NAN Nigeria on Tuesday assumed the rotating presidency of the United Nations Security Council for April. Mrs Joy Ogwu, Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the UN,...
Vatican City (AFP) – Pope Francis has formally accepted the resignation of Germany’s controversial bishop of Limburg, who had come under fire for his luxury lifestyle....
(AFP) BERLIN – German customs officials have intercepted a package addressed to the Vatican containing 14 condoms filled with cocaine, a newspaper reported Sunday. The Bild...
by Aleksandar Vasovic, Gabriela Baczynska and Alessandra Prentice (Reuters) – Russian troops forced their way into a Ukrainian airbase in Crimea with armoured vehicles, automatic fire...
Kenya’s parliament has passed a bill allowing men to marry as many women as they want, prompting a furious backlash from female politicians. The bill, which...
[Report by Associated Press] Crimea’s parliament on Monday declared the region an independent state, after its residents voted overwhelmingly to break off from Ukraine and seek...
President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, has taken a swipe on Nigeria, labeling the country and her citizens as corrupt. During his 90th birthday luncheon hosted by...
AFP – Malaysia said on Sunday the number of countries involved in efforts to find a missing passenger jet had nearly doubled to 25 as it...
U.S. investigators suspect that Malaysia Airlines 3786.KU -4.08% Flight 370 stayed in the air for about four hours past the time it reached its last confirmed...
NAN The Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs, Prof. Viola Onwuliri, says the ministry is closely monitoring the development in Ukraine and will evacuate Nigerians in the...
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a sudden reprise of Cold War sensibilities, the U.S. and its allies are weighing sanctions on Moscow and whether to bolster defenses...
PANA/NAN South African Paralympian, Oscar Pistorius, on Monday, pleaded not guilty to charges against him as his trial over the murder of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp,...
