15th October 2015 UPDATES

UPDATES: 18 Ministerial Nominees Cleared, Amaechi’s Screening Deferred. In a Game Changer, Buhari Gives NNPC Approval to Corporatise JV Assets. IDPs Lynch Two over Alleged Motorcycle Theft. Higher Food Prices Push Inflation to 9.4%. FG to Investigate Workers’ Deaths in Lagos Steel Factory. Armed Forces will Annihilate Boko Haram by December, Buhari Insists. Boko Haram: Military Confirms Seven Killed in Maiduguri Multiple Bomb Blasts. Northern Govs Lament Cost of Insurgency on Region’s Economy. Encomiums as Lagos State Government Buries Lekki Free Trade Zone MD. House Plans Probe of Railway Contracts, Enugu Airport, Sale of Power Assets. FESTAC Robbery: Police Anti-bomb Squad Sweeps Banks for Fingerprints. Sokoto Declares Today Public Holiday for New Islamic Year. Buhari Receives National Identity Card. Rights Violation, Corruption, Bad Governance will Soon End in Africa, Says Obasanjo. Reps To FG: Honour Adadevoh For Saving Us From Ebola. Reps Urge PSC To Comply With Federal Character Over New 10,000 Police Recruits. We’re At A Critical Junction Of Ending HIV/AIDS- NACA DG. Plateau Assembly refuses N10bn loan facilities proposed by executive. Polls: PDP Accuses APC Of Inciting Violence In Kogi, Bayelsa – PDP. Governors Want Rice Importation Banned By 2017. 60 corps members recommended for presidential honours. Airport worker arrested with Indian hemp packed as gift items. Corruption: FG to adopt international accrual-based accounting from January, says accountant general. Any refinery that performs below 60% by December will be shut, NNPC boss insists. Confusion as residents arrest suspected Boko Haram member wearing woman's clothes in Kebbi. Again, suspected militants attack military in Kogi, 3 killed, arms recovered. Chinese firm set to mass produce Ebola vaccine. Falae son's wife slams N245.5m suit on airline over husband's death.