around the town of Kutum, in the Sudanese state of North Darfur. “I call upon all parties in...
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed a deal reached by the Governments of Sudan and South Sudan on oil and financial arrangements, according to Mr. Ban’s spokesperson. “It is an important milestone for building g...
With a key meeting to resolve outstanding issues ahead of the end of Somalia’s current transitional period now over, the United Nations top political envoy to the country today called on all actors to ensure that the remaining tasks are completed...
Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) guber candidate for the forth coming Ondo State governorship election, Chief Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN), has declared his readiness to reposition the state as an economic giant in Nigeria. Akeredolu disclosed that that quest led to the One to One initiative, which is a major pull of his campaign. According to him, the One to One…
An explosive-laden truck detonated inside a U.S. military base on Tuesday in Eastern Afghanistan, injuring two Americans and 11 Afghans, police said. ``The incident took place in Pul-e-Alam city, the provincial capital of Logar province. An apparently ...
The Borno Government said on Tuesday in Maiduguri that it planned to set up six irrigation centres across the state in line with the ongoing agricultural transformation programme The Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs,...
Fifteen people were killed on Tuesday in floods and landslides caused by heavy rains in the Philippine capital and several provinces, officials said. Government offices, courts and schools were suspended in Manila and nine northern provinces after rain...
Residents of Aba, the commercial hub of Abia, have expressed concern over the filthy condition of the city and its possible health hazard. Some of the residents who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Aba, expressed concern o...
The Dandume Local Government of Katsina State has awarded a N20 million contract to tackle erosion menace threatening communities in the area. Alhaji Abdulkadir Muhammad, the council’s caretaker committee chairman, disclosed this in an interview ...
The University of Ilorin has graduated 5, 383 persons in various disciplines in the 2011/2012 academic session, the Vice Chancellor, Prof Is-haq Oloyede, said in Ilorin on Monday. The number includes 36 persons, who obtained first class deg...