An angry brother shot his elder sister dead because she voted in Pakistani local elections after he had forbidden her to do so, police said Wednesday. The murder occurred in the town of Taxila 25 kilometres (15 miles) west of Islamabad on Tuesday, according to officials.

Thirteen people have died in dozens of traffic accidents in central Senegal related to an annual Muslim festival, the Magal, emergency services said Wednesday.

A Rivers State judicial commission of inquiry found that N53 billion disappeared from the Rivers State Reserve Fund under former governor Rotimi Amaechi. Former Lagos governor and head of your campaign finance team Babatunde Fashola was accused of squandering N78 million of government money to upgrade his personal website. The EFCC has ignored these corruption allegations, and you have given both promotions: the Ministry of Transport to Mr. Amaechi, and the Ministry of Power, Works, and Housing to Mr. Fashola.

The Nigerian Army has said that its troops are pursuing escaping terrorists and also moving to further block any incursion by the terrorists in the North East. This is contained in a statement issued by the acting army spokesman, Col. Sani Usman on Wednesday in Maiduguri.

England coach and Manchester United legend Gary Neville has been named Valencia boss for the rest of the season, the Spanish side announced on Wednesday. “Valencia have reached an agreement with English coach Gary Neville for him to be coach of the first team until June 30, 2016,” the club said in a statement.

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says over 410 births and 187 marriages were recorded at Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) Camps in Borno and Adamawa in August and September. This is contained in a statement issued by NEMA and made available to newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja.

Russia’s defence ministry on Wednesday accused Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his family of involvement in illegal oil trade with Islamic State jihadists, as a dispute rages over Ankara’s downing of one of Moscow’s warplanes.

Retired Col. Hameed Ali, the Comptroller -General, Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), on Wednesday warned that he would either discipline, dismiss or jail any officer found guilty of corrupt practices. Ali gave the warning while addressing officers and men of the NCS in Calabar, capital of Cross River.

‎The Lagos State University (LASU) has reversed the increased acceptance fee for the newly admitted students from N20,000 to N10,000. Mr Adeyemi Onikoro, President, Lagos State University Students Union (LASUSU)‎, confirmed development to newsmen on Wednesday in Lagos. Onikoro‎ said that the university’s authority had updated the website for the new students to pay N10, 000 as against N20, 000.

A 23-year-old lady, Boluwatife Adewale, who abducted a 14-year-old girl, was on Wednesday brought before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos Adewale, a stylist, who lives at Ikotun area of Lagos, is facing a charge of abduction. The prosecutor, Sgt. Jimah Iseghede, told the court that the offence was committed between September and November at Abule-Egbeda area, a suburb of Lagos.