FORMER Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Gov. Rochas Okoricha of Imo State among other eminent Nigerians are expected to grace the Lord’s Chosen Charismatic Revival Ministries crusade which commenced yesterday.

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has approved the appointment of seven new Permanent Secretaries including three Tutors-General in the state public service.
The appointment takes effect from Tuesday, December 31, 2013.

President Good luck Jonathan has assured of the determination of his administration to tackle terrorism.
Addressing graduands of Police Academy, Wudil, Kano State, yesterday, Jonathan, who was represented by Vice President Namadi Sambo, stated: “It is extremely imperative that all efforts and resources be deployed towards the achievement of the primary constitutional mandate of provision of security of lives and property.”

The opposition All Progressive Congress, APC, has set a machinery in motion to douse the over-swirling lava of acrimony in some state chapters of the party over power sharing.
A high powered committee led by a former governor of Edo State, John Oyegun, and one-time Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, national chairman, Kawu Baraje, is already on tour of the troubled states.

THE Joint Task Force (JTF) in the Niger Delta, last night, confirmed the arrest of six persons in Ogu Bolo local government area of Rivers State over illegal possession of fire arms.
Spokesman of the JTF, Lt Col Nwachukwu, who confirmed the development, said the suspects were handed over to the police.

Thousands of protesters firebombed polling stations and at least 18 people were killed as violence flared across Bangladesh Sunday during a walkover election boycotted by the opposition.

More than 30,000 African asylum seekers who entered Israel illegally protested in Tel Aviv on Sunday, police said, in the biggest rally ever staged by migrants in the Jewish state.

Human body parts fell from the sky in the city of Jeddah Sunday, with police saying they could be the remains of a person trapped in an airplane’s wheel bay.

The umbrella body of the dental and medical practitioners- the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), has suspended for now, its earlier directive to all members in Nigeria to withdraw their services from tomorrow, Monday, January 6.

Management of the University of Jos has said it is addressing errors made in the payment of earned allowances to members of staff over which the institution’s branch of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has declared a fresh industrial action.