THE reported crude oil spill at the Bonga oil field has been described as a national calamity which must require all hands to be on deck in order to curtail the spillage and prevent spilled crude oil from getting to the shores of the coastal states.

Victims of Christmas Day bomb blast at St. Theresar’s Catholic Church, Madalla, Niger State, taken to the National Hospital, Abuja, are responding to treatment.

Former Governor of Kaduna State, Alhaji Balarabe Musa, has blamed overseas agents working with the United States’ prediction that Nigeria will disintegrate in 2015, for the Christmas day’s bombings for which Boko Haram sect claimed responsibility.

Igbo Youths Movement, IYM, yesterday lamented what it described as attempts by Boko Haram Islamic to cause disintegration in the country with the “Christmas (day) massacre’’ of Christians, saying the incident has put question to the survival of Nigeria as a country.

Christmas celebrations in Benue State were, yesterday, marred by bloody clashes by rival cult groups that left no fewer than four persons dead in Makurdi, Benue State capital.

The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, South East zone, yesterday condemned the recent bomb blast in Yobe, Niger, Plateau states and other parts of the country, allegedly masterminded by Boko Haram.

TRADE Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, has described the Christmas Day bombings in Madalla, near Abuja, which claimed several lives as an affront to God or Allah that the perpetrators claim to represent and called for the sack of the nation’s security chiefs as they have failed the nation.

National Union of Textile Garments and Tailoring Workers of Nigeria, NUTGTWN, has condemned Christmas day bombings of churches in Madala, Jos and Damaturu in Niger, Plateau and Yobe states, respectively, saying those who should ultimately account for the death of innocent Nigerians, “are the elected and appointed public officers paid to protect us.”

Indigenes and fishermen of Bayelsa State communities on the Atlantic fringe, yesterday, raised alarm over the gradual spread of crude oil supposedly from Shell Petroleum Development Company, Bonga oil field into their rivers, waterways and other parts of the state.

LAGOS -Two persons, whose identities are yet to be ascertained, were hacked to death while several others received serious injuries, yesterday, after the annual carnival held at the Jakande Estate, Oke-Afa, Isolo, turned violent.

The Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, Oyo State has said the alleged rot left by the former governor of the state, Otunba Adebayo Alao-Akala was unbecoming of a statesman which he claims to be.

People with heart conditions might have found a big ally in peanuts because of its richness in monounsaturated fats. Peanuts also feature an array of other nutrients that, in numerous studies, have been shown to promote heart health.

GOVERNOR Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State, yesterday, warned that evil days lie ahead for the nation if perpetrators of the Christmas day bombing refuse to have a change of heart on their violent way of seeking redress to perceived injustice.

Benue State House of Assembly has debunked media reports alleging that there were clandestine moves to impeach its newly-elected Speaker, Mr. Dave Iorhemba.

Operatives attached to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad Ikeja, Lagos have arrested four suspected members of a robbery gang that invaded the home of a 70year-old man in Epe area of Lagos,two weeks ago, leaving him unconscious as they made away with an unspecified amount of money.