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(Nigeria) Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has urged Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State to “show leadership and uphold his constitutional oath of office by immediately ensuring the reinstatement of the unjustly sacked education officials rather than attempting to shift responsibility to the Ogun State Civil Service Commission.”

An explosion tore through a United States military storage building southwest of Tokyo early Monday, but there were no reports of injury, Japanese authorities said.

The number of dead in the weekend crash of a military jet taking part in an air show in Britain could rise to 20, police said Monday.

The parents of Reeva Steenkamp said on Monday that Oscar Pistorius shot dead his girlfriend deliberately.

  (Nigeria) The All Progressives Congress, APC, has commended the Service Chiefs for showing leadership by example by personally taking charge of the ongoing stepped-up fight against Boko Haram, calling the development a breath of fresh air in the counter-insurgency battle. 

British Foreign Minister Philip Hammond on Sunday reopened his country's embassy in Tehran, four years after it was stormed by protesters angry at Britain's backing of sanctions against Iran over its nuclear programme. Hammond is the first British foreign minister to visit Iran since 2003, reports dpa. The visit comes after Iran and a group of world powers agreed to a deal last month to end a dispute over Iran's nuclear programme. "The reopening of the British embassy reflects the fact that the West recognizes the constructive role played by Iran," said Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammed Jawad Zarif according to the Fars news agency. "We still have differences with London," he said during a press conference with Hammond. "But we want to be pragmatic about discussing them." Hammond called the reopening a turning point in relations between the two countries. "Last month's historic nuclear agreement was another milestone, and showed

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is to host the French and Ukrainian leaders in Berlin on Monday amid a recent upsurge in violence in eastern Ukraine and moves by Europe to review sanctions imposed on Moscow for its role in the conflict. The key focus of the talks between Merkel, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and French President Francois Hollande is likely to be concerns that the fragile ceasefire deal hammered out in Minsk in February has collapsed in light of recent fighting between government forces and pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine's east, reports dpa . However, there is also hope, as there have been more recent reports that the skirmishes have subsided. Poroshenko sees the main purpose of Monday's meeting as a chance to coordinate tough actions aimed at ending Russian aggression against Ukraine. "The key task of the Ukrainian authorities is to form a powerful international coalition that will stop the aggressor," Poroshenko told journalists, addin

(Nigeria) Mrs Omogbene Adeborile, 65, mother-in-law to Oba Fredrick Obateru-Akinruntan, the Olugbo of Ugboland, has been abducted by gunmen in Igbotako in Ondo State. Adeborile was abducted on Saturday at her residence in Igbotako, Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State at 10p.m. Adeborile is the wife of Chief Babatunde Adeborile, Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, Igbotako Ward II. One of the residents, who preferred anonymity, said, ``I was in my house when I heard gunshots. I thought they were armed robbers; I scampered for safety and started praying. `` I later learnt that eight gunmen took mama into a waiting vehicle and escaped before the police came’’, he said. Efforts to get a member of the Adeborile family to comment on the incident proved abortive. Chief Solomon Bitire, the Caretaker Chairman, Okititipupa council, confirmed the incident, saying that he would meet the Commissioner of Police on the matter. ``The incident is true. The commissioner of police is a

(Nigeria) Akwa Ibom State Government has provided financial assistance to 1,959 flood victims in Eket and Uyo, according to Mrs Sylvia Ekpo, Permanent Secretary, Deputy Governor’s Office.

(Nigeria) President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday directed the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, to work more closely with the indigenous oil producers to address challenges in the nation’s oil and gas sector.

(Nigeria) Mr Daouda Toure, the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Nigeria, on Wednesday appealed for more resources meet the needs of internally displaced people numbering about 1.5 million.

(Nigeria) Authorities of the Nigerian Army on Wednesday, said it had identified the soldiers who violated the rights of a member of the public in Mararaba, Nasarawa state, on August 8.

(Nigeria) The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Lagos Zone, on Wednesday urged Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State to immediately constitute a visitation panel to the Lagos State University, LASU, Ojo.

Gunmen fired on police outside an Istanbul palace and a bomb killed eight soldiers in the southeast on Wednesday, heightening a sense of crisis as Turkey's leaders struggled to form a new government.

North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, NATO allies called Wednesday on all parties in eastern Ukraine to "de-escalate tensions and exercise restraint," according to a spokesperson for the military alliance, while expressing "serious concern" at a recent surge in violence.

South African Justice Minister Michael Masutha has suspended the parole granted to Oscar Pistorius, who was due to be released on Friday, the ministry said.

\ A Thai court issued an arrest warrant on Wednesday for a man suspected of carrying out the Bangkok bombing.

(Nigeria) A 52-year-old man, Maxwell Ekwueme, was on Wednesday arraigned in a Yaba Chief Magistrates' Court, Lagos, for allegedly touching the breast of a 10-year-old girl without her consent.

No fewer than 398 children have been killed in Yemen since conflict broke out this year, and another 605 injured, according to a UNICEF report released Wednesday.

