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(Nigeria) Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has accused   security agencies, particularly, the Department of Security Service, DSS, of finalising plans to embark on mass arrests and illegal detention of Biafra agitators, saying “The wicked plans will commence on Monday.”

(Nigeria) The Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate, CTED of the United Nations Security Council, UNSC, has concluded plans with the Federal Government to discuss   the prosecution, rehabilitation and re-integration of former Boko Haram terrorists members at a regional level.

*Rauf Aregbesola (Nigeria) A civil rights group, Civil Societies Coalition for the Emancipation of Osun State, CSCEOS, has warned Mr. Rauf Aregbesola led state government against shor-tchanging the workers and retirees alike from the payment of salaries and pension arrears upon receipt of a sum of N11, 744,237,793.56 as part of the refunds from the Paris Club loans deductions through the Federal Government.

R-L: Rivers State governor, Mr Nyesom Wike, Deputy Governor Ipalibo Harry Banigo, Speaker Dabo Adams, former Rivers State governor, Sir Celestine Omehia and Rivers PDP Chairman, Mr Felix Obuah at the thanksgiving mass of the PDP for successful rerun elections on Sunday in Port Harcourt.    (Nigeria) Rivers State governor, Mr Nyesom Wike, has said that the government and people of the state will not be party to the Police phoney probe panel, adding that the Police cannot deliberately   murder Rivers people in cold blood and turn around to investigate.

*Ibrahim Magu (Nigeria) Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has petitioned Mr Michel Forst, United Nationa Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders over alleged “intimidation, harassment and unfair treatment of Mr Ibrahim Magu, Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, by the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria apparently working with other agencies of government to use a purported security report the Senate knew or ought to know is baseless and politically motivated to reject Mr Magu’s confirmation as substantive chairman of the EFCC.”

*Bukola Saraki (Nigeria) Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr   Yakubu Dogara, has congratulated the president of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki as he marks his 54th birthday.

* Ribadu (Nigeria) Chief James Ibori, former Delta State governor,   has asked journalists to stop maligning him almost on daily basis.

*Magnus Abe (Nigeria) Concerned over the number of lives and property of innocent Ogoni natives and other residents in Ogoni communities lost in pursuit of Mr. Magnus Abe’s political ambition to impose himself on the people of the Rivers South-East senatorial district, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, said such colossal loss was avoidable if not for the desperation, greed and hard-heartedness of the All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate, Mr. Abe.

(Nigeria) The Civil Society Network Against Corruption, CSNAC, which is a coalition of over 150 anti-corruption organisations, has urged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to investigate the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, over an alleged by-passing of procurement laws on contracts worth N717billion.

(Nigeria) The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has said that 60 associations have applied to the commission to be registered as political parties in the country. The Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Mr Rotimi Oyekanmi, disclosed this at a Capacity Development Workshop organised by the electoral commission for the press corps which ended on Saturday in Abuja. Oyekanmi said that the applications were at various levels of processing by the commission. “Presently we have 40 political parties in the country. I can tell you that as at Thursday December 15, 60 associations have approached the commission to be registered. “Their applications is presently being attended to and they are in different level of processing,’’ Oyekanmi said. The chief press secretary added that another eight groups had also approached the commission inquiring on the process of applying for political party’s registration. Commenting on Information and Communication Technology deployed fo

(Nigeria) The Inspector General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris, has set up a team of dictectives and experts to probe the violence recorded in the Rivers rerun elections and the purported audio threat by Governor Nyesom Wike of the state The IG's action is in response to the statement credited to Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC chairman, Prof. Yakubu Mahmud to the effect that there were 70 incidents that tended to derail the December 10, 2016 re-run elections in Rivers State. The team is to conduct a thorough investigation into the incidents mentioned by the INEC chairman with a view to unravelling those who directly or indirectly are responsible for such incidences and bring them to justice. Force spokesperson, Don Awunah in a statement in Abuja on Saturday, said "The investigative team is also mandated to conduct forensic analysis on the audio report released by Sahara Reporters purportedly to be the voice of the Executive Governor of Rivers State, His Exce

