Embattled WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is set to face the world’s media Sunday from the safe haven of London’s Ecuadoran embassy but risks arrest if he takes even one step out of the building.

The Muslim Ramadan fast will continue through the weekend after failure to sight the new moon of Shawwal, says Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Dr. Muhammad Sa'adu Abubakar, via state owned national television network NTA.

The diplomatic standoff over WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange escalated on Wednesday after Britain threatened to raid Ecuador's embassy in London if Quito did not hand over Assange, who has been taking refuge there for two months.

A festival held during Muslim Eid celebrations has been cancelled in northern Nigeria, a region hit by a wave of militant Islamist attacks.

The former butler to Pope Benedict XVI will stand trial for stealing confidential papers and leaking them to the press, a magistrate has ruled.

ACTIVITIES marking the annual convention of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, which also marked the 60th anniversary of the church, came to a close yesterday with the ordination of 715 full pastors by the General Overseer, Pastor Enoch Adeboye.

TWENTY suspected terrorists were killed weekend in Maiduguri, Borno State during a shoot-out between them and the Joint Task Force. It was also gathered that the JTF lost a soldier while two others sustained gunshot injuries in the duel.

An oil tanker collided with a U.S. navy ship near the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday, but no one was hurt, the Bahrain-based U.S. Fifth Fleet said.