Fourteen people, some of them children, were killed and 10 injured in a stampede that broke out as food was being distributed at a mosque in China’s Ningxia region, state media reported Monday.

APC hunts for presidential candidate

Edo State Government has expressed concern over what it described as the disturbing activities of unauthorised land speculators in the state and promised to deal decisively with the situation this year

All security agencies are involved in the probe of the allegation of training of snipers to deal with 1,000 Nigerians on a watch-list, it was learnt.

President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, stoked his campaign against perceived enemies of the country, saying that Nigeria “must be liberated from evil people”.

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal, on Tuesday in Abuja decried the misappropriation of the cabotage vessel financing funds.

Tambuwal made this observation at an investigative hearing organised by the House of Representatives ad hoc committee to investigate the application of the cabotage vessels financing fund.

The management of the College of Education IIorin, on Sunday appealed to the Federal Government to allow state colleges of education to offer degree programmes in the country.

The Provost of the college, Dr. Isiaka Opobiyi, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ilorin that the programme would be necessary because of the large number of Nigerian Certificate in Education (NCE) holders yet to obtain university degrees.

Even before it is released in the market, the much talked about film October 1, produced and directed by celebrated film maker and actor, Kunle Afolayan has won the Fiction Film Trailer Award category of the International Movie Trailers Festival Awards 2013.

Special Marshals of Federal Road Safety Commission in Anambra have appealed to the Federal Government to expedite action on the construction of the second Niger Bridge, to create alternative access route.

Edo State Police Command has agreed to exhume the corpses of four robbery suspects killed on November 24, 2013 at the Ahor axis of the Benin bye-pass, Edo State.

Five policemen, serving in Imo State police command, including the armourer of New Owerri police division, are now in detention over how one of the AK-47 rifles officially issued for guard duties, ended up in the hands of dare devil kidnappers operating in the state.

Economic activities in 2014 among economic operators is been stifled by apprehension over political activities in preparation for the 2015 elections, as well as possibility of decline in crude oil price and the impact on government revenue, external reserves and exchange rate of the naira.

As the year 2013 finally roll away welcoming 2014, operators in the maritime industry are divided over the prospect of the industry as it affects the nation’s economy.

Operators in the financial sector said that despite the perceived risk of political activities, tapering of quantitative easing and declining external reserves the sector in 2014 will experience increased competition in terms of new products, infrastructure financing amidst monetary tightening and significant possibility of naira depreciation.

—The Nigerian Air Force, NAF, has made some new appointments, with Air Vice Marshal S. B. Abubakar emerging as the new Air Officer Commanding, AOC, Training Command, Kaduna, while his predecessor, Air Vice Marshal I. Umar moves to Defence Headquarters as Chief of Policy and Plans.