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  The death toll from back-to-back market bombings carried out by the Islamic State group in eastern Baghdad has climbed to 73. Police and health officials say several of the critically wounded died overnight while 112 people remain in hospital. Also, at least five people are still missing after the blast ripped through the crowded Mredi market in the Shiite district of Sadr City, followed by a suicide bombing amid the crowd that gathered at the site.

The Consumer Protection Council (CPC) has directed the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) to pay the family of a boy that was electrocuted in Abuja a N10 million compensation. The CPC said that the action was due to the AEDC’s technical lapses and gross negligence. This is contained in a statement signed and released by the Head of Public Relations of CPC, Mr Abiodun Obimuyiwa, yesterday in Abuja. The statement said that the directive was issued following a complaint filed by Mr Tade Ayodele.

Somalia’s al Shabaab group bombed a busy junction and a nearby restaurant in the town of Baidoa on Sunday, killing at least 30 people, police and the group said. Al Shabaab often carries out such suicide attacks in the capital and elsewhere in its bid to topple Somalia’s Western- backed government. The group wants to impose its strict version of Islamic rule in the Horn of Africa nation. “The restaurant and the junction were very busy,” Police Major Bilow Nurr told Reuters from Baidoa, which lies about 245 km (152 miles) northwest of Mogadishu.

  Evangelist Bamidele Olomilua has said Nigeria would have been a thing of the passed if GEJ was reelected – Olomilua, a former governor of Ondo state, says President Buhari’s leadership style is applaudable – He says Nigeria needs a firm hand to rule it and that is perfectly found in Buhari – The ex-governor says the emergence of APC has stirred Nigeria towards progress Bamidele Olumilua, a former governor of the old Ondo state and a chieftain of the All Progressive Congress (APC), has said that Nigeria is lucky to have a President like Buhari.

Chris Rock at the 2016 Oscars. For some people, 51-year-old comedian Chris Rock was the reason why they tuned in to watch the Oscars following the #OscarsSoWhite controversy and boycott of the event by some top Hollywood stars. Chris kicked off the 88th Academy Awards with a speech heavy on the controversy, a reference to the Black Lives Matter movement, and a whole ton of satire.

Former Super Eagles striker, Emmanuel Emenike, has insisted that he is done with the national team and will not make a return under Samson Siasia. The player, who is currently on loan at West Ham in England, retired from international football last year, while Sunday Oliseh was still the handler of the Eagles. “I’m done with the Super Eagles, and I am making it clear again that I am not going back. “It’s my decision and I am not going to reverse it, I am sorry if I have offended anybody regarding this but no Eagles return for me,” he said, according to SportingLife.