At least 50 houses were razed on Christmas day in Ibeno, Southern Akwa Ibom, by a group of people suspected to be members of a rival community.

It was gathered that no life was lost in the fire which destroyed household property and outboard engines in Idung Abasi Ekwere fishing settlement in Ibeno.

GOVERNOR Liyel Imoke of Cross River State has said that democracy will not survive without opposition parties.

An Abeokuta Chief Magistrate’s Court yesterday discharged and acquitted the immediate past manager of the MKO Abiola Stadium, Mr. Ayo Olusanya, charged with theft and conspiracy.

More states are to benefit from World Bank’s $150million Commercial Agriculture Development Project, CADP, across the six geo-political zones of the country.

Unknown persons, yesterday, set ablaze the office of Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Ugbah, headquarters of Logo Local Government Area of Benue State.

NATIONAL chairman of All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Chief Victor Umeh, said yesterday that the problem of Boko Haram has continued to escalate because the Federal Government appeared not to have the political will to tackle it.

Lagos State House of Assembly has directed the Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development to stop the proposed demolition of houses in Atinporomeh and Araromi in Olorunda Local Council Develop-ment Area of Badagry.

Suspected leader of a notorious robbery gang met his death on Christmas day after members of his gang engaged operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, in a gun battle in Ajah area of Lagos.