Ogun: Four die in auto crashCHANNELSFour persons were reported killed around Onihale town in Ifo local government area of Ogun state while many others sustained various degree of injuries when a Lagos-bound bus with registration number XY 178 MSR steer...

Daily SunUduaghan presents N398.3bn budget for 2013The NationGovernor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State, yesterday, presented a budget proposal of N398.31bn for the 2013 fiscal year. The budget is made up of N145.94bn or 36.64% for recurrent expenditure...

Osun DefenderCJN Finally Swears in Justice Jombo-OfoTHISDAY LiveThe Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Aloma Mukthar Friday in her chambers swore in Justice Zainab A. Bulkachuwa as the Acting President of the Court of Appeal. Bulkachuwa is the first wom...

Osun DefenderJTF places N290m price on Boko Haram leaders' headsNigerian TribuneThe Joint Task Force (JTF), Operation Restore Order, in Maiduguri, Borno State, has placed a price of N290 million on the heads of 19 members of the Boko Haram sect, in...

AFPForget presidency, Jonathan's aide tells ex-military rulersNigerian TribuneTHE Special Adviser to the President on Political Affairs, Alhaji Ali Gulak, has said that the former military rulers still aspiring to become civilian president of Niger...

CHANNELSActors, pretenders dominate Nigerian politics - MarkNigerian TribuneSenate President, Senator David Mark, has lamented the large population of people he described as actors and pretenders in Nigerian politics. Speaking when he paid a condolence...

Myjoyonline.comWater-tight security in Kano •7 churches, 8 shops razed - PoliceNigerian TribuneJUST as a combined team of soldiers, police and the Joint Task Force (JTF) continues to maintain security at Bichi town, near Kano, following the religious...

Leadership NewspapersCJN Swears In Justice Bulkachuwa As Appeal Court PresidentThe Guardian NigeriaTHE Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Mariam Aloma Mukhtar, Friday swore in Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa as the first female President of the Court of...

CHANNELSEFCC re-arraigns Ayo Fayose for embezzling N1.2 billionCHANNELSThe former governor of Ekiti state, Mr Ayo Fayose, has been re-arraigned at Federal High Court in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti state capital, by the Economic and Financial crimes commission...

Osun DefenderOur frustrations with high profile theives in Nigeria-EFCCallvoicesThe Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is a federal government agency in Nigeria. It was created by the former president; Olesugun Obasanjo to tackle high prof...

BusinessDayObasanjo's BAY'TUS-SALAM Mosque receives N320m donationsBusinessDayEminent Nigerians, including Governors of Ogun, Kwara, Kogi, Kano, Kaduna, Katsina, Niger, Adamawa, Zamfara, Jigawa, Sokoto and Kebbi as well as the Governor of Centr...

Osun DefenderReview: Chinua Achebe's There Was a Country: A Personal History of BiafraMontreal GazetteMONTREAL - Biafra is synonymous with one of history's greathumanitarian tragedies. The very word conjures images of children with bellies bloa...

CHANNELSFCT Sports Writers Association honour MaigariCHANNELSThe Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) has honoured NFF president, Alhaji Aminu Maigari with a Gold Merit Award. The FCT-chapter of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria who org...

CHANNELSMark, others to attend Onaiyekan's consecration, visit SuntaiCHANNELSPresident Goodluck Jonathan is sending an official delegation headed by the President of the Senate, Senator David Mark to represent the Federal Government at the formal c...

Osun DefenderThe president must address the national assembly annually-SenateCHANNELSThe senate is seeking to compel the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to present a state of the nation address annually. The senate hopes to achieve this by...

Osun DefenderExcess Crude Account: FG, States Fail to Reach Out-of-Court SettlementTHISDAY LiveEfforts to amicably resolve the dispute between the Federal Government and the 36 states of the federation over the management of the revenue accruing to the...

N1.3bn subsidy scam: Oil marketers challenge court's jurisdictionNigerian TribuneTwo oil marketers alleged of N1.3 billion fuel subsidy theft, Aro Bamidele and Abiodun Bankole, on Thursday, challenged the jurisdiction of a Lagos State High Court si...

