From our wednesday news desk

UPDATES: Boko Haram fighters resist troops with Libyan arms. CBN boss Sanusi: I had surgery in France. Governors to elect chair Friday. Senate endorses emergency rule in Borno, Yobe, Adamawa. CBN keeps rate at 12 per cent. Reps okay emergency rule in Yobe, Borno and Adamawa. Nigeria seeks Niger Republic's support to battle Boko Haram. Soldiers, 4,000 policemen for Achebe's funeral. $180m Halliburton scandal: AGF files N10.2b libel suit against Melaye. Court orders airline to pay passenger N5m for cancelled flight. Supreme Court refuses Mimiko's, Akeredolu's appeals. 'NAMA operated 420 flights during aviation workers' strike'. NDLEA probes arrest of two Arik Air crew in London. Golden Eaglets get N500,000 each. Army nabs 9 Fulani 'mercenaries' over Benue bloodbath. Nigeria's out-of-school children estimated at 10 million – UBEC. Erosion sacks 2 communities, threatens 7 others in Enugu. Presidential Intervention: Ikeja Police College wears new look.