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-  Indonesia government has killed 3 Nigerians convicted for drug trafficking.
The 3 Nigerians and an Indonesian had been shot through firing squad after midnight on Nusakambangan Island in  Java, in spite of international appeals for leniency.

-. The Federal senior civil servants have threatened to embark on indefinite strike over unpaid salary arrears. The people, who stated that they were no longer happy with the FG, said that the modern state of affairs in Nigeria, in which sufferings have been lifted to a frightening degree, would have been the time to settle the arrears to calm all frayed nerves and bring normalcy to the system.

-.  Numerous men and women were injured on Thursday after Boko Haram individuals attacked a crew of United Nations international locations, UN, during their trip to Bama, Borno state.
It was revealed that the officials, operating for the United nations kids’s Fund, UNICEF, had been ambushed at a place close to Bama, in Konduga local government area of Borno state.

-. A former Chairman, house of Reps Committee on Appropriation, Mr. Abdulmumin Jibrin, has threatened to maintain making fresh allegations in opposition to the four important officials of the national assembly until they have been prosecuted. In his petition today, which he numbered 21, Jibrin accused the Speaker,house of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, of allegedly “diverting” a Federal authorities water fund to his farm in Nasarawa state.

-. Ekiti State governor, Ayo Fayose has vowed to speak in opposition to the leadership style of President Muhammadu Buhari-led government. Fayose boasted that when he stops speaking, many Nigerians will suffer under the present government.

-. An officer of the Nigerian army, Lt.-Cdr Olumide Adewale, has revealed to the Economic and Financial Crimes commission that he helped his former boss, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, to transport cash, which was flown to Akure and later handed over to Abiodun Agbele on the instructions of Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state.
Adewale, who became the Aide-de-Camp to Obanikoro when the latter was the Minister of state for Defence, stated this on Wednesday while he was investigated by detectives of the EFCC.  He said the cash was part of the N4.7bn that was paid into Obanikoro’s sons’ business enterprise account, Sylvan McNamara, at the instructions of the embattled former national safety Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd.).

- A few leaders of the Ijaw community in Lagos state have stated that they've taken steps to forestall the Niger Delta militants from carrying out more assaults on oil installations inside the region. A former president of the Izon network, Lagos state, ChiefYoumor, in an assertion, stated that the Ijaw leaders are set to douse the tension.