#HEADLINES

= The Minister of State for Finance, Dr. YERIMA NGAMA, says the Federal, States and Local Governments have shared N1.25 trillion from the Federation Account for August and September.

= No fewer than 17 people have been confirmed dead following an auto crash that occurred along PEKE village, new JEBBA road in Ilorin, Kwara state.

= The Christian Association of Nigeria in Osun State has given a seven-day ultimatum to Governor RAUF AREGBESOLA to stop the merger of public schools in the state.

= The International Criminal Court (ICC) has ruled that Libya's GADDAFI-era intelligence chief, ABDULLAH AL-SENUSSI, can be tried in Libya.

= President ROBERT MUGABE has called on European nations to lift sanctions on Zimbabwe in order to boost trade ties. 

 = A car bomb has exploded outside the Swedish consulate in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, damaging the building's front and nearby houses, but no casualties were immediately reported.