[CAJ News] Lagos -THE Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) is upbeat at the industry’s prospects for growth. Source: Niger feed

[Cameroon Tribune] The Minister of Communication and Government Spokesman Issa Tchiroma Bakary was in a particularly irate posture when he summoned the press last Friday to speak of a recent Associated Press report linking Cameroonian armed forces involved in the battle against the dreadedsect Boko Haram to the killings of innocent Nigerian citizens in some… Read More

[Daily Trust] The federal government has asked the World Bank and African Development Bank for $3.5bn in emergency loans to fill a growing gap in its budget in the latest sign of the economic damage being wrought on oil-rich nations by tumbling crude prices, the Financial Times of London has reported. Source: Niger feed

[Guardian] CONSIDERED from every angle, it is a shame that officers of the Nigeria Police attached to some Very Important Persons (VIPs) have been reduced – or reduced themselves – to performing what Mr. Mike Okiro, chairman of Police Service Commission, termed ‘domestic duty.’ Such duty includes carrying the handbags of their ‘madam’, the umbrella… Read More

[Guardian] Mrs Ndidi Okafor, Director of Voter Education in the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), in FCT, says more men registered than women in the just concluded Continuous Voter Registration Exercise. Source: Niger feed

[Guardian] Three armed robbers met their waterloo yesterday, when youths from Orunu Junction in Ofu Local Council area of the state burnt the trio to death. An eyewitness account said nemesis caught up with the robbers when they took over the road and started robbing commuters. Source: Niger feed

[Guardian] The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC), an NGO, on Saturday said that the fight against Boko Haram was strongly undermined by corruption in the Defence sector. Source: Niger feed