[Graphic]: Could these be the 105 missing Nigerian soldiers?

UPDATE: Dangote Not Among 170 Held Hostage By Terrorists

People flee from the Radisson Blu Hotel. Photograph: Harouna Traore/AP

Contrary to earlier reports that Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man was in a five-star hotel in Mali, where 170 people are being held hostage, the rich business mogul is reported to be in Lagos.

Breaking News: BILIE Emerges As New Biafra Group

Amidst the agitation for an independent state of Biafra championed by some Igbo people in the eastern part of the country, another group, Biafra Liberation In Exile (BILIE) has sprung up.

TRAGEDY: Schoolgirl, 15, hanged herself after struggling to cope with the suicide of her school friend

Hanged herself: Jennifer Fry was still deeply upset over her classmate's suicide a year earlier when she ended her own life in woodland in Oxfordshire

Jennifer Fry was still very upset over classmate Tom Boomer's suicide

She ended her own life near home village of Chadlington, Oxfordshire

The most dangerous day in a woman’s life By Dr. Femi Ogunyemi

Many across Nigeria will be celebrating a baby’s delivery today. Labour has ended with smiles, cheers and thanksgiving.

They say birthdays, funerals, weddings and naming ceremonies are the commonest social pastimes in Nigeria.

A cyclist gave Boris Johnson the finger as he cycled past on Vauxhall Bridge

(Picture: John Stillwell/PA Wire)

Maybe he was horrified to find out you need to earn £100,000 to buy a home in London now.

BREAKING NEWS: Gunmen Attack Hotel In Mali And Take Hostages

Aerial view of Bamako

Gunmen have stormed a hotel in Mali and taken 170 people hostage, raising fears of a terror attack.

Nigeria: Ngige lists agenda of Buhari’s administration in labour sector

Senator Chris Ngige

Repositioning the Ministry of Labour and Employment to meet the challenges of unemployment and maintaining industrial harmony in the labour sector is a major agenda of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration.

Sport: I bought Finidi George for Ajax with my own money – Van Gaal

Van Gaal

Manchester United boss, Louis van Gaal, has revealed that he paid Finidi George’s transfer fee with money from his pocket.

Politics: APC does not mean well for you – Governor Dickson tells Ogbia people

Dickson

Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson has charged the people of Ogbia Kingdom, kinsmen of former President Goodluck Jonathan to shun the All Progressives Congress(APC) in the state, saying the party does not mean well for people of the state.

Nigeria: Any officer who shoots innocent civilian will go to jail – Arase warns

The Inspector-General of Police (I-GP) Solomon Arase, on Thursday, warned police officers to exercise high sense of caution in handling guns while dealing with unarmed civilians.

Nigeria: N465.64bn: Supplementary budget passes second reading at House of Reps

Speaker Dogara

The 2015 Supplementary Appropriation Bill of N465.64 billion, submitted to the National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday, passed second reading in the House of Representatives on Thursday.

Ghanian actress Yvonne Nelson calls for Nigerian man who assaulted her to be arrested

Yvonne Nelson

Ghollywood actress, Yvonne Nelson, has expressed disappointment over an alleged assault case she had filed before Crime Officer, Felix Anyidoho, in charge of the Ghana Airport police station, against a certain Nigerian man, one Elvis Eze.

Boko Haram: 105 soldiers not missing in Borno – Army spokesman

The Nigerian Army has described as untrue media reports that 105 soldiers were missing after deadly attack by the Boko Haram insurgents.

The media was awash on Wednesday with reports that an intense attack from Boko Haram insurgents at Gudunbali, Borno State, resulted in the 157 Battalion of the Nigerian Army not being able to account for at least, 105 soldiers including their commanding officer.

Sport: French national anthem to be sung before all Premier League games this weekend

The French national anthem, will be rendered across all stadium this weekend in the English Premier League.

Teams will come together in the centre circle and the anthem will be sung before the coin toss.

Football: 4 matches you must not miss this weekend

Following a two-week lull of the international week, that threw up friendly matches, Euro 2016 play-offs and 2018 World Cup qualifiers, the European Leagues are back.

Sport: Oliseh may not qualify Nigeria for 2018 World Cup – Westerhof

Sunday Oliseh, Super Eagles Coach

Former Super Eagles coach, Clemens Westerhof, has warned that Nigeria is in danger of missing out of a place at the 2018 World, if Sunday Oliseh is still in charge of the team.

Why FG blocked Dasuki from travelling – AGF, Malami

Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice Abubakar Malami (SAN) yesterday explained why the government prevented former National Security Adviser (NSA) Sambo Dasuki, from travelling.

“You can be granted bail with respect to one case and there can be other cases that public policy demands investigation,” he said referring to the ex-NSA, who recently released some details on arms procurement under him.

Can a new Buharinomics save Nigeria? – Full text of speech by Charles Soludo

Prof. Charles Soludo

The timing of this lecture is auspicious—coming in the 6th month after the inauguration of a new administration, and also with a new federal cabinet now in place. Before the government rolls out its full agenda, this is a good time to begin our citizen duty of joining the ever continuous discourse on the economy. Our focus for now shall be preemptive and provocative— to challenge the Buhari/APC regime not only to demonstrate that it can manage the economy better than the PDP but also that it can lay the foundation for sustainably shared prosperity in a post-oil economy.