FOLLOWING the crisis that erupted between two cult groups on Sunday Christmas Eve, the Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA yesterday imposed a six to six indefinite curfew on Bwari township.

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness over the death of Alhaji Inuwa Dutse, former Commissioner for Agriculture in the old Kano State during the administration of the late Audu Bako.

The Organised Private Sector (OPS) Nigeria has expressed frustration over the high interest rate regime which persisted in 2017.  In their review of the outgoing year, Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, MAN;   Nigeria Employers Consultative Association, NECA; Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA) noted that  their vigorous  advocacy for   single digit interest rate regime  in Nigeria, specifically five percent,  went  unheeded, and unfulfilled by the monetary policy.

Liberian presidential candidate George Weah’s running mate Jewel Howard-Taylor began life in politics as first lady to former warlord leader Charles Taylor, but has since established a formidable political reputation in her own right.

Gunmen, armed to the teeth and dressed in military fatigue on Sunday raided the Kaduna home of the former Chairman the Presidential Task Team on Pension Reforms, Abdulrasheed Maina.

The Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR in Plateau State has appealed for calm as the fuel scarcity persists in the State and assured that the commodity would be made available as Government is not resting on its oars to ensure its availability.

Pope Francis in his traditional Christmas address on Monday called for peace in Jerusalem and highlighted the plight of children scarred by conflict, having earlier urged the world’s Catholics not to ignore the conditions migrants face.

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted dust haze weather conditions with horizontal visibility range of one to three kilometres over the central states of the county on Tuesday.

Jose Mourinho aimed a Christmas Day dig at Manchester City, claiming the runaway Premier League leaders have been handed an unfair advantage by playing their next match more than a day later than his United team.

A foremost youth leader in Plateau State, Pius Hommen, has urged Nigerians to shun all acts of division and hate but embrace peace for the good of the country.