(Nigeria) Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, in Aba, Abia State on Tuesday, arrested one Emmanuel Ogbonna with 135 kg of Indian Hemp, which he claimed he brought from Benin.

Visits to Crimea by the Russian leadership are Russia’s internal affair, and Moscow is perplexed over Ukraine’s  response to such a visit, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.

(Nigeria) President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the dissolution of the Executive Management Team of the Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria, AMCON.

(Nigeria) The Nigeria Communications Commission, NCC, on Tuesday said that telecommunication operators, who failed to comply with the deactivation of invalid and improper registered SIM cards will be sanctioned.

(Nigeria) President Muhammadu Buhari has demanded for a comprehensive report on sale of Nigerian Telecommunications Limited, NITEL, and Nigerian Mobile Telecommunication (Mtel), from the Ministry of Communications Technology.

(Nigeria) Acting Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Benue State, Mr Godwin Ayiyeh, has said that the party was not afraid of probe of its stewardship in the state.

(Nigeria) A Magistrates' Court in Minna, Niger State on Tuesday ordered the remand in prison of two men, Abubakar Mohammed and Usman Kwore, for alleged kidnapping.

Seventeen people were killed in shellings by Ukrainian forces over last week, and 45 more were injured, the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic, DPR, defense ministry spokesman Eduard Basurin said on Tuesday.

Plane wreckage is strewn across dense terrain in Pegunungan Bintang, Papua province, Indonesia An Indonesian passenger plane that went missing two days ago was destroyed when it slammed into a mountain, killing all 54 people on board, the country's top rescue official said.

South Africa's Nobel Peace Prize laureate Desmond Tutu, 83, was admitted to hospital, his daughter Mpho Tutu said Tuesday. This admission follows two hospital stays in July. 

(Nigeria) President Muhammadu Buhari has assured Nigerians that no amount of pressure will make him give up the war against corruption in the country.

Nelson Mandela's 24-year-old grandson appeared in court on Monday on charges of raping a 15-year-old, police said, in a new scandal to tarnish the family of the anti-apartheid icon.

Canada and Russia have suspended the implementation of a joint project to build the DHC-6 Twin Otter Series aircraft in the Ulyanovsk special economic zone on Russia’s Volga region but have not abandoned it completely, Denis Baryshnikov, head of the special economic zone said on Monday.

(Nigeria) The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, said that it impounded illicit drugs worth over N25 million in Kano State from July to date.

A visit to Crimea by Russia president Vladimir Putin will continue to aggravate tensions, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko wrote in Facebook on Monday.

Pakistani airstrikes killed 65 militants on Monday in two tribal regions along the Afghan border, the army said, part of a yearlong campaign against insurgents in rugged areas where they have long sheltered.

A bomb exploded in a busy business district in the Thai capital on Monday, killing at least 15 people, police said. 

(Nigeria) A pastor, Tunde Adekunle, on Monday urged an Akure Customary Court to dissolve his 15 year-old marriage to his wife, Agbeke for alleged frequent nagging.

The self-defense forces command of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic, DPR, did not order to return tanks and armored vehicles equipped with weapons of less than 100mm caliber from their positions in the rear, DPR defense ministry spokesman Eduard Basurin told Donetsk News Agency on Monday.

(Nigeria) The Kogi State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Elders Advisory Council has endorsed the state governor, Capt. Idris Wada for a second term in office.

Russia is concerned about the developments in Ukraine, which are reminiscent of Kiev’s preparation for hostilities, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Monday following talks with his Iranian counterpart, Mohammad Javad Zarif.

Seven men have been convicted of gang raping a teenager in northeastern Romania and sentenced to prison in a case that has caused national outrage.

No fewer than seven civilians and two Ukrainian troops have been killed in the latest eruption of violence in eastern Ukraine.

(Nigeria) The All Progressives Congress, APC, has hailed the Nigerian military for stepping up the fight against Boko Haram, saying the visible paradigm shift in the military's approach to the battle against the insurgents was yielding positive results.

(Nigeria) Former Head of State, General Ibrahim Babangida (rtd), has revealed that officers and men loyal to his regime assisted him to escape late Major Gideon Orkar’s coup against his administration on April 22, 1999.

(Nigeria) The Academic Board of Yaba College of Technology, Yaba, Lagos, has expelled 73 students of the college for presenting suspected forged results.

(Nigeria) The leader of Nigeria's Boko Haram denied he had been killed or ousted as chief of the jihadist group in an audio recording released Sunday attributed to him by security experts.

Air strikes Sunday killed 40 suspected militants in northwest Pakistan near the Afghan border as part of a major operation against the Taliban and other insurgents, the military said.

(Nigeria) The Chief of Naval Staff, Vice-Admiral Ibok-Ette Ibas, said on Sunday that oil thieves will no longer have the capacity to transport stolen petroleum products.

South Sudan's government denied reports that talks to end the country's civil war had collapsed ahead of a Monday deadline to sign a peace agreement with rebel forces or face international sanctions.

(Nigeria) Kogi and Delta States said they have built temporary camps for intending Internally Displaced Persons, IDP, in preparation for the 2015 flooding.