CHANNELSN250bn Otedola suit: You can't try me, Farouk Lawan tells courtNigerian TribuneFORMER chairman of the House of Repre-sentatives ad hoc committee on fuel subsidy probe, Honourable Farouk Lawan, on Thursday, told an Abuja High Court that it l...

Nigeria: A nation of survivorsThe Guardian NigeriaMAN has always pushed to be free and independent. In any situation, his ultimate goal is to be on top and take charge of his affairs. As a country, Nigeria has been through a lot. The country has surviv...

Osun DefenderWith talent hunt project, Abia governor's wife paints future for youthsThe Guardian NigeriaIN a bid to encourage and nurture the youths of the state on how to make a living with their God given talents, the wife of the Abia State gover...

Osun DefenderAmosun, Yakowa, CPC commiserate with JonathanOsun DefenderChief-Meni-Jonathan Ogun State Government Ibikunle Amosun, his Kaduna State counterpart, Patrick Yakowa, and the Congress for Progressive Change have expressed their condolences to ...

Don't induce us, polls tribunal warns politicians, othersThe Guardian NigeriaTHE Election Petition Tribunal set up to look into various litigations that arose after the conduct of the last October 20 gubernatorial polls in Ondo State had its inaugu...

Osun DefenderImo varsity gets new VCThe Guardian NigeriaGOVERNOR Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has approved the appointment of Prof. Ukachukwu Awuzie as the acting Vice Chancellor of Imo State University, Owerri. According to a statement by the Commissi...

CHANNELSSenate faults IG over anti-terror lawThe Guardian NigeriaTHE Senate Wednesday refuted claims by the Inspector General of Police (IG), Mohammed Abubakar, that there is no anti-terrorism law to prosecute arrested Boko Haram members. Besides, the ...

Osun DefenderCPC Chieftain Flays Bauchi Govt Over Facebook SackAllAfrica.comBauchi — The Congress for Progressive Party gubernatorial candidate in the last election in Bauchi State, Alhaji Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, has condemned the Bauchi State governme...

Osun DefenderWorkers Protest Over N18, 000 Minimum Wage In PlateauOsun DefenderMembers of National Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), Plateau State chapter on Wednesday took to the streets in Jos demonstrating against the state government ref...

Osun DefenderFEC Approves N5.1bn For Re-building Of UN HouseOsun DefenderThe Federal Executive Council (FEC) yesterday approved N5.1 billion for the rehabilitation and re-building of the sections of the United Nations (UN) House in Abuja that was bombe...

Leadership NewspapersUduaghan Bemoans PrevalenceLeadership NewspapersDelta State governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, yesterday lamented the high prevalence of maternal mortality just as he expressed commitment to reduce the incidence in Delta State with f...

Osun DefenderEFCC opposes suit to declare security vote illegalOsun DefenderEFCC-Chairman-Ibrahim-Lamorde1 The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has asked an Abuja Federal High Court to dismiss a suit which is seeking to declare as illegal, the ...

CHANNELSVIDEO: Two sisters killed in another building collapse in LagosCHANNELSTwo sisters have been confirmed dead with their mother injured after a two storey building collapsed in Jakande Estate, Oke-Afa, Isolo, Lagos. The siblings, Toyin and Bukola...

Osun DefenderDHQ demands apology from Reuters •Commends Nigerian Tribune for ...Nigerian TribuneThe Defence Headquarters, on Wednesday, demanded unreserved apology from Reuters International over the purported video clip shown over soldiers allegedly...

Osun DefenderKogi Assembly crisis: Speaker, Chief Whip resignNigerian TribuneTHE Speaker of Kogi State House of Assembly, Alhaji Abdulahi Bello, has finally resigned, following the five weeks old lingering leadership problem in the assembly. The assemb...

Osun DefenderJTF kills Boko Haram commander in Borno •7 killed, 15 houses set ablaze in ...Nigerian TribuneIN a sustained follow-up operations on Wednesday afternoon, the combined troops of the Joint Task Force (JTF) Operation Restore Order, 333 Air ...

