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(Nigeria) Despite advances recorded by Nigerian military in the fight against insurgency, the Centre for Crisis Communication, CCC, has said that the December 2015 deadline for the defeat of Boko Haram insurgents was not feasible.

Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani Turkey has made a huge mistake by bringing down a Russian Sukhoi Su-24M bomber, speaker of Iran’s Majlis (parliament) Ali Larijani has said as quoted by Press TV.

A Chinese appeal court has cut the jail term of veteran journalist Gao Yu from seven to five years, her lawyer Mo Shaoping said Thursday.

(Nigeria) Edo State Governor, Mr Adams Oshiomhole has signed into Law, a Bill establishing the Edo State College of Nursing and Midwifery.

(Nigeria) A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Thursday ordered the remand of a 64-year-old man, Andrew Nwaochichi, at the Ikoyi Prisons for dealing in cannabis sativa, popularly called Indian hemp.

(Nigeria) An inferno has razed 118 shops at the Kabong market in Jos North, Plateau State. The actual cause of the Thursday morning fire could not be ascertained, but Mr Christopher Jama, Chairman, Kabong Market Traders Association, who briefed the governor-- when he visited the scene-- said the fire started by 4a.m.

(Nigeria) The Union Bank of Nigeria on Thursday announced the appointment of Mr Cyril Odu as its new chairman following the resignation of Sen. Udoma Udo Udoma.