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  The immediate past Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola, was on Wednesday, November 11, 2015, appointed the Minister of Power, Works and Housing. He could well have been named the Minister of Infrastructure. Electricity, roads and housing rank among the most critical of infrastructure everywhere, but they are awfully in short supply in our country. By saddling him with the tremendous responsibility of making these key facilities available and working throughout the nation, President Muhammadu Buhari has demonstrated stupendous confidence in Fashola the kind difficult to match anywhere.

Nigeria’s most anticipated event this year – the 2015 Music Meets Runway (MMR), which takes place on Tuesday December 22 in Victoria Island, Lagos is looking for the stars of tomorrow. Run by Le Reve Events, the annual MMR celebration, which has been running since 2011 fuses the best of fashion and music in Africa, bringing together some of Africa’s finest creative artists and showcasing their talents to a huge audience.

As all arrangements towards a successful hosting of the Africa Fashion Reception (AFR) 2015 Paris heads up, Abuja latest fashion sensation, Zarita Kouture is set to show her summer collection in the premium showcase of the event.

  Damilola Oyedele in Abuja Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to urgently re-transmit the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) to the legislature to ensure its early passage into law due to its importance to the nation’s economy.

Over 62m Nigerians are Illiterates, Says UNESCO United Nations   Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation, UNESCO, has disclosed that over 62 million Nigerians are illiterates, describing the menace as  dangerous to the development of the country.  UNESCO also said going by the research it conducted, it will take 58 years to be able to banish illiteracy among Nigerians even with innovations like Information and Communications Technology and other learning mechanisms.

The Nigerian Army on Monday said eight deadly Boko Haram terrorists have been let loose on Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state. The Army in a statement by Media Coordinator Operation Lafiya Dole, Colonel Tukur Gusau said an arrest was made of one of the nine men with assault rifles and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) on a mission to unleash death on people of the troubled town. He added that eight persons were still at large.

Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of double standard in the recent judgement that led to the nullification of the election of Mr. Darius Ishaku as Governor of Taraba State.

Irked by the increased mass protest by pro-Biafra groups led by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) and other affiliated groups in some parts of the South-East and South-South states, the 82 Division of the Nigerian Army on Monday warned that it has the constitutional mandate to suppress insurrection and restore order and would not hesitate to do so.

The Ekiti State governor , Mr. Ayo Peter  Fayose, has accused the federal government of  releasing the sum of N12.5 billion from the  Treasury Single Account, TSA, as donation to  Kogi state’s All Progressives Congress, APC,  to enable their party perpetrate rigging even as Lokoja the state capital stood still for the state governor, Captain Idris Wada.

Despite growing queues for petrol by motorists at service stations, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Monday said that its downstream marketing arm, the Pipelines and Products Marketing Company (PPMC) has distributed a total of 25,042,686 litres of petrol to 11 of depots across the country as at Monday.