Dickson Urges Financial Institutions To Liberalize Policies For Benefit Of Bayelsans
Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson on Tuesday challenged financial institutions operating in the state to make their services more liberal for the people of the state to benefit.   Governor Dickson, who spoke while commissioning a new branch of the Sterling Bank,Plc in Yenagoa, decried a situation where some banks only... Read more
South South Political Leaders, Clerics Say Crisis in PDP Can Deny Jonathan 2015 Presidency
  From: Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar   Some political Leaders and clerics in the South South have expressed anxiety and doubts over President Goodluck Jonathan chances in 2015 elections, saying that there are possibilities that opposing political parties like the All Peoples’ Congress (APC) can defeat PDP at the polls.... Read more
Princewill Calls For A Commission OF Enquiry  On The Sale Of Rivers State’s Assets To Fund APC Campaign
Wabiye Idoniboye-Obu Director – Media and Publicity Prince Tonye Princewill Campaign Team         PRINCEWILL RESPONDS TO RIVERS STATE GOVERNMENT; CALLS FOR A COMMISSION OF ENQUIRY.   When we received the news that the Hon Commissioner of Finance had responded to news reports on the secrecy surrounding... Read more
NEW YORK FORUM AFRICA 2015: “Invest in the Energy Continent” – May 29-31 2015, Libreville, Gabon
LIBREVILLE, Gabon, December 24, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The 4th edition of the New York Forum AFRICA(http://www.ny-forum-africa.com), the only pan-African economic forum to be held in Africa in 2015, will bring together more than 1500 business and political leaders on May 29-31 2015 in Libreville, Gabon. Logo: http://www.photos.apo-opa.com/plog-content/images/apo/logos/nyfa15.png... Read more
An important meeting to define the role of the global south in addressing climate change for COP21 in paris
LIBREVILLE, Gabon, December 24, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Climate South Initiative (http://www.climate-south.com) will gather more than 800 global leaders from government, business, NGOs, academia, civil society, youth and media to discuss the opportunities and challenges presented by climate change. Logo: http://www.photos.apo-opa.com/plog-content/images/apo/logos/climate.png This Initiative, under the high patronage... Read more
#ISurvivedEbola Campaign Goes On-Air in Liberia, Expands to Sierra Leone
MONROVIA, Liberia, December 22, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — PCI Media Impact and Vulcan Productions announced on December 22, in collaboration with UNICEF, an expansion of radio and video programming of the West African multimedia project #ISurvivedEbola (https://www.facebook.com/ISurvivedEbola.org?ref=br_tf) across Liberia and Sierra Leone. Call-in radio broadcasts that provide life-saving... Read more
Jumia’s Christmas Tree

Jumia’s Christmas Tree

Africa December 19, 2014

ABIDJAN, Côte d’Ivoire, December 19, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — This Saturday, December 20, Jumia ,the leader of e -commerce in Côte d’Ivoire , organizes a Christmas tree in the village of Bongo , 100km away from Abidjan, in partnership with the parish of St. Michael for 800 children... Read more
The AU Peace and Security Council, at its 477th meeting, held on 18 December 2014, adopted a decision on the mandate of the African Union High-Level Implementation Panel on Sudan and South Sudan (AUHIP)
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, December 19, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Peace and Security Council of the African Union (AU), at its 477th meeting, held on 18 December 2014, adopted the following decision on the mandate of the African Union High-Level Implementation Panel on Sudan and South Sudan (AUHIP):... Read more
Mobile security threats call for integrated, regional response in the Sahara-Sahel
BRUSSELS, Kingdom of Belgium, December 19, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The “Sahel” label covers a fluid space that defies classical geographic description and is characterised by the constant movement of people and goods, as well as the instability and violence that has marked recent years. Understanding this mobility... Read more
Mozambique Targets Miners Returning from South Africa for HIV, TB Tests
GENEVA, Switzerland, December 19, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — As thousands of Mozambican migrant workers return from South Africa for the holiday season, IOM and partner agencies at the Ressano Garcia border post are this week encouraging returnees to get tested for HIV and TB at temporary clinics to... Read more