UPDATES: Vehicle Importers Rush To Beat Jan 1 Ban Deadline. LEDAP attacks Obaseki over execution of prisoners. Fire Kills Three Children Locked in a Room by Their Mother. FG warns hospitals against detaining patients over bills. Train cuts trailer carrying soldiers into two in Kaduna. FG to spend N1.9bn on sewage, fumigation in 2017. Sambisa’s capture: B’Haram may have used Chibok girls as shields during attack –Army. Naira reverses gain, drops to 490/dollar. Nurse pulls off baby’s hand during delivery. Man planning attack on Third Mainland Bridge arrested –Police. Tevez signs for Shanghai Shenhua. Fall Of Sambisa: Army Captures 1,240 Boko Haram Fighters. Yuletide: 187 Lives Lost To Road Crashes – FRSC. Sand Eagles plan 2017 beach soccer boycott. Catholic Priest Leads Protest against Electricity Black out in Sapele. Sokoto Launches N100m Community Health Scheme. Investors Meet in January on Brass LNG, Uncertainty Looms over OKLNG. Donald Trump Tells Israel ‘To Stay Strong’. 1,260 Policemen From S-West Protest Transfer To Northern States. Sterling Bank Partners BOI in N140bn GEEP Programme. 2017 Budget: 115 Foreign Missions To Gulp NN48.899bn. Warren Buffett gains $11.8bn as Dangote loses $4.9bn in 2016. No Provision For New Minimum Wage In 2017 Budget. P1,237 Nigerians Stopped From Entering Germany This Year. Budget 2017: Power Gets N69.96bn. Passengers disrupt Arik’s services at Lagos airport. Army recovers Shekau’s Qur’an, flag in Sambisa – Official. $1.1bn Malabu deal: World anti-graft watchdog writes FG. Customs seize N250m smuggled cannabis from Ghana. Dogs disappear as Ekiti residents eat canine meat. Ogun pays N1.5b severance allowances to ex-political appointees. Governor Wike earmarks N470b for 2017 fiscal year. Army claims recovery of Shekau’s Qur’an, flag in Sambisa Forest. Sultan urges National Assembly to shun anti-Islam bills. Passengers stranded as harmattan haze disrupts domestic flights. ‘N500 million Chibok safe school fund missing’.