A group of community elders in northeast Nigeria where Boko Haram has waged a bloody eight-year insurgency are urging the Islamists to enter peace talks, a move some see as motivated by ethnic self-interest.

Romelu Lukaku bagged his first goal in a Manchester United shirt on Monday as the 10-man Premier League giants labored to a 2-1 victory over Real Salt Lake in Utah.

For allegedly failing to consider him for promotion in the past 10 years, an aggrieved officer of the Nigeria Immigration Service NIS, Mr Daniel Makolo has dragged the Civil Defence, Fire, Immigration and Prisons Board before the National Industrial Court.

OGOGOORO (local gin) sellers, transporters and auto mechanics in Bomadi, Bomadi Local Government Area, Delta State, yesterday, expressed frustration over the alleged destruction of their drinks worth over N10 million, motorcycles, tricycles, vehicle windscreens, tyres and speedboat outboard engines by soldiers of the 222 Battalion, Bomadi, hunting for militants that killed a soldier at Ogbogbogbane, Burutu Local Government Area of the state, last Thursday.

Governor Darius Ishaku of Taraba State has said he would rather sacrifice his life to ensure the safety of lives of people of the state.