Nigeria has dispatched what it called a ‘high-powered’ delegation to the West African nation of Guinea Bissau where armed gangs launched an attack on the Nigerian embassy there, last Tuesday, killing at least one person.
= The Federal Government has promised to complete, within two weeks, the ongoing rehabilitation of failed sections of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway that causes heavy traffic on the ever busy road.
= The First Lady, DAME PATIENCE JONATHAN, has congratulated believers of the Islamic faith, especially women, on the occasion of this year’s Eid-el-Kabir celebrations.
= The Adamawa State University will no longer pay salaries to any of its lecturers, who continue with the on-going Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities (ASUU) industrial action, according to a statement from the Registrar of the institution, Mrs. JINATU GARNVWA.
FOREIGN
= Zimbabwean President ROBERT MUGABE has advised Kenyan leader UHURU KENYATTA not to attend his trial which is set to begin at the ICC on December 12th.
= Ex-Liberian President CHARLES TAYLOR has arrived in the UK to serve the remainder of his 50-year prison sentence for war crimes.
= The Libyan man ABU ANAS AL-LIBY who was seized earlier this month in a US raid in Tripoli has been transferred to the US to face charges in New York.
SPORTS
= STEPHEN KESHI has recalled France returnee EJIKE UZOENYI to the Nigeria B team ahead of a friendly against JORDAN in AMMAN.
= England captain STEVEN GERRARD will use the "haunting" memory of failing to reach Euro 2008 as motivation in their World Cup qualifier against Poland tonight.
= Former Manchester City boss ROBERTO MANCINI is said to be eyeing a reunion with ALEKSANDAR KOLAROV at his new club GALATASARAY.
ENTERTAINMENT
= Zombie TV thriller “The Walking Dead” has attracted its largest audience in the US to date, with 16.1 million tuning in for the return of the fourth series.
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