(Nigeria) The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Rivers State says it has uncovered the characters behind the concocted audio which has attempted to blackmail the State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike. A statement by the State Chairman of the PDP, Mr Felix Obuah on Friday in Poor Harcourt,  said the major character in the senseless and laughable drama was Magnus Abe, whom the party accused of having boasted on a radio programme a day before the fake, ill-motivated, concocted and false audio clips was posted, alerted the general public of the coming of the audio. Obuah described the audio posting as extremely ridiculous, adding that when the false, defectively conceptualized audio against the Governor came up on Sahara Reporters a day after Magnus Abe first broke the news, it became very clear that Magnus Abe was behind it. The PDP said it will hold Magnus Abe and other All Progressives Congress,  APC leaders who falsely concocted and manufactured the audio culpable for the consequences

(Nigeria) The National Judicial Council (NJC) has recommended the dismissal of Justice Ugbo Ononogbo of the Abia State High Court of Justice. This is contained in a statement by acting Director of Information of the council, Mr Soji Oye, and made available to newsmen on Friday in Abuja. Oye said the council also recommended the compulsory retirement from office of Justice Nasir Gummi of Zamfara State High Court of Justice with immediate effect.  He said the decision was taken at the council’s 80th meeting  held between December 14 and December 16. He said Ononogbo was recommended for dismissal to the Governor of Abia State, pursuant to findings on petition brought against him by Mr Urum UdensiIfegwu. Oye said the Judge in Suit No: HOH/25/2013, Mrs Nnenna Enweliku and 4 Ors Vs Udensi Dike Udensi and 2 Ors made a blanket Order for the payment of unascertained amount as Estate fee. According to Oye, the fee which is from the Access Bank Account of late Lord Chief  Dike UdensiIfegw

(Nigeria) The Lagos headquarters of United State oil major, ExxonMobil has been shut, following a standoff with blue-collar oil unions over the sacking of 150 ExxonMobil workers. Members of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, besieged the office of the oil giant, protesting the sacking of Nigerian workers. The standoff is coming on the heels of a similar development on Wednesday in Upkenekang Community in Akwa Ibom, where angry youths disrupting the operations of the company over the sacking of contract workers from the area. The protesters, numbering over 1,000, barricaded entry points to the company with boats, coffins, leaves and placards, having different inscriptions. The Chairman of the ExxonMobil Branch of PENGASAN, Mr Paul Eboigbe, confirmed the closure of the company’s Lagos office. He told NAN that the management of the company went ahead to issue sack letters to worker, while negotiations were still going on. He s

An evacuation of rebel-held areas of Aleppo was back on track on Thursday despite clashes overnight and was expected to begin within hours.

*Mr Ibrahim Magu (Nigeria) The Nigerian Senate on   Thursday, rejected the confirmation of Mr Ibrahim Magu as the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC and asked President Muhammadu Buhari to replace him immediately.

(Nigeria) A 55-year-old trader, Mrs Saidat Abu, on Thursday told an Igando Customary Court in Lagos that her husband was a flirt who impregnated her junior sister on two occasions.

(Nigeria) The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit Zone C Owerri, Imo State, has interecepted trucks loaded with smuggled foreign rice, adulterated petroleum products, cannabis among other prohibited items.

(Nigeria) With the indictment of Global Vision Ltd., owned by Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Babachir Lawal by the Senate for benefiting from inflated and phantom contracts, Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State, has wondered whether President Muhammadu Buhari would direct Department of State Service, DSS, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC and Independent Corrupt Practice Commission, ICPC, to go after Lawal.

The United States Government has announced nearly $92 million in additional humanitarian assistance to people affected by the ongoing conflict and severe food insecurity in Nigeria and throughout the Lake Chad Basin region.

(Nigeria) The Nigerian Navy has intensified effort in her fight against crude oil theft and illegal bunkering once again.

(Nigeria) The Controller General of the Nigerian Prisons Service, NPS, Ja'afaru Ahmed has charged information officers of the Service to pay greater attention to the exploits of inmates in education, sports and other fields of human endeavour.

(Nigeria) By President Muhammadu Buhari It is my pleasure to present the 2017 Budget Proposals to this distinguished Joint Assembly: the Budget of Recovery and Growth.

*Nenandi Usman and Femi Fani-Kayode at court A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, has adjourned till January 16, 17 and 18, 2017 for continuation of trial of a former Minister for Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode standing trial for money laundering.

*Nnamdi Kanu in handcuff in court (Nigeria) The Civil Liberties Organisation, CLO, has condemned the secret trial ordered by a Federal High Court, Abuja, judge, Justice Binta Nyako, in the case of   the leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu and three others.

