UPDATES: In a First, EFCC Picks up APC Chief, Ja'afaru Isa. N82m Dinner: Soyinka Asks EFCC to 'Arrest' Him. Lagarde: Nigeria's Economy Will Recover Slightly in 2016. With Demand Growing, Output Finally Shrinking, US Experts Predict Oil Rebound. Arms Deal: Bello Haliru, Son Granted N600m Bail. Hajj: Sokoto's Last Stampede Victim to Leave Hospital. Lagarde: Nigeria’s Debt Profile Counter-productive, Advocates Increase in VAT. Lai Mohammed: Buhari Not Dictating to EFCC. Crude Oil Price Drops Below $35 for First Time Since 2004. Magu: EFCC will Arrest More Prominent Nigerians. Boko Haram Kidnaps Camerounian Police Commissioner. NGE President: Editors’ Guild, Adesina Did Not Collect N50m in Cash from FG. MTN Acquires Visafone in Landmark Revenue Generating Agencies. No Agreement to Rotate A’IbomGovernorship Ticket Among Senatorial Districts - Etiebet. Boko Haram Insurgency: Telcos Demand Compensation for Damage Facilities. NERC: No Going Back on Feb 1 Date for New Electricity Tariffs. Electricity management agency set to ban use of wooden poles for installation. ‘Commonwealth lauds Jonathan’s ‘able leadership’. We found weapons inside bunker at demolished Oshodi market, says Lagos government. Ogun may consider morning-afternoon sessions in schools, says commissioner. Police recover 5,078 weapons, 11,917 ammunition from hoodlums in one year in Rivers. US gives 24 'mine-resistant, ambush-protected' armoured vehicles to Nigerian military to battle Boko Haram. FG begins direct payment of N65,000 stipend to ex-militants. Saudi Arabia bombs Iranian embassy, Iran bans all products from Saudi. GloCAFAwards2015 African Player of the year: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon).