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The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), has sealed a filling station in Kaduna metropolis and dispensed fuel in its underground tank to motorists and motorcyclists free of charge for hoarding the product.

NGOs have urged President Uhuru Kenyatta to reshuffle the Cabinet. The NGOs urged the President not to reinstate the five suspended CSs. They are Charity Ngilu (Lands), Michael Kamau (Transport), Kazungu Kambi (Labour), Felix Koskei (Agriculture) and Davis Chirchir (Energy). "The resignation of Cabinet Secretary Anne Waiguru [Devolution] should pave way for the reshuffle of the Cabinet. Governing the country with only a third of the Cabinet Secretaries is unsustainable," the NGOs said in a statement.

   President of Nigerians in Diaspora Organisation (NIDO) in United States, Chief Obed Monago has said the December deadline given by President Muhammadu Buhari to flush out Boko Haram terrorists from Nigeria is not feasible. Obed, who was speaking with reporters in Chicago, Illinois, United States on Sunday during the 2015 Business Opportunity and Investment Forum held at Crowne Plaza O’ Hare Hotel, specifically advised President Buhari not to hide the truth from Nigerians.

The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of China have reportedly selected their next official off-road SUV; the Yongshi Warrior. These have actually been around for years, but have just been green-lit for official military duty. Chinamil says six variations of the vehicle were vetted, and have been running all over China for over three-quarter-million miles of testing since 2007.

Illustrative Image Muslim youth under the umbrella of Muslim Youths in Da’wah on Tuesday stormed the headquarters of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Abuja to discuss Director-General of the NYSC Johnson Olawumi‘s ban of hijabs. According to Daily Post, Olawumi said his rationale for banning muslim women from wearing hijabs is “for security reasons.“ Luqman Hassan, national coordinator of the youth group told Olawumi:

CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA - CBN The naira fell to 242 against the United States dollar at the parallel market on Monday after the Central Bank of Nigeria cut dollar supply to Bureaux de Change operators in a bid to conserve the external reserves. The naira, which traded at 238 against the dollar on the streets of the nation’s major cities on Friday, depreciated considerably as demand overwhelmed supply at the black market and the BDC segment on Monday.

  The BBC's John Simpson: "The Turks say they warned the pilot ten times in five minutes" Syria's war   A Russian pilot who went missing after his jet was shot down by Turkey was rescued by the Syrian army, Russia's ambassador to France said. Alexander Orlov told Europe 1 radio the pilot had been taken to a Russian base. However, this report has not yet been confirmed by the authorities in Moscow.