#HEADLINES

= President Goodluck Jonathan has written the Senate expressing his intention to present the 2014 budget to the National Assembly on November 12th, 2013.

 

= The Accountant-General of the Federation, Mr. Jonah Ogunniyi Otunla and the Director-General of Budget Office, Mr. Bright Okogwu, both declared yesterday that Nigeria was not broke but admitted that the country was having cash flow problems.

 

= The Senate has quizzed the National Poverty Eradication Programme (NAPEP) over an inaccessible N12billion poverty reduction fund.

 

 = The UN’s refugee agency, (UNHCR) has urged Cameroon and other nations not to expel Nigerians who have fled their homes amid fighting between Boko Haram Islamist rebels and government troops.

 

= The National Space Research and Development Agency has reported that some parts of the country would experience partial eclipse of the Sun, which is expected to occur on Sunday November 3rd, 2013 across West Africa.

 

= France's President Francois Hollande has announced that Four French hostages kidnapped in Niger in 2010 have been released.

 

= Israel has released the second of four batches of 26 Palestinian prisoners, as part of a deal for the resumption of peace talks.

 

= At least 42 people have died after the luxury bus they were travelling in caught fire in India's southern state of ANDHRA PRADESH, according to the police.

 

 = The Golden Eaglets have secured a place in the last eight of the FIFA U17 World Cup after a comprehensive 4-1 victory over Iran.

 

= Juan Mata scored his first goal of the season as Chelsea comfortably beat Arsenal 2-nil, to reach the Capital One Cup quarter-finals.

 

= Cesc Fabregas inspired Barcelona to a 3-0 win over Celta Vigo to open up a four-point lead in La Liga.     

 

= American singer, Chris Brown has checked himself into rehab to ''gain focus and insight into his past and recent behaviour'' after being arrested for assaulting a man outside a hotel over the weekend.