At least 19 soldiers have been killed in the latest fighting in east Ukraine, a Kiev defence official said on Wednesday, including five in a rocket attack on regional capital Kramatorsk.

No fewer than 20 persons, including women and children were, last Sunday abducted by suspected Boko Haram terrorists at a village in Bama local government area of Borno State, security sources said.

ABUJA—The Presidency has debunked rumours gaining ground in some online and social media that the Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Attahiru Jega, had been sacked by the Federal Government.

How will you feel as a mother if your husband sexually abuses your innocent daughter? This is the question a woman in Bauchi State is trying to come to terms with as her husband, Abubakar Magaji, a resident of Liman Kagum in Bauchi local government, did the abominable act of having carnal knowledge of their 11-year-old daughter.

Justice D. V. Agishi of a Federal High Court sitting in Enugu, yesterday, reserved ruling on the treason case against 11 members of Biafra Zionist Federation, BZF for February 19.

All Progressives Congress Presidential Council Organization, APCPCO, has decried what it called vested interest and sinister motives behind the polls postponement and asked President Goodluck Jonathan to come clean on the speculation on plans for an interim government, to avert possible civil disobedience that could scuttle the country’s democracy.

MAKURDI— NO fewer than 18 persons were feared dead, with many sustaining injuries in Logo Local Government Area of Benue State, as suspected Fulani herdsmen sacked over 24 communities and villages in the area, including Anyii, the home town of Governor Gabriel Suswam.

ONITSHA—Police at Ogidi, Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State, have arrested four women for their alleged involvement in stealing, selling and buying a two-month old baby girl for N625,000.

DIRECTOR- General,Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation, PDPPCO, Dr. Ahmadu Ali, has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC to allow the electorate, who participated in the 2011 elections, use their temporary voters’ cards in case they could not get their permanent voters cards.

Former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar (retd), has called on all Nigerians to remain calm, following the shift in the dates of the general elections.