Osun DefenderDugbe traders lament demolition of shopsNigerian TribuneTRADERS and shop owners along Dugbe area, Ibadan, Oyo State, were shocked to their bones when they came to their shops on Monday for their normal business activities only to see their...

Osun DefenderBayelsa NBA, CLO ex-chiefs fault Obasanjo on Boko HaramThe Guardian NigeriaA FORMER secretary of the Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO) Morris Alagoa and a former Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Chairman in Bayelsa State Mr. Standly Damabid...

Okonjo-Iweala assures on new borrowingCHANNELSThe Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has assured lawmakers in the House of Representatives that the Ministry is monitoring the level of borrowing recently embarked upon by both state and federal gov...

AFP16:14 Nigeria to deploy 600 soldiers in north MaliAgenzia Giornalistica Italia(AGI) - Abuja, Nov. 21 - Nigeria will contribute to the UN-led international mission to re-establish democratic order and the territorial unity of Mali by deploying 600 so...

BusinessDayAmosun Proposes Budget of N211 Billion for 2013AllAfrica.comAbeokuta — Ogun State Governor Ibikunle Amosun yesterday presented the 2013 budget proposal of N211.86bn to the state House of Assembly. The budget, according to the governor is 5...

BusinessDayN1.3bn refreshment allocation for Presidency insufficient - OgbileBusinessDayEmmanuel Ogbile, the State House Permanent Secretary on Tuesday said the N1.305 billion allocated for the Presidency in the 2013 budget for refreshments, meals, and...

Leadership NewspapersUniabuja Shut After Student RiotsAllAfrica.comProtests at the University of Abuja intensified yesterday with more students joining in to kick against "poor learning conditions" which they said they have had to endure for ...

Times of NigeriaCustoms officials arrest man with $320000 cash at Lagos airportallvoicesSome eagle eye customs officials on Tuesday arrested a man with $320,000 cash at the Muritala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, south-west Nigeria. www.allvo...

Leadership NewspapersMoney laundering: Absence of witness stalls Lagos speaker's trialNigerian TribuneTHE money laundering suit instituted against the speaker of Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr Adeyemi Ikuforiji and his personal assistant, Oyebod...

Osun DefenderOyinlola, 3896 others called to Nigerian BarNigerian TribuneFORMER governor of Osun State and secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola and 3,896 others were, on Tuesday, called to the Nigerian Bar having ...

Daily SunAkpabio presents N459.309bn 2013 budget to State AssemblyDaily SunBarring any adjustment by the State House of Assembly, Akwa Ibom State is to spend N459.305 billion in the 2013 fiscal year. This amount, which was presented to the State House ...

Osun DefenderReuters withdraws video on Nigerian soldiers •Says it's fakeNigerian TribuneReuters THE international wired service, Reuters, on Tuesday, said it has withdrawn the video purporting to have shown Nigerian troops shooting some captured...

Osun DefenderPolice conduct census of Boko Haram suspectsNigerian TribuneMD Abubakar ALL the zonal Assistant Inspector Generals of Police (AIGs) and commissioners of police have been put on red alert to confront all security challenges as yuletide appr...

Osun DefenderFashola's Chinese childrenNigerian TribuneLAGOS State governor, Babatunde Fashola, on Sunday, explained the introduction of Chinese language as a subject in Lagos schools with the following apology: “The decision does not compel any ...

Osun DefenderOke kicks over evasion of service by MimikoOsun DefenderChief-Olusola-Oke The Olusola Oke campaign Organisation has accused governor Segun Mimiko of evasion of service of notice of the petition filed by the governorship candidate of the Pe...

Osun DefenderOke kicks over evasion of service by MimikoOsun DefenderChief-Olusola-Oke The Olusola Oke campaign Organisation has accused governor Segun Mimiko of evasion of service of notice of the petition filed by the governorship candidate of the Pe...

Osun DefenderHamzat's Assassination: Ogun Compol Takes Over InvestigationP.M. NewsThe Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Ikemefuna Okoye, has ordered his men to speed up investigation into the murder of the former Ikejal Local Government chairm...

