Boko Haram fighters have killed 15 villagers near Maiduguri, the city which is the epicentre of the Islamist group’s six-year insurgency and where President Goodluck Jonathan is to launch his re-election campaign Saturday.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said the grading of Nigeria as the third fastest-growing economy for 2015 after China and Qatar by the CNNMoney, a business analysis programme, is a referendum on the prudent management of the Nigerian economy by the President Goodluck Jonathan-led administration, describing it as a verdict of a disinterested party. 

Gov. Kashim Shettima of Borno on Friday appealed to his supporters not to disrespect President Goodluck Jonathan or members of his entourage as the PDP holds its rally on Jan. 24.

The Police in Rivers on Saturday confirmed an attack on the National School Field, Okrika, venue of the All Progressives Congress governorship rally in Okrika local Government Area of the state.

President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday said his sister, late Madam Nancy Oleic- Jonathan died of a heart related ailment.

Mike Ozekhome, SAN – “The electoral Act of 2010 with the 2011 amendment is vey clear. It is an act of the National law which is still very valid as an existing law. Section 45(1) of the Act deals with postponement of elections and it makes it clear that elections into the offices of the President and Vice President, Governors and Deputy Governors, and members of the National Assembly- which are already scheduled for February 14, can be postponed by INEC on a date which should not be earlier than 150 days to the expiration of the present term of the occupants of the offices, and not latter than 30 days before the expiration.

MIXED reactions yesterday trailed the call by the National Security Adviser, NSA, Col. Sambo Dasuki that the forthcoming general elections should be postponed.

The Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) on Friday said that Federal Government was still subsidising the current pump price of petrol at N87 per litre.

Dr Mohammed Chambas, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for West Africa, has pledged the organisation’s support for on-going counter-terrorism campaign in Nigeria.

Roma have agreed terms with Chelsea for the transfer of midfielder Mohamed Salah to the Serie A club, according to reports in Italy on Saturday