Nigerian Nobel literature laureate Wole Soyinka and other writers on Friday paid tribute to renowned Ghanaian poet and statesman Kofi Awoonor, among the 67 killed in last weekend’s Kenyan mall attack.

Nigerian Islamist group Ansaru on Friday released a video of a French national kidnapped in December, issuing threats to the governments of Nigeria and France, the SITE jihadi tracking website said.

The Speaker, House of Representatives, Hon. Aminu Tambuwal, on Friday said the Federal Government was making efforts to ensure that Nigeria remained a united and progressive nation.

God is your shield, glory and the lifter up of your head. Stop walking with your head bowed. The vision is still accomplishable. Yes you may have suffered major losses but you can still rise again. The righteous falleth seven times and seven times they rise again. Don’t give up on yourself when God has not given up on you. The challenges of life are real but more real are the plan that God has for you.

Lt. General Jeremiah Useni needs no introduction. The prominent role he played during the reign of late Head of State, Sani Abacha, as Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, is well known. However, there are two things about Jeremiah Useni, who was referred to as ‘Jerry Boy’ at the time. He was indeed a Boy, because he joined the Army at the age of 14. Firstly, he was one of the soldiers who fired shots during the coup against General Ironsi in which the General was killed in Ibadan. Mr. Useni was also the closest person to General Abacha up to his last moments.This interview, conducted in Hausa by the Hausa language newspaper, Rariya, and translated to English by PREMIUM TIMES’

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it has disbursed over N109 billion to 20 companies in support of the ongoing power reform in the country.

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it will start applying charges on withdrawals and deposits above N500,000 for individuals and N2 million for corporate bodies from Oct. 2.

The Minister of Information, Mr Labaran Maku, says social media can be used to provide solution to contemporary challenges facing public institutions in the country.

The Federal Government says it has earmarked eight billion dollars for the execution of the Nigerian Gas Master Plan with specific interest in meeting the Gas-to-Power demand in the country.

Kenya’s interior minister said Friday the country would not bow to Shebab demands to pull troops out of Somalia following a devastating mall attack in Nairobi by the Al-Qaeda-linked insurgents.