WITH the urgent task of resettling the more than two million refugees, mostly women and children on his mind, and at hand, the more urgent one of rebuilding damaged infrastructure such as roads, bridges,clinics, schools as a requirement for their return to their communities, President Buhari leaves for the middle-east on a wee tour of three friendly countries.

THE House of Representatives adhoc committee on Crude Oil Swap Probe Wednesday confirmed the receipt of the illegal companies registered by Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation ,NNPC, but unknown to the Federal Ministry of Finance Incorporated ,MOFI,.

Following the recent spate of suicide bombings around Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps in the North-East region of the country, by members of the Boko Haram terrorists, the National President, North-East Peace Youths Development Initiative, NEPYDI, Alhaji Kyari Abubakar, has urged youths from the zone to co-operate with security agents to end the ongoing violence.

Apple Inc Chief Executive Tim Cook said his company opposed a demand from U.S. judge to help the FBI break into an iPhone recovered from one of the San Bernardino shooters. Cook said that the demand threatened the security of Apple’s customers and had “implications far beyond the legal case at hand.”

The Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU) says it will commence an indefinite strike by 12 midnight today (Feb. 17) if the Federal Government failed to meet members’ demands. The National President of the Medical and Health Workers Union who also doubled as JOHESU National Chairman, Mr Biobebelemoye Josiah, disclosed this in an interview with newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja.