#HEADLINES

= The Federal Government has promised to complete, within two weeks, the ongoing rehabilitation of failed sections of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway that cause heavy traffic on the ever busy dual carriageway.

= President GOODLUCK JONATHAN has used the occasion of the Sallah festivities to defend his decision to organise a national dialogue, pointing out that it is meant to further the right to freedom of expression and the people’s right to choose how they wish to live and be governed.

= Protesting traders, under the aegis of National Market Women Association, yesterday stormed the National Assembly, demanding that the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) call off its more than three months old strike.

= Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji MUHAMMAD SA'AD ABUBAKAR the third has expressed concern over the level of insecurity in the country and called on political leaders to help in addressing the issue by conducting themselves in truth and with the fear of God.

 = 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.

= More than 30 people have been reported dead after an earthquake measuring 7.2 magnitude hit the central Philippines.

= The governor of Afghanistan's LOGAR province ARSALA JAMAL has been killed in a blast in a mosque, during prayers for the Muslim festival of Eid el-KABIR.

 = STEPHEN KESHI has invited 28 players to report in Abuja as the Super Eagles Team B gets set for an international friendly with the full team of Jordan, billed for the Jordanian capital, AMMAN, on October 28th.

= The former chairman of the Nigeria Premier League (NPL), VICTOR BARIBOTE has described the 15-year ban imposed on him by the Executive Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) as an act of lawlessness by people in power. 

 = Weeks after making the social media space go gaga with the manner of his marriage proposal to long time heartthrob, LOLA OMOTAYO, P-Square’s PETER OKOYE has now picked Sunday, November 17th to formally tie the nuptial knots.