President Jonathan's brother, Meni, dies on his birthdayBusinessDayPresident Goodluck Jonathan's younger brother, Meni Jonathan, was confirmed dead a few hours ago at the State House Clinic, Abuja. The Presidency is yet to officially respond to...

Indian institutes to invest in NigeriaSME TimesMany private educational institutes from India are planning to invest in Nigeria, said the West African country's Education Minister Ruqayyatu Ahmed Rufa'I, adding that the move will also help the ...

Osun DefenderCPC to PDP: we don't support violenceOsun DefenderThe Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) has faulted the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) for calling it a violent party. The party alleged that the PDP is rather a nest of killers. The C...

Osun DefenderACN Govs, Ribadu, Buhari Storm Abeokuta as Alake Honours TinubuOsun DefenderAremu-Gbadebo- Alake, the paramount ruler of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Aremu Gbadebo, Monday honoured the national leader of Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Senator...

Osun DefenderA' Court to keep NIMASA's N6.8bn judgment debtThe PunchThe Court of Appeal in Lagos has ordered the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency to pay into its account, the judgment sum of N6.8bn which had been awarded in fa...

AllAfrica.comSlain Banker: MTN fraud analyst testifies for prosecutionNigerian TribuneA fraud analyst with MTN Communications Nigeria Limited, Kingsley Ehebha, on Monday testified in the ongoing trial of Akolade Arowolo, who is standing trial for alleg...

Leadership NewspapersMan accused of defiling daughter remanded in prisonNigerian TribuneA 62-year-old man, Alabi Ibrahim, who was alleged to have defiled his 10-year old stepdaughter, was on Monday arraigned before a Magistrates' Court in Isabo, Ab...

Osun DefenderJudges blamed for prison congestionNigerian TribuneThe administrator of the Nigerian Judicial Institute (NJI), Justice Umaru Eri (rtd), on Monday, said that judges are to be blamed for the high level of prison congestion in the country. Ju...

Osun DefenderJapan supports NEMA with N104m materialsThe PunchDirector-General of the National Emergency Management Agency, Alhaji Muhammed Sani-Sidi, on Monday received items worth N104m (52 million yen) from the government and people of Japan for flo...

Nigerian TribuneAregbesola swears in acting CJ, tasks judiciaryNigerian TribuneOSUN State governor, Mr Rauf Aregbesola, on Monday, sworn in the acting chief judge of the state, Justice Gloria Oladoke, with a plea to the judiciary to do substantial just...

Osun Defender2015: Oyo ACN and challenges of Lam's exitNigerian Tribunealt THE polarisation of chieftains and members of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in Oyo State prior to the selection of Senator Abiola Ajimobi as the party's governors...

AFPHURIWA wants govt to tackle graftThe Guardian NigeriaA CIVIL organisation group, Human Rights Writers' Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has asked President Goodluck Jonathan to tackle corruption among high profile government officials and put to ...

Daily SunGrandma Set AblazeP.M. NewsBarely seven months after St. Roberts Catholic Church collapsed and killed not less than 30 parishioners in Adamgbe, Mbayongo,Vandeikya, Benue State, another tragedy struck at the weekend when a 35-year old man, Mr. ...

BusinessDayNigeria mourns death of Justice Kayode EsoThe Global Legal PostA judge has ordered a woman caught driving on a pavement to overtake a Cleveland school bus to stand at the same spot and wear a sign inscribed with the word 'idiot'. TEC...

Leadership NewspapersINEC To Embark On Constituency Delimitation - JegaLeadership NewspapersThe Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, said on Monday in Abuja that the commission would soon embark on constituenc...

Osun DefenderACN Governors, Lawmakers Honour AdesinaOsun DefenderLam-Adesina-18 It was a roll call of dignitaries yesterday at the eighth day fidau ceremony of the departed former governor of Oyo State, Alhaji Lam Adesina. The host governor, Senator Ab...

Osun DefenderOshiomhole's Vision: Dividends For The Masses - Chief EzuogieNigerian ObserverEWATTO – The Iyase of Ewatto in Esan South East Local Government of Edo State, Chief Ken Ezuogie has applauded the vision of the Edo State Governor, Comrad...

