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Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday dismissed "emotional" and "unfitting" suggestions that projects with Russia could be canceled following Turkey's downing of a Russian warplane near the Syrian border.

(Nigeria) The Centre for Crisis Communication, CCC, has noted the serious threats of secession in the past several months by a few individuals and groups in parts of Nigeria including some Yoruba elders and other Igbo groups.

(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.

Russia's announcement it is deploying its most hi-tech air defense system to its base in Syria is raising "significant concerns" for the US military, a United States official said Wednesday.

(Nigeria) The House of Representatives on Wednesday resolved to investigate recent revelation by Inspector General of Police, IG,  Mr Solomon Arase that 90,000 officers of Nigeria police lost their lives fighting insurgency.

A Chicago police officer was charged with first-degree murder in the 2014 shooting death of a 17-year-old African-American, prosecutors said.

(Nigeria) A 35-year-old man, Stanley Edomwonyi, was on Wednesday in Benin sentenced to seven years imprisonment for raping a nine-year-old girl.

(Nigeria) The Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Ahmadu Giade, on Wednesday retired from service.

(Nigeria) The Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, Warri  Zonal Office, on Wednesday sealed six petrol stations in Warri and its environs in Delta State for hoarding petroleum products and selling above the official pump price of N87.

Media rights group Reporters Without Borders, RSF, on Wednesday condemned a string of arrests of journalists in Niger, saying five had been detained in 10 days in "total violation" of the freedom of the press.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday Russia did not intend to wage a war against Turkey after its air force shot down a Russian jet near the Turkish border with Syria.

(Nigeria) The Coalition of Registered Political Parties, CRPP, in Edo State has urged Governor Adams Oshiomhole to probe the administration of Chief Lucky Igbinedion as governor of the state. Chairman of the group, Dr Samson Isibor, made the call in a news conference after a meeting of the body in Benin on Wednesday.

(Nigeria) The Emir of Kano, His Highness, Muhammad Sanusi II has expressed satisfaction with the performance of Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, saying the Governor is doing well.  Speaking during a courtesy visit to the Governor in Government House, the Emir said “I am happy to see that the governor is doing well.” 

A Russian airman who survived the downing of his warplane says Turkish jets did not issue any warnings.  Capt. Konstantin Murakhtin said Wednesday on Russian television that his plane was flying over Syrian territory and didn't violate Turkish airspace.

Russian and Syrian special forces on Wednesday rescued one of the pilots of a Russian warplane shot down by Turkey near the Turkish-Syrian border, a report said.

(Nigeria) The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on Wednesday said it had improved on its logistics and was ready to conduct a hitch-free governorship election in Bayelsa on December 5.

Turkey’s General Staff has conducted one of the largest airspace control missions near the border with Syria, simultaneously engaging 18 F-16 fighter jets, the General Staff said in a statement released on Wednesday.

(Nigeria) The United Kingdom on Wednesday deported 50 Nigerians alleged to have committed various offences in the country.

(Nigeria) A group, Women Arise For Change Initiative on Wednesday stormed the Ebute-Meta Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State, protesting the alleged killing of one Mrs Idongesit Ekpo by a police corporal, Cpl. Musefun Aremu.

(Nigeria) The Police in Lagos on Wednesday killed five suspected armed robbers and arrested one with bullets wounds.

(Nigeria) A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, on Wednesday ordered the remand at the Ikoyi Prisons, a 34-year-old man, Eze Ajah, charged with drug peddling.

Russia will employ every single resource available, including the S-300 system, to ensure the safety of flights over Syria, Russian President Vladimir Putin told the media.

No fewer than  15 troops including two foreigners were captured by insurgents after a transport helicopter made an emergency landing in a Taliban-controlled area in northern Afghanistan, an official said Wednesday.

(Nigeria)  The National University Commission, NUC, had accredited 11 out of 20 postgraduate and undergraduate academic programmes of the Lagos State University, LASU.

Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has banned Female Genital Mutilation, FGM, in the country ``with immediate effect’’, Information Minister Sheriff Bojang said.

A fire sparked by an electrical fault killed 18 African migrants, including children, and injured 50 others Tuesday at a camp in Algeria, officials said.

World leaders called for calm on Tuesday after the Turkish air force shot down a Russian fighter plane near the border with Syria, an incident which Russian President Vladimir Putin predicted would have "serious consequences."

(Nigeria)The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, on Tuesday shut down closed Obat Oil and Petroleum Ltd., jetty at Ibafon for non-compliance with provisions of the International Ship and Port Facility Security, ISPS, Code.

(Nigeria) The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has demanded immediate resignation of the Attorney-General of the Federation, AGF, Malam Abubakar Malami and the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu.

(Nigeria) Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, on Tuesday in Abuja said the party would pick a new candidate to replace Abubakar Audu, its candidate in the governorship poll in Kogi State.

(Nigeria) Governor  Idris Wada of Kogi State on Tuesday removed 15 chairmen of local governments from office for defecting to the rival All Progressives Congress,  APC.

(Nigeria) A 65-year-old man, Alhaji Ado Maisumunti has stabbed himself to death with a knife in Kano State.

United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-Moon is seriously concerned over the incident resulting in the downing of a Russian military plane by the Turkish air force earlier on Tuesday.

Islamic State group suicide bombers killed four people, including a judge, in an assault Tuesday on a North Sinai hotel hosting judges overseeing Egypt's parliamentary polls, the government and jihadists said.

A bomb exploded on a bus transporting Tunisia's presidential guard in central Tunis Tuesday and killed at least 14 people and wounded 11, the interior ministry said.

Russia has raised an official protest to Turkey’s military attache over its attack on a Russian Su-24 bomber in Syria, the press service of the Russian defense ministry said on Tuesday.

(Nigeria) The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister for Justice, Mallam Abubakar Malami, SAN, has said that for the inconclusive Kogi State governorship election, the All Progressives Congress, APC, will only need to substitute its candidate, Abubakar Audu, who died on Sunday.

A protest action is taking place outside the Turkish embassy in Moscow due to the attack on Russia’s military jet in Syria earlier on Tuesday.

(Nigeria) President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, said the Senate must take the issue of passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB, seriously if scarcity of petroleum products would end in the country.

(Nigeria) The wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, ‎on Tuesday, urged wives of public office holders in the country to be agents of change at all levels.

(Nigeria) The Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, in Kano State said it has sealed 39 filling stations within the last two weeks in the state for selling petrol above the official pump price.

(Nigeria) A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, has adjourned till December  1, for hearing of a suit filed by a former Minister of Aviation, Mrs Stella Oduah, seeking enforcement of her fundamental right.

The Russian Sukhoi Su-24 warplane was downed when returning to Syria’s Hmeimim airbase, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.

The ethics committee of world football governing body FIFA has recommended UEFA president Michel Platini be banned for life, a report said on Tuesday.