As Nigerians joined the rest of the world to celebrate this year’s Eld-ul-Adha, on Monday, the Nigerian Turkish International Colleges (NTIC) Foundation slaughtered no fewer than 80 cows and distributed same in size-able kilogrammes to indigent Nigerians to enable them celebrate the Eid-el-Kabir.

All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers, yesterday, challenged Governor Nyesom Wike to reveal how the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, planned to rig the legislative re-run election in the state, following his allegation to that effect.

The Commander of Operation Safe Haven, Major-General Rogers Nicholas, whose outfit is saddled with the responsibility of keeping peace in Plateau State, has decried the high rate of drug abuse and other crimes in the state.

YENAGOA—THE Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT, Bayelsa State chapter, has said that it will call out its members for an industrial action next week if the state government fails to pay salary arrears owed teachers in the state.

Alhaji Abdullahi Mukhtar, Chairman, National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has said that he sacrificed his 2016 hajj rites in order to effectively monitor the performance of hajj duties by the 76,000 Nigeria pilgrim.

Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State said, yesterday, that failure of security agencies to give sensitive information in the war against insurgency was responsible for journalists breaking stories that work against their efforts.

Troops of the Operation Lafiya Dole has clashed with some remnants of Boko Haram terrorists in their hideouts, leaving four of the insurgents dead and one captured alive after 15 minutes gun battle around Jororo and Tombaeji villages in Geidam Local Government Area of Yobe State.

BENIN—FORMER Deputy Speaker of Edo State House of Assembly and a chieftain of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mr. Fred Omogberale, has instituted a legal action against the Inspector General of Police, Alhaji Idris Ibrahim, over the alleged violation of his fundamental rights to personal liberty, privacy, freely assembling and associating with other persons and owning property.

The legendary South African jazz maestro Jonathan Butler is set to make a swift return to Lagos after a huge successful performance in the 2015 UNESCO World Jazz Festival held in Lagos.

The deputy Chief Missioner of Nasrul-lahi-l-Fatih society, Alhaji Abdul-Azeez Onike has harped on the need for special prayers and fasting on Arafat day quoting from the Hadiths that “It is a sin not to believe your sins have not been forgiven on Arafat day.”

Lagos—Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State has approved N740,461,432.00 as compensation for host communities of Parcel B of the Lekki Free Trade Zone.

Chief Justin Okafor, a Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, chieftain has described Obiano’s aides as “misguided.”

The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat, Nigeria has urged leaders at all levels of governance to shun corrupt tendencies and take appropriate measures to ensure food sufficiency.

CALABAR—No fewer than 10 million Nigerians are at risk of suffering from diabetes ‘type 2’ by 2026, according to an Endocrinologist, Prof. Feyi Adegoke.

lagos—A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, has adjourned till today, to deliver judgment in a suit, challenging appointment of Col Hameed Ali (retd), as Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS.