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President Goodluck Jonathan has assured prospective investors in Nigeria of the safety of their investments. He gave the assurance at the just concluded Nigeria Investment Summit and Exhibition in New York, USA saying the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has done excellently well in the discharge of its mandate and still breaking new grounds to cleanse the system and ...

Five men were killed on Thursday as two gun men stormed the Madalla market in Suleja, Niger State. A trader in the market said the incident happened around 7pm when they were about to retire for the day, forcing them to flee in different directions. According to an eye witness, “This man that was killed was with his sister packing ...

There was a powerful explosion Saturday at the offices of the United Nations Mine Action Service, UNMAS, in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu that claimed at least one person. Report says the explosion, which happened inside the compound of the U.N. service destroyed a car in the service’s parking lot, killing at least one person in the vehicle. The compound’s wall was ...

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan and Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Friday discussed issues that has to do with Maternal health, piracy and security across West Africa. Mr. Ban encouraged Mr. Jonathan, who is the current chairman of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, to remain engaged in helping countries in the region facing security challenges, such as Côte d’Ivoire and ...

National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA, has said that a huge, dead satellite is tumbling slowly to Earth and may smack down somewhere over Africa or Canada late tonight or early Saturday. On Friday, NASA officials said its the biggest piece of US space junk to fall in 30 years and is heading towards a vast span of territory that ...