#HEADLINES

=The Federal Ministry of Health is to begin investigations into the suspected outbreak of cholera in Namu village in the Quapan Local Government Area of Plateau State, an official of the ministry has said.  

= Policemen numbering about 200, armed to the teeth, blocked the main entrance of the University of Calabar as early as 7am this morning and prevented members and officials of Academic Staff Union of Universities, Calabar branch from embarking on a street rally.

= The World Bank has expressed concern at the growing population of illiterate adults in Nigeria, which has been put at 46 million. 

= The National Lottery Regulatory Commission says it will prosecute organisers of sales promotion lotteries without government’s approval

= The Democratic Republic of Congo government and M23 rebels have both announced that peace talks to end fighting in the highly unstable east have been suspended in Uganda.

= Police say the chief engineer of a US-owned ship detained in India has attempted to take his own life while in jail.

= A bomb has exploded on a railroad track in southwestern Pakistan, killing at least five people and wounding 10 others.

= Enugu Rangers head Coach, Okey Emordi, has resigned from his duties at the club.

= Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has confirmed that Mathieu Flamini will miss the Champions League clash with Borussia Dortmund on Tuesday. 

= Former world champions France have been drawn against Ukraine in the European play-offs for the 2014 World Cup.

= Actor Blair Underwood's “Ironside” remake has been axed by tv bosses after just three episodes. The police drama, based on the classic series which ran in the 1960s and 1970s, starred Underwood as a detective in the title role made famous by Raymond Burr.