Leaders of Okun Youths numbering about 100 gathered in Kabba, Wednesday, to drum support for the Governor-Elect of the state, Alh. Yahaya Bello, even as they decry the marginalisation of Okun people in the State Public Service.

The baby of a French woman of Syrian origin died on a Turkish plane while his mother was being deported to France from Turkey over suspected ties to the Islamic State (IS) group, diplomatic sources said Thursday. Five-month-old Muhammed al-Amin Mahiev died of heart failure while travelling with his mother Iman Mahiev on an internal Turkish Airlines flight from the southeastern city of Gaziantep to Istanbul, a diplomatic source in Turkey told AFP.

But nothing has been heard from him since he was arrested with his wife on December 13, fuelling fears about his health and the potential for a new security threat Nigeria could do without. Human Rights Watch have claimed soldiers killed “at least 300” IMN members in the raid in the ancient city of Zaria, in the northern state of Kaduna that began the previous day.

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Kogi State and former Senatorial candidate of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria, Mr. Adewale Abel has implored the Deputy Governor-Elect, Hon. James Abiodun Faleke to accept his new status in the interest of the Okun people.

The Vice-Chancellor, University of Ilorin, Prof. AbdulGaniyu Ambali, says the university will soon start the importation of goats for large scale milk production at the institution.

In preparation to the January 27, 2016 inauguration of his administration in Kogi, Alhaji Yahaya Adoza Bello the Kogi State Governor-elect, has constituted a three- man coordinating team for his inauguration come, January 27, 2016.

A support group under the leadership of Commodore Folusho Daniel (rtd), Consolidation 2015, has hailed the emergence of Alh. Yahaya Adoza Bello as Governor-Elect of Kogi State.

The Governor-Elect of Kogi State, Alh. Yahaya Adoza Bello has saluted the Senator representing Kogi West, Sen. Dino Melaye as he marks his birthday today.

The Academic‎ Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Lagos State University (LASU) chapter, said it would give the new Vice Chancellor, Professor Olanrewaju Fagbohun, full support provided he followed the rule of law.

A 27-year-old man, Dayo Rasaq, on Thursday appeared in an Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ibadan for allegedly stealing one wood door and 12 planks.

A 37-year-old bus driver, Abiodun Sesan John, was on Thursday remanded in Ilesa Prisons in Osun for allegedly killing a passenger and attempting to bury him in the bush.

A Kado Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, on Thursday sentenced a 27-year-old man, Sunday Vincent, to three weeks imprisonment for public nuisance.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Bayelsa on Thursday said it had commenced distribution of sensitive election materials for Saturday’s supplementary poll in the state.

An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court on Thursday remanded a 30-year-old mechanic, Soliu Arolu, who allegedly defiled and impregnated a teenager.

The former Chairman, Board of Trustees (BOT) of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Tony Anenih underwent an open-heart surgery in an unnamed UK hospital last month, TheCable reports.