NEWS: NIGERIA - FG assures payment of salaries before Christmas, to upgrade financial management system – AG

Abuja – The office of the Accountant General of the Federation (AGF) says it is upgrading the Government Integrated Financial Management Information System (GIFMIS) to ensure payment of December salary before Christmas.

The Director of Funds in the office, Mr Mohammed Dikwa, stated this in an interview on Wednesday in Abuja on the

NEWS: NIGERIA - Courts’ rulings: PDP BoT summons emergency meeting

TO forestall further crisis in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), following the sack of its acting national chairman, Chief Uche Secondus by a court in Abuja on Tuesday, the Board of Trustees (BoT) is set to meet tomorrow.

A top member of the PDP, who declined to be named, told the Press that

TECHNOLOGY: Self-driving cars 'must have driver', regulators insist

Regulators in California have published draft proposals designed to pave the way for the public to start using self-driving cars on the roads.

However, the cautious recommendations from the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) will, initially at least, insist on a fully licensed driver being

ENTERTAINMENT: Ghostbusters and Top Gun added to US National Film Registry

Ghostbusters, Top Gun, The Shawshank Redemption and LA Confidential are among 25 films that have been added to the US National Film Registry.

The 1920 film The Mark of Zorro and Peter Sellers' 1979 comedy

HEALTH: Smoking 'linked to earlier menopause'

Women who are heavy or habitual smokers are more likely to experience the menopause earlier, a study suggests.

The report, involving 79,000 women, showed those who smoked from the age of 15 went through the menopause on average 21 months earlier than women who did not smoke.

The paper also found a weaker link with prolonged exposure to

HEALTH: Cancer is not just 'bad luck' but down to environment, study suggests

Cancer is overwhelmingly a result of environmental factors and not largely down to bad luck, a study suggests.

Earlier this year, researchers sparked a debate after suggesting two-thirds of cancer types were down to luck rather than factors such as smoking.

The new study, in the journal Nature, used four approaches to

NEWS: TURKE-IRAQ - Turkish soldiers injured in attack in Iraq

Fighters belonging to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) have attacked a camp in Iraq that trains the force battling the group, killing three Iraqi Sunni fighters and wounding 10 people, including four of their Turkish trainers, Iraqi officials say.

Atheel al-Nujaifi, former governor of the northern Ninevah province, said

FOOTBALL: CHELSEA - Jose Mourinho: Chelsea board discuss manager's future

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho's future at the club is in question following discussions about his position between the Blues' board of directors.

Owner Roman Abramovich led the talks after the champions were beaten 2-1 at Leicester on Monday.

It was their ninth Premier League defeat in 16 games and left them a point above the relegation places.

 It is not clear whether Mourinho, 52, will be in charge for Saturday's

NEWS:LAGOS, NIGERIA - I robbed my madam to raise money for my mum’s surgery –Housemaid

THE Lagos State Police Command has arrested a housemaid who robbed her madam of cash and valuables worth several millions of Naira.

Also in Police net is the elder brother to the house help.

The housemaid, Chidima (other names withheld) and her brother, Emma, indigenes of Ebonyi State are being detained at the Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) Ikeja.

Chidima who Spoke with Daily Sun said: “I actually committed

NEWS: NIGERIA - Boko Haram kills 6 in Borno attack

NO fewer than six people, including a member of Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) and five suicide bombers were killed in a bomb attack on a security outpost manned by vigilante in Borno’s town of Mafa.

Sources said some female bombers approached a security post manned by

NEWS: NIGERIA - FG approves construction of new refineries

THE Federal Government has unveiled plans to build new refineries as part of efforts to ensure that the country refines substantial volume of its fuel needs.

Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, made the disclosure during

NEWS: NIGERIA - Arms deal: Dokpesi meets bail conditions, returns home

EMBATTLED founder of DAAR Communications Plc, High Chief Raymond Aleogho Dokpesi, yesterday breathed the air of freedom. He was released from

NEWS: NIGERIA - Biafra: Court discharges Kanu

A Chief Magistrate’s Court, Wuse Zone II, Abuja presided over by Shuaibu Usman yesterday discharged Nnamdi Kanu, director of Radio Biafra and leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).

The court had been entertaining charges of criminal conspiracy and ownership of

NEWS: NIGERIA - Tompolo may shun today’s invitation by EFCC

WARRI—FORMER Niger Delta militant leader, Chief Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, will not appear before the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, which penultimate Wednesday ordered him to report to the commission today (Thursday) or be declared wanted, Vanguard has learned.

EFCC is investigating Tompolo over alleged

NEWS: NIGERIA - DSS murdered our officer—Ekiti Police

Ado Ekiti—As controversy continue to trail the alleged killing of a policeman, Sgt. Sylvester Malik by operative of the Department of State Services, DSS, in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State Police Command has accused the DSS of murdering its officer in cold blood while carrying out his legitimate duty.

The command decried the refusal of the state Director of DSS, Mr Duke Fubara, to

NEWS: NIGERIA - Army vs Shiite: It’s unacceptable for Army to declare war against unarmed citizens – NLC

NIGERIA Labour Congress, NLC, yesterday, said it was unacceptable for Nigeria Army to declare war of attrition against unarmed citizens and threw its weight behind the probe of the clash between the Nigerian army and the Shiíte Islamic Movement of Nigeria, MIN, led by Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky, in Zaria, which claimed

NEWS: NIGERIA - Appeal Court sacks Gov Wike, orders fresh election in Rivers

The three-man Court of Appeal panel sitting in Abuja has struck out the appeal of Nyesom Wike seeking a dismissal of the judgment of the Rivers election petition tribunal which sacked him as governor of the state.

In a 110-page ruling delivered by Justice M.B. Dongban-Mensem, the Court ruled that

NEWS: NIGERIA - Army/Shiite clash: Sultan lauds FG on fact-finding mission

KADUNA—The Sultan of Sokoto, Mohammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, President of the Jam’atu Nasril Islam, JNI, has commended the Federal Government for sending a fact-finding mission to Zaria, led by the Minister of the Interior, Lt Gen. Abdurahman Danbazzau over clash between the Nigeria Army and Shiite Islamic sect, which left

NEWS: US - San Bernardino attackers 'did not post about jihad on social media'

The San Bernardino attackers did not post support for jihad on open social media, contrary to previous reports, the FBI has said.

Instead they expressed support for martyrdom using "private direct messages", said FBI boss James Comey.

US security officials were criticised for

BREAKING NEWS: US Federal reserve raises interest rates by 0.25%

US Federal Reserve raises interest rates by 0.25%, a move with potential global repercussions.

The move takes the range of rates banks offer to