UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Friday called for transparent and peaceful elections in Nigeria on the eve of the vote that will be closely-watched by world governments.
The Akwa Ibom State Commissioner For Police, Mr. Gabriel Achong, has said that anyone caught violating the restriction of movement order between 8am-5pm on Saturday would be arrested and prevented from voting.
A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying three crew, including a US astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut who will be the first to spend an entire year on the International Space Station, blasted off
Iran and the US warned Friday that "tough" decisions were still needed, days before a deadline to agree a deal that world powers hope will thwart any Iranian attempt to acquire nuclear
Two people were missing Friday from a sushi restaurant after an explosion flattened three buildings and ravaged a fourth property in New York's East Village, injuring 22 people, officials said.
Eight children were wounded on Friday, one severely, when a cluster bomb from the 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah exploded in south Lebanon, security and medical officials told AFP.
At least 10 people have died in an attack by Somalia's Al-Qaeda-affiliated Shebab militants on a hotel in the capital Mogadishu, Somali security officials said Friday.
The UN Secretary-General High Level Representative to Nigeria, Dr Mohammed Ibn Chambas, said the United Nations (UN) had provided 60 million dollars, about N1.2 billion, to ensure the success of Nigeria's 2015
British opposition leader Ed Miliband launched his campaign Friday to defeat Prime Minister David Cameron in upcoming general elections after primetime television interviews in which neither man landed a knockout blow.