TODAY IN THE NEWS

**Jonathan sacks Petroleum Fund boss Sharon Adefunke, appoints replacement


**PDP Crisis: I did my best for Jonathan — Party chair, Mu’azu


**Why we met Buhari-APC governors


**I didn't betray Jonathan, too principled to join APC — Mu'azu


**Senators begs President Jonathan to forgive suspended Permanent Secretary


**Police IG, Arase set to crackdown on cultists


**INEC ​presents Certificates of Return to Plateau lawmakers​


**Anyaoku-​l​ed Presidential Committee bids Jonathan farewell


**Fashola hands over family and canopy walkway park at Lekki Conservation Centre, Lagos


**Niger Speaker, others impeached


**LASU to remain closed until… Lagos govt


**Fuel scarcity will persist- APC Rep-elect Oladele


**PDP supporters protest moves to impeach Chime


**Enugu governor-elect wades into lawmakers, executive crisis


**Adamawa Assembly Crises: Fintiri suspends lawmakers that “impeached” him


**Assembly staff lock out lawmakers in Delta


**Nigerian military court-martials General blamed for loss of Baga to Boko Haram


**2 Nigerians shortlisted for 2015 Caine Prize for African Writing


**Nigeria has no power to regulate DSTV prices -- ​MultiChoice


**John Kerry in Mogadishu - first US secretary of state to visit Somali capital


**Saudi King warns of Iran threat, rebels hit border town


**Japan turns to UN to pressure North Korea on abductees


**Zimbabwe to import 700,000 tonnes of corn to avert hunger


**Senegal to send 2,100 troops to join Saudi-led campaign in Yemen


**World’s most powerful passports; Nigeria ranks 57


**Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee  seeks Republican nomination for presidency


**Obafemi Martins named in the MLS Team Of the Week


**Confederations Cup: Warri Wolves ready for AC Leopard


**Athletics: Uganda runners hit by HIV scare


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