A British Islamic scholar who toured Orlando this year and had preached in 2013 that “death is the sentence” for homosexual acts left Australia on Tuesday.

To reflate the ailing economy, Federal Executive Council on Wednesday gave approval for external borrowing for the period of 3 years starting this year.

The Presidency on Wednesday commended the House of Representatives for giving prompt action to two executive bills that scaled through second reading.

To further strengthen its commitment towards ensuring the safety of lives and properties, Ikeja Electric, Nigeria’s biggest electricity distribution company, has launched its novel Network Safety Monitoring initiative.

The first son of late Nigeria captain and coach Stephen Keshi has expressed bewilderment that certain persons have been putting a date forward for his father’s burial rites without the knowledge and consent of his children.

Boko Haram killed four people and abducted four women from a village in northeast Nigeria, the military said on Wednesday, dismissing the Islamists as weakened and increasingly desperate.

IJAW People Development Initiative, IPDI, Warri, Delta State, Wednesday, said the Federal Government was not committed to the proposed dialogue with militants.

The Chief Judge of Osun state, Justice Oyebola Adepele Ojo, Thursday granted a mandamus order compelling the state Governor, Mr Rauf Aregbesola, to provide information about the debt profile of the state and defrayment modality.

Switzerland were frustated in their attempt to book a place in the knockout stage of Euro 2016 after a 1-1 draw with a Romanian side who showed the same energy that pegged back France in the curtain-raiser.

Usman was returning to Lokoja when he was kidnapped at gun point on Itakpe-Okene road on June 12. His police orderly, Cpl. Abubakar Aba, was shot dead by the abductors while his driver was also shot severally. “The judge has since reunited with his family members,’’ Saqeeb said in the statement.