FCT Minister Malam Bello Muhammad has revealed that residents of the Federal Capital Territory may begin to pay for infrastructure as tremendous amounts of money is needed for same which the government could no longer sustain.

Muhammad said this on Tuesday while on an inspection tour of ongoing road projects by the FCT, being executed by Gilmort Engineering Ltd in Abuja.

He said, tremendous amounts are needed for the provision of infrastructure in many of the districts of the FCT.

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the payment of N164,763,759 for the tuition fees of 106 Chibok girls that have regained freedom from the Boko Haram terrorists.

This was contained in a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Garba Shehu.

According to the statement, the money is meant for the second semester school fees of the Chibok girls at the American University of Nigeria (AUN) in Yola, the Adamawa State capital.

Igbinedion University, Okada, headquarters of Ovia North-East Local Government Area, Edo state on Saturday announced that it is awarding automatic employment to graduates sponsored by the Presidential Amnesty Programme and also those who made second class upper degrees in the 2016/2017 academic session.

The Niger Delta Amnesty Programme was initiated by the Umaru Yar’Adua administration in 2009, as part of efforts to disarm restive youths in the oil region.

The Nigeria Labour Congress(NLC) has expressed concern over the resurgence of strikes at vulnerable targets by Boko Haram in the North East.

NLC President Ayuba Wabba, in a statement on Thursday in Abuja, described the killings as reprehensible.

“The Nigeria Labour Congress wishes to commiserate with the government and people of Adamawa State over the killing of 50 worshippers in Mubi by a suspected Boko Haram suicide bomber.

Bilyaminu Bello, 35, son of Haliru Bello, a former chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party was buried Sunday according to Islamic rites in Abuja, after prayers at the National Mosque.

His death was not natural, as he was allegedly killed in his Maitama home in Abuja by his wife, Maryam Sanda.

Maryam is the daughter of Maimuna Aliyu, former Aso Saving Bank executive.

No fewer than 12,000 young Nigerians are in prisons or stranded in different parts of North African country, Libya.

The National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCRMI) has confirmed and said that 3,887 have been deported since February this year.

Eight days after 149 Nigerians voluntarily returned from Libya, another batch of 258 were received in Lagos on Tuesday night.