#HEADLINES

= Governor Abiola Ajimobi  of Oyo State has appointed 15 Special Advisers to join the newly-appointed commissioners as members of the State Executive Council.

= The House of Representatives has, passed the 2013 budget of N315 billion for the Niger Delta Development Commission.

= Also the House of Representatives has summoned service chiefs over President Goodluck Jonathan’s request to extend the emergency rule in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states.

= The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, has ordered a massive deployment of police striking force, including the Police Mobile Force, Counter Terrorism Unit, the Bomb Disposal Unit and the Police Air Wing for the governorship poll in Anambra State on Saturday.

= The embattled National Secretary of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, has predicted the end of the party if he is not reinstated.

= The UN General Assembly has elected 14 countries to serve on the UN Human Rights Council for a period of three years, beginning from January 1st, 2014.

= Police say an Israeli soldier has been stabbed to death by a Palestinian teenager on a bus in northern Israel.

= Former Australian leader KEVIN RUDD has announced his retirement from politics.

= Isaac Success has sealed a move to Italian side Udinese following the Golden Eaglets triumph at the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates.

= In Athletics…. Nigerian sprinter, Gloria Asumnu, has apologised to the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) for her act of indiscretion which prompted the federation to issue her a six-month ban. 

= Lady Gaga used her acceptance speech at the Glamour Women of the Year 2013 to vent at the magazine for making her look "too perfect" on the December cover.