Britain’s Queen Elizabeth missed a New Year’s Day church service on Sunday due to a heavy cold, Buckingham Palace said, a week after the 90-year-old monarch missed a Christmas Day service for the first time in decades.

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says  government at all levels must now partner researchers in Nigerian universities to develop the country and invest in public education.
ASUU said this on Sunday in a New Year message  made available to newsmen in Ibadan  by the Chairman of the  University of  Ibadan branch of  ASUU,  Dr Deji Omole.

Satguru Maharaji ji, the founder of  the One Love Family sect,  has called on the African Union (AU)  to tackle  the crises rocking some African countries before they get  worse.

Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau has urged the people of the state to intensify prayers  for God’s mercy and expressed gratitude to God for the return of  peace to the state.

Some unknown gunmen have abducted a traditional ruler in Kogi, a family source said in Lokoja on Sunday.

The Majority Leader of the House of Representatives (APC-Lagos), Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, has urged lawmakers at state and federal levels in the country to go beyond enacting laws and reach out to the electorate particularly the vulnerable groups.

The Nigerian Army says  it has recovered one AK47 assault rifle and uniforms belonging to DSP Mohammed Alkali and his police orderly allegedly  beheaded by cultists.
The policemen were  killed by suspected cultist at Omoku, Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers during the Dec. 10 re-run legislative elections.