A popular shopping mall in Abuja's Jabi District, Next Cash and Carry, owned by former Anambra Governor Peter Obi has been gutted by a fire.

The source of the fire has not been ascertained.

Gunmen abducted Mr. Charles Mato, the Sum Pyem, and paramount ruler of Gindri, in Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau on Sunday.

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya and Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Isiaka Amao feted troops of the Joint Task Force “OPERATION HADIN KAI” to a buffet lunch to celebrate Christmas.

Kwamoti La’ori, PDP member representing Numan/Demsa/Lamurde Federal Constituency of Adamawa, on Saturday paid the fines of eight inmates to secure their release from the Numan Correctional Centre.

President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday hosted Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo and members of his immediate family, who paid him Christmas homage in the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

The Nigerian military authorities has pardoned a female soldier, Private Hannah Sofiat Akinlabi, who publicly accepted marriage proposal of a male member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Kwara state.