Twenty-one of the over 200 missing Chibok schoolgirls freed after being held by Nigeria’s Boko Haram Islamists for more than two years on Sunday spoke of their ordeal as they were reunited with their families.

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The popular octogenarian, who resides in Bida, Niger State, with over 90 wives, Bello Abubakar Masaba, has dismissed rumours of his death, saying “I am still alive, bubbling in good health.”

Caleb University, Imota, Lagos at the weekend graduated 355 students with 15 of them in the first class bracket.

Super Eagles goalkeeper Ikechukwu Ezenwa has engaged the service of a personal trainer ahead of 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying clash against the Algerian Desert Foxes.

AT last, President Muhammadu Buhari has invited the Pan-Niger Delta Forum, PNDF, established by Niger Delta leaders, to a meeting on October 29, in Abuja, for opening talks before commencing an acceptable dialogue with stakeholders and representatives of militant groups in the region.

THE Senate will tomorrow begin debate on the 2017-2019 Medium Term Expenditure Framework, MTEF, and Fiscal Strategy Paper, FSP.

THE nullification of the candidature of Eyitayo Jegede, SAN, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, by Justice Okon Abang, was received weekend, in Ondo State, with mixed feelings. Meanwhile, Jegede is expected to flag off his campaign, tomorrow, not minding the court verdict.

Herdsmen, between Saturday and yesterday, allegedly killed no fewer than 20 persons after laying siege to Godogodo, a semi-urban settlement in Jema’a Local Government Area of Kaduna State.

The Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, has sacked 17 junior officers for offences ranging from drug addiction, certificate forgery, theft and absenteeism from January to September.

Media reports, in July 2008, confirmed that the Presidential Committee which probed allegations of $480 million which CBN invested in African Finance Corporation (AFC) had completed its investigations. The Presidency initiated the Committee to address government’s unease with regard to the role played by CBN Governor, in the formation and funding of AFC.

Director-General, DG of the media campaign office of the governorship candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria, ACPN in Ondo State, Mr Olushola Ogunmiluyi, has rejoiced with the President Muhammadu Buhari’s led Federal Government, over the role it played in the release of some of the abducted Chibok girls abducted by the Boko Haram insurgents in Borno State.

THE National Executive Council, NEC, of the Alliance for Democracy, AD, has restated that Chief Olusola Oke remained the governorship candidate of the party.

English Premier League table after Sunday’s matches (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points):

When the Honorable Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, in Washington during a discussion on the importance of addressing infrastructure gaps in developing countries at the recently concluded IMF\World Bank annual meetings accused the western powers of being a stumbling block to Nigeria’s plan to improve power output through the use of coal, many took the statement on its face value.