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People’s Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar says he did attend the peace pact ceremony because he was not invited.

This was contained in a statement by his spokesperson.


The Nigeria Police Force, Edo Command, yesterday reiterated the ban on the sale of fireworks, also known as knockout and warned that offenders would be prosecuted.

The command’s spokesman, DSP Chidi Nwabuzor gave the warning in Benin.

“The command warns sellers, buyers of fireworks, parents, guardians and children to desist from sale, purchase and use of fireworks before, during and after the Yuletide,’’ Nwabuzor said in a statement.


Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association (MACBAN), Tuesday, condemned Anglican Bishops for describing it as a terrorist organisation, saying the group is made up of herdsmen, not terrorists.

The National Coordinator, MACBAN, Alhaji Garus Gololo said, according to Vanguard, “We are not happy with this comment coming from the Bishops who are spiritual heads of the Anglican Church; we want them to withdraw it.

“We are not criminals and the President has nothing to do with us. We are not terrorists, we are peacekeeping citizens.”

The Bishops had asked the Federal Government to declare the group terrorist.


Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has advised African leaders to sign the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (ACFTA), which promises $27 billion investments.

Obasanjo, who spoke yesterday in Cairo, Egypt, at the opening of the Intra-African Conference prior to the unveiling of the first Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF), said the fair was necessary to actualise ACFTA, which, he stressed, is vital for the continent’s transformation.

“It is, therefore, imperative that all African governments, who believe in Africa’s progress, should not only sign the  ACFTA, but should ratify it at once, making a way for its implementation,” Obasanjo said.


The Police Service Commission (PSC) has received 104,289 applications from Nigerians who want employment into Nigeria Police Force as constables, barely 12 days after the portal was opened on November 30, 2018.

Head Public Relations and Information of the commission, Ikechukwu Ani said in a statement Tuesday, “The applications hit this figure as at 11.30 am on Tuesday, December 11, 2018.

“The portal will officially close on January 11, 2019, in compliance with the six weeks requirement by Federal Character Commission, FCC.”


And stories from around the world…

A federal judge in California has ordered Stormy Daniels pay $293,052.33 in attorney’s fees, costs and sanctions to the lawyers representing U.S. President Donald Trump in the defamation suit Daniels and her attorney Michael Avenatti brought against Trump earlier this year.

Trump’s lawyer, Charles Harder, had asked for a total of nearly $780,000 from the adult films actress – $389,000 in attorney fees and another $389,000 in sanctions in a hearing last week.

French police have launched a manhunt for the suspect who opened fire near a Christmas market in the centre of the French city of Strasbourg Tuesday, killing three people and injuring 12 others.

The motive for the attack is unclear but police said the suspect was already known to security services as a possible threat.

The U.S. conducted a successful missile defense test on Tuesday.

US Navy sailors in Hawaii successfully intercepted an intermediate range ballistic missile target with an interceptor missile launched from land using the Aegis Ashore system, the US Missile Defense Agency said in a statement.

Journalists, activists and Myanmar civil society groups are calling for the immediate release of two Reuters reporters, exactly one year since they were arrested and later jailed for their work exposing a massacre of Rohingya Muslims by members of the military.

“The fact that they remain in prison for a crime they did not commit calls into question Myanmar’s commitment to democracy, freedom of expression and rule of law,” Reuters Editor-in-Chief Stephen J. Adler said in a statement.

The United States on Monday said it would forbid entry into the country of former Gambian dictator Yahya Jammeh and his family over corruption during his 22-year rule.

“The United States is committed to combating corruption, increasing respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, and promoting good governance globally,” the State Department said in a statement.

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