THE Muhamadu Buhari-led administration, recently, hinted of its plan to establish an inter-ministerial committee, which, according to him, would speed up the re-organisation and reformation of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). The President, speaking on this at a meeting with a visiting Chief Executive Officer of the International Finance Corporation (IFC), Jin-Yong Cai, in Abuja, said the planned joint committee had become imperative because, according to the Daura-born Nigerian leader, reforming the NNPC had become inevitable in view of the corruption and abuse of its present structure in the recent past.

Against the backdrop of the raging Lassa fever virus, the Redeemer’s University, (RUN), Ede, Osun State, has developed a test kit known as Pan-Lassa Rapid Diagnostics Test (PL RDT), that allows urine, faeces and blood samples of humans or multmamelar rats to be tested for Lassa fever in 10 minutes.

South Korean and US defence officials said Sunday they would begin formal talks on the deployment on the Korean peninsula of a US missile defence system to counter the growing threat from North Korea.

North Korea launched a long-range rocket Sunday, triggering fresh outrage from an international community already determined to punish Pyongyang for a nuclear test last month.

Russia on Sunday condemned North Korea’s launch of a long-range rocket, saying the move was a serious blow to regional security including that of Pyongyang.

North Korea said Sunday it had successfully put a satellite into orbit, with a rocket launch widely condemned as another defiant step towards a missile capable of striking the US mainland.

Rescuers raced Sunday to free more than 120 people buried under the rubble of an apartment complex felled by an earthquake in southern Taiwan that left 28 confirmed dead, as an investigation began into the collapse.

Britain strongly condemned North Korea’s launch of a long-range rocket on Sunday and warned of a “robust response” if Pyongyang continued to violate UN resolutions.

The European Union on Sunday lashed North Korea’s launch of a long-range rocket as “yet another outright and grave violation” of its obligations and urged Pyongyang to engage in dialogue with the international community.

NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg on Sunday blasted North Korea’s launch of a long-range rocket as a blatant breach of five UN resolutions and demanded Pyongyang comply with international law.

Jose Mourinho’s representatives have held talks with Manchester United about replacing Louis van Gaal as manager of the Premier League club, according to reports on Friday.

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP) has sent an appeal to Access to Information (AI) Appeals Board against the World Bank’s decision dated 25 November 2015 “to provide patently insufficient information on the spending of recovered stolen funds by the late General Sani Abacha.”

Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal has dismissed reports that the club have approached Jose Mourinho about succeeding him at Old Trafford, in comments published by British newspapers on Sunday.

Amidst harsh economic environment confronting the present administration, the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, a key agency of the Federal Government in charge of economic research and development, has given a glimpse of what the economy will look like up till the conclusion of President Muhammadu Buhari’s first term in 2019.

The routine transfer of over 500 priests in the Catholic Diocese of Enugu, which saw fiery Fr. Ejike Mbaka leave Christ the King Parish,CKP,GRA, Enugu, for Our Lady of Rosary,OLR,Emene,Enugu,penultimate Saturday,elicited reactions from Mbaka,his flock,the All Progressives Congress,APC, and the national leadership of the Catholic Secretariat.