= The Federal Government says it has so far spent N609
billion to settle labour liabilities in privatized public enterprises between
2000 and 2013.
= The House of Representatives has passed for second reading
a Bill which sought to regulate how the Police and other security agencies in
the country could track and monitor telephone and internet communications
involving suspected terrorists in Nigeria.
= An Abuja High Court has adjourned the trial of a former
Chairman of the House of Representatives Ad-Hoc Committee on Monitoring of the Fuel
Subsidy Regime, Farouk Lawan, to await the report of an appeal filed by the
lawmaker.
= The Kwara State governor, Abdulfattah Ahmed has dissolved
his cabinet comprising commissioners, special advisers, senior special
assistants and special assistants.
= Six persons with alleged links with the terrorist sect,
Boko Haram, were arrested at the Maiduguri International Airport while returning
from hajj in Saudi Arabia.
= At least seven police have been killed in Tunisia in
clashes with Islamist militants.
= The US ambassador to Germany, John B. Emerson, is expected
to meet foreign minister Guido Westerwelle this afternoon over claims that the
US monitored German Chancellor Angela Merkel's mobile phone.
= A plane fighting bushfires in the Australian state of New
South Wales has crashed, killing its pilot, as the military faced criticism for
starting one of the major fires.
= Yaya Toure has called on UEFA to take tough action against
Cska Moscow, including the possibility of closing their stadium for a couple of
years, after sections of the Russian club's supporters subjected the Manchester
City captain to racist abuse on last night.
=In Tennis… World number one Serena Williams beat Agnieska Radwanska
in straight sets to close in on the semi-finals of the WTA Championships.
= It has been announced that “Dark Knight Rises” star
Tom Hardy will play Sir Elton John in a
biopic of the singer's life called Rocketman.
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