*Rashidi Ladoja at court (Nigeria) The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFFC, on Wednesday re-arraigned a former Governor of Oyo State, Chief Rashidi Ladoja, alongside Waheed Akanbi, for an alleged fraud of N4.7billion.

*Mr   Felix Obuah (Nigeria) The Rivers State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mr   Felix Obuah has felicitated with candidates of the party who emerged victorious during the re-run elections, held on December 10, 2016 across the state.

*Governor Ayodele Fayose (Nigeria) Ekiti State governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has described the judgment of a Federal High Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, declaring as illegal the freezing of his bank accounts by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, as a welcome development.

(Nigeria) A firm, Obat Oil and Petroleum Limited, on Tuesday,  proposed an out of court settlement with Skye Bank Plc over an alleged N1.4billion debt owed the bank.

*President Muhammadu Buhari (Nigeria) Ekiti State governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has described President Muhammadu Buhari's involvement in the meeting with President Yahya Jammeh to persuade him to concede defeat as an aberration, saying; "A man like Buhari under whose free, fair and credible elections no longer exist lacks moral rights to preach obedience to democratic principles to anyone."

(Nigeria) Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has requested for the approval of the state House of Assembly to present the 2017 Appropriation Bill on Friday.

*Yayah Jammeh Security forces were Tuesday blocking the entrance to the electoral commission in Gambia’s capital, Banjul, as outgoing President Yayah Jammeh refuses to accept he lost presidential polls.

*Senator Ahmed Makarfi (Nigeria) The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP on Tuesday in Abuja, called on the Federal Government to probe the role of the Department of State Services, DSS, the Police and the Nigerian Army in the conduct of last Saturday's re-run elections in Rivers State.

Thousands of lives are in danger in eastern Aleppo, where a worsening humanitarian catastrophe is taking place, the International Committee of the Red Cross, ICRC, warned as fighting continued on Tuesday.

(Nigeria) The popular money making scheme, Mavrodi Mundial Moneybox, MMM, has placed a one- month freeze on all withdrawals from the scheme starting from December 13.

(Nigeria) A factory worker, Kazeem Adebayo, who allegedly defiled his neighbour’s four-year-old daughter, was on Tuesday docked at an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos.

Governor Ayodele Fayose (Nigeria) A Federal High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State has ordered that Governor Ayodele Fayose's accounts in Zenith Bank be defrozen with immediate effect.

(Nigeria) The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Rivers State, has congratulated the state governor, Mr Nyesom Wike, on his 49th birthday.

(Nigeria) Rivers State Governor, Mr Nyesom Wike, has said that the government and people   of the state would no longer play host to the Officer in charge of Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, Mr Akin Fakorede as he is a threat to the security of the state.

(Nigeria) An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, on Tuesday ordered that a 16-year-old secondary school student be remanded in a Lagos remand home for allegedly defiling his neighbour’s minor.

(Nigeria) A man simply identify as Chidera, 21, was on Tuesday arraigned   in Surulere Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos for allegedly defiling a 3-year-old girl.

(Nigeria) Dr Dakuku Peterside, Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA,   on Monday said that the All Progressives Congress, APC, will reject the result of Rivers East senatorial district rerun election.

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, OIC, condemned the two terrorist attacks in Maiduguri on December 11, 2016 and Madagali on December 9, 2016 both in Adamawa State in Nigeria, killing at least 44 civilians and injuring over 33 others.

*Governor Seriake Dickson (Nigeria) Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State on Monday urged Muslims across the country to imbibe the attributes of love, forgiveness and showing mercy to all as preached by Prophet Muhammad, SAW.

*IG, Mr Ibrahim Idris (Nigeria) The Inspector General of Police, IG, has assured of police’s commitment to fighting crime comprehensively,   “Against the background and consistent determination to ensure that the tempo of onslaught on crime and criminality are sustained throughout the country, the Inspector General of Police Intelligence Response Team, IRT, has arrested the 10th gang member in the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN Governor’s wife kidnap saga of September 2016, Umar Abubakar."

(Nigeria) The intervention of thousands of Rivers people prevented police personnel from the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, who would have stolen the mandate of the people of Rivers East senatorial district.

(Nigeria) The Edo State Election Petition Tribunal says it will issue on Thursday a pre-hearing report on the trial in the petition by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and its governorship candidate, Mr Osagie Ize-Iyamu.

(Nigeria) The Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali, has denied that he directed two service chiefs to relinquish their offices and proceed on retirement on or before December 16.