Nigerian TribuneJustice Oladoke To Be Sworn In As Osun Acting Chief Judge TodayLeadership NewspapersOsun State governor,Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has appointed Honourable Justice Gloria E. Oladoke as the State's Acting Chief Judge and would be s...

Nigeria Master WebObi supports Anambra North for 2014 gov pollThe PunchGovernor Peter Obi of Anambra State, on Sunday, promised to support Anambra North Senatorial zone to produce the next governor of the state in 2014. Obi stated this while touring th...

Osun DefenderWe'll continue where Saraki stopped - SonNigerian TribuneThe scion of Saraki dynasty, Senator Bukola Saraki, has assured the people of Kwara State that the family of the late politician, Chief Olusola Saraki, will continue from where h...

Osun DefenderConstitutional amendment, false hope for Nigeria - PRONACONigerian TribunePro-National Conference Organisation (PRONACO) has described the ongoing constitutional amendment process, driven by the National Assembly, as a false hope deliberat...

Nigerian TribuneWhy oil majors want PIB dead - InvestigationNigerian TribuneINDICATIONS have emerged in Abuja that major players in the oil sector, the multi-national oil companies, have kicked off a bid to ensure that the new Petroleum Industry Bill (...

Osun DefenderGunmen kill policeman attached to Bauchi govt house •As religious crisis claims ...Nigerian TribuneUNKNOWN gunmen, early Sunday morning, shot dead a police inspector attached to the Government House, Bauchi, on Nasarawa road, Bauchi. Nig...

Nigeria Master Web (blog)*Next Governor of Anambra State: Obi Assures Anambra North of SupportNigeria Master Web (blog)Gov. Obi has once again assured Anambra North Senatorial Zone of his Support for them to produce the next Governor. He said this yest...

Osun DefenderArmy, Navy, Air Force raid Gulf of GuineaThe Guardian NigeriaA ONE-WEEK onslaught against crude oil theft and other illegal activities on sea by the army, navy and air force has led to the arrest of two oil tankers and interrogation of 15 ...

Spectator.co.uk (blog)Wole Soyinka: Boko Haram must be destroyedSpectator.co.uk (blog)Wole Soyinka, Nobel laureate and a key figure in Nigeria's independence movement, has told the Spectator that Boko Haram must be destroyed. Image: Getty. The Book...

Dame Abimbola Fashola… 'I'm not a person that loves to be presented with ...The Guardian NigeriaDAME Emmanuella Abimbola Fashola, wife of Lagos State governor, is not the type of woman that draws unnecessary attention to herself as a result o...

4 killed in religious riots in central NigeriaAtlanta Journal ConstitutionA local official says at least four people have died in riots that erupted in central Nigeria after a Muslim was killed at an illegal checkpoint. Local government chairman Isiaku...

Leadership NewspapersNigeria: VP Sambo Says FG to Flag-Off This Year's Dry Season Farming in ...AllAfrica.comVice President Mohammed Namadi Sambo who, in continuation with his visit to flood affected areas, was in Katsina and Kaduna States over the...

Osun DefenderQuestions For The President TonightLeadership NewspapersI don't like putting presidents on the spot or, as they say in Nigeria, on the “hot seat”. They are ordinary human beings like us. At times, I pity them. It's not easy to ...

Daily SunJakande: Conservatives Are Taking Advantage Of The Division Among ...The Guardian NigeriaFormer governor of Lagos State under the defunct Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN), Alhaji Lateef Jakande, speaking to SEYE OLUMIDE, said the conservatives are...

Osun DefenderSaraki's words on marbleOsun DefenderDr.-Olusola-Saraki The late Second Republic Senate Leader, Dr. Olusola Saraki, rarely granted interviews when he was alive. He would, however, be remembered by some of these quotes in the rare inter...

Leadership NewspapersEducation Minister Appeals For Partnership On FundingThe Guardian NigeriaTHE Minister of Education, Prof. Ruquayattu Rufa'I, has appealed to well-meaning Nigerians to partner with the Federal Government on education for improve...

