= The House of Representatives
has mandated its committees on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora to investigate
circumstances surrounding the reported gruesome murder of a Nigerian and
illegal incarceration of 53 others in India.
= The US has designated Nigeria's
Boko Haram and Ansaru militant groups as foreign terrorist organisations. = Leaders of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, yesterday, suspended indefinitely the union’s National Executive Council, meeting planned to hold in Kano State over the tragic auto-crash that claimed the life of ASUU former President, Professor Festus Iyayi.
= A retired British man Bernand Randall is facing trial in Uganda after images of him having sex with another man were published in a newspaper.
= Brazil's Supreme Court has upheld jail terms against most of the politicians, businessmen and bankers convicted in the country's biggest corruption trial.
= The Philippine government says it is facing its biggest ever logistical challenge after Typhoon HAIYAN, which has affected up to 11 million people.
= Niger State Governor Mu'azu Babangida Aliyu has rewarded world champions Golden Eaglets with cash gifts.
= In Basketball…Al Jefferson beat the Boston Celtics for the first time in his career since being traded by Boston in 2007 as the Charlotte Bobcats defeated Celtics 89-83.
= New Zealand-based singer and songwriter, Lorde has scored a 7th week at the top of the U.S. pop charts with her track titled Royals. Lorde, who turned 17 only last week, has kept Eminem and Rihanna’s collaboration The Monster off the top of the Billboard Hot 100 countdown.
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