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(Nigeria) Justice Mohammed Yunusa of a Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday ordered the remand, in the Ikoyi Prisons, of four men charged with vandalism and unlawful deal on petroleum products. The accused are: Andrew Ishola, 35; Sunkanmi Aro, 27; Utuedor Michael, 27, and Oladele Agbo, 35. According to the charge, the four are standing trial on a three-count charge.However, the accused pleaded not guilty to the charge.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned the trio of Haladu Ibrahim (Mai Anguwa), Sa’idu Balarabe Sulaiman and Baba Sale Sarkin Magina before Justice Tukur Mu’azu of Kaduna State High Court on  a four- count charge of conspiracy, forgery and obtaining money by false pretence.

(Nigeria) The regular surveillance of the Nigerian Navy Forward Operating Base (FOB), Ibaka, has yielded results with the arrest of 12 suspected oil thieves. The suspects were arrested in Mbo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State.

(Nigeria) Rivers State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship candidate, Chief Nyesom  Wike, has said that the outgoing governor of the state, Mr Rotimi Amaechi has no legacy of performance at the end of his term in office, hence the people of the state have collectively resolved to vote against his All Progressives Congress, APC anointed candidate in 2015.

(Nigeria) A bomb explosion at  Dukku motor park area of Gombe State, has killed no fewer than 20 people on Monday, while Boko Haram insurgents attacked another part of the town. The blast hit the Dukku motor park on the outskirts of Gombe city, capital of Gombe State, at 10:50 a.m., officials said.

Pakistan on Monday announced a plan to hang around 500 convicted terrorists as police arrested suspects believed to have abetted Taliban gunmen who killed 135 children at a school last week, reports dpa. The executions were expected to take place in three weeks' time, said Musadik Malik, spokesman for Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.

Big-city police departments and union leaders around the country are warning the rank and file to wear bulletproof vests and avoid making inflammatory posts on social media in the days after a man ambushed two officers and shot them to death inside their patrol car, reports AP.