CHANNELSKogi government denies any role in state's assembly crisesCHANNELSDisturbed by series of the allegations levelled against it by People's Democratic Party (PDP) elders forum in Abuja, the Kogi state government has reacted by telling its ...

Leadership NewspapersRowdy Session Greets Additional StateAllAfrica.comEnugu — There was rowdy session yesterday during the public hearing on the review of the 1999 constitution in the southeast zone as the issue of demands for an additional state to...

Osun DefenderEnvoys Seeks Relief for Nigerian On Death Row in GhanaAllAfrica.comAccra — The Nigerian High Commissioner to Ghana Ambassador Ademola Seyi Onafowokan has asked the government of the West African country for the prerogative of mercy regar...

BusinessDayJonathan to hold Presidential Chat on SundayBusinessDayPresident Goodluck Jonathan will on Sunday address the nation on current national issues, a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr Reuben Abati, mad...

Osun DefenderOne of the Aluu 4 Victims, Lloyd Toku Mike is Laid to Rest in Port HarcourtBella NaijaAlthough it's been several weeks since the murder of four students of University of Port Harcourt by a mob in Aluu community, the sad memory of their...

BusinessDayGive attraction of foreign investments top priority; Ashiru tells envoysBusinessDayForeign Affairs Minister, Amb. Olugbenga Ashiru, has said that attraction of foreign investments, skills and technology must be given top priority by Heads of...

Osun DefenderJonathan to hold Presidential Chat on Su...BusinessDayPresident Goodluck Jonathan will on Sunday address the nation on current national issues, a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr Reuben Abati, ma...

LG creation, autonomy top N'East constitution review demandOsun DefenderThe creation of more local governments was top on the list of demands by people in the North-East during the Senate's Constitution Review public hearing held in Gombe. The ...

'We Need To Really Reform The Electoral System'The Guardian NigeriaJoy Ngozi Ezeilo, a Senior Lecturer and immediate past Head, Department of Public and Private Law, University of Nigeria and founding director of Women Aid Collective (WACOL), a...

Osun DefenderDay lawmaker pours N45m empowerment largesse on communitiesOsun Defenderyomi Old and young ones, traders, artisans in Ifako –Ijaye-Ojokoro Federal Constituency, have been counting their blessings since the election of OtunbaYomi Ogunnusi...

CHANNELSDoyin Okupe denies condemning Ribadu panel reportCHANNELSThe Special Assistant to the President on Publicity, Dr Doyin Okupe was asked by Chamberlain Usoh; the main anchor of ourbreakfast programme 'Sunrise Daily' to give an update on t...

CHANNELSDoyin Okupe denies condemning Ribadu panel reportCHANNELSThe Special Assistant to the President on Publicity, Dr Doyin Okupe was asked by Chamberlain Usoh; the main anchor of ourbreakfast programme 'Sunrise Daily' to give an update on t...

Osun DefenderDoyin Okupe denies condemning Ribadu panel reportCHANNELSThe Special Assistant to the President on Publicity, Dr Doyin Okupe was asked by Chamberlain Usoh; the main anchor of ourbreakfast programme 'Sunrise Daily' to give an update...

Osun DefenderConstitution Amendment: Fashola Canvasses State Police, Special Status For ...Osun Defendermark-fashola President of the Senate, Senator David Mark, and Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State have agreed on the need to give Lagos State ...

CHANNELSPolice to launch new code of conduct for officers on MondayCHANNELSThe Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar has constituted a set of new rules that is aimed at regulating police officers both while on or off duty. According to a press...

Daily SunPopular Nigerian lawyer remanded in prisonP.M. NewsA Federal High Court sitting in Enugu, eastern Nigeria, has ordered that prominent Enugu Lawyer, Christian Chukwudozie Ebuzoeme be remanded in prison custody till November 21 pending the heari...

BBC NewsNigerian military chief sets out Mali planBBC NewsNigeria's military chief Admiral Ola Ibrahim has told the BBC that once the UN Security Council gives the green light for military intervention in Mali, Nigerian troops would be on the groun...