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Laolu Akande, the Senior Special assistant on Media and Publicity to the Vice President, stated on Friday that the Federal Government has commenced the payment of the N30, 000 monthly stipends to beneficiaries of the N-Power program.

No fewer than 15 Boko Haram members were killed in Borno State on Friday as Nigerian military troops of Operation Lafiya Dole engaged in long fierce battle with Boko Haram terrorists in Borno State.

The Police Command of Nasarawa State has recently arrested five persons responsible for the killing of a Chinese miner, a Nigerian Police and two others.

No fewer than two persons have lost their lives and also a mosque burnt, over a hundred naira (N100) at the Gariki Market in Enugu State on Wednesday evening.  The two people that lost their lives were identified as Ali who was Fulani and Ifeanyi who was an Igbo.

A man known as Kema Akejelu (33 years old) has on Thursday appeared before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates court for beating his wife up and throwing her off a storey building.

One of the trucks belonging to the Dangote Group plc had on Friday reportedly crushed Senator Abdulkarim Mukhtar to death.

Still during the festive period, 7 persons have reportedly lost their lives as two strong rival cult groups in Otukpo area of Benue state clash.

No fewer than 13 persons have being reportedly injured during Christmas Eve after an explosion occurred via a police car outside a Catholic Church in Southern Philippines.

The Cross River state government is planning a reception to welcome the Governor, Prof Ben Ayade from Abuja, after his victory over Joe Agi (SAN) at the Supreme Court.

A painful incident happened at the Bayelsa State Orientation Camp in Kaiama, Lolokuma-Opokum Local Government Area, where a 27 year old female corps member of the National Youth Service Corps member lost her life.