It seems palpable calm will return to Ekiti State this new year, following the spiritual visit of sorts, by the General Overseer of Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adeboye and the Founder/General Superintendent of Deeper Life Bible Church, Pastor William Kumuyi to the state during the Christmas for an evangelical work.

In what was termed a bleak Yuletide for civil servants in Ogun State, following the alleged failure of the state government to pay their December salaries, hope seems to be lurking around for the workers, as the government, Tuesday, said it has paid the said salaries with a 10 per cent bonus.

LAGOS—The New Year celebration was a sour one for residents of 2, Morountola Street, Ijanikin area of Lagos, as a seven-month-old baby boy, Raphael Olawola, was reportedly burnt in a fire that consumed a bungalow in the area.

FACED with inadequate time to tour the length and breadth of their constituencies for campaigns, some politicians have devised new and quicker ways of reaching the electorate.

Abuja — President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has enjoined Muslims in the country to use the occasion of the commemoration of the birth of Prophet Mohammed to pray for peaceful elections in the country.