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Sudan's military coup leader, Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has said the military seized power to prevent "civil war". Protests are continuing for a second day in the capital, Khartoum, with roads, bridges and shops closed, while phones and internet links are also disrupted and least 10 people are reported to have been killed after Sudan's military ousted it's civilian government on Monday, October 25 . The US, AU and UN have all called for the country's return to civilian rule. "The dangers we witnessed last