An explosion occurred, Tuesday, at a large fireworks market near Mexico City injuring at least 60 people. Video from the explosion showed plumes of smoke in the air.

Video shows the moment electors in Texas announced President-elect Donald J. Trump has surpassed 270 Electoral College votes, meaning that he has the required number of votes to be elected president.

Russia’s Ambassador to Turkey, Andrey Karlov, was killed on Monday in the capital, Ankara, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in comments carried by State News Agency TASS.

Rivers state Governor, Nyesom Wike has accused the Governors of Bauchi, Benue, Kano and Plateau states of donating one billion naira (N1b) each to the All Progressive Congress, APC, party candidates in the state for the rigging of the re-run election held on 10th December, 2016. The election which saw the killing of over five persons including a police DSP was riddled with brazen rigging and violence.

The Senate, on Wednesday, called for the resignation and prosecution of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, David Babachir Lawal over infractions involving public procurement, particularly, contract awards by the Presidential Initiative on North East, PINE.

A trending video on social media where the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, and Director of Radio Biafra, Mr. Nnamdi Kanu is seen fuming with anger and saying he won’t allow President Muhammadu Buhari to jail him has emerged.

Following the re-run election held in Rivers state, Saturday, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has announced the results in some of districts.

The former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Uche Secondus has accused President Muhammadu Buhari and the Transport Minister, Rotimi Amaechi of deploying the military to invade Rivers state following the re-run poll. He said the Rivers state people have no federal might but have God who will take revenge against Amaechi for disrupting the peace in the state.

More drama trail the Rivers re-run election held Saturday as videos have kept emerging of allegation of electoral fraud and intimidations, ballot box and result sheets snatching as well as violence meted on both INEC officials and the people of Rivers state

Rivers election: As early as 8.am, voters trooped out en mass across the various polling units in Rivers state to exercise their franchise in the state’s re-run election.

Rivers state Governor, Nyesom Wike has strongly said that he has a lot of evidence that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and the police have made plots to rig the coming re-run election in the state. Wike alleged that the police has deployed some officers to intimidate voters in the state, part of the ploy to rig the elections.

Three pro-Biafra agitators, Mr. Chidiebere Onwudiwe, Benjamin Madubugwu and David Nwawuisi, who are standing trial alongside the Director of Radio Biafra and Leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, have Thursday vehemently told the operatives of the Department of state Services, DSS, that they are not Nigerians but Biafrans.

At the 2016 Africa’s Young Entrepreneurs Empowerment Nigeria, AYEEN, one of the young entrepreneurs who played a mock role of President Muhammadu Buhari said he does not believe Nigeria is in recession especially in seeing the way Nigerians who claim to be hit by recession dress in fashionably rich manner.

The Ondo state Governor-elect, Rotimi Akeredolu has put to rest, fears or insinuations in some quarters that his government might take after the footsteps of the Buhari-led Federal government in probing the administration of Governor Olusegun Mimiko, following his election victory at the poll last Saturday.

The staff of the National Insurance Commission, who penultimate week staged a peaceful protest against the management of the commission over alleged victimization and corruption, were on Tuesday morning harassed by security agents who said they were simply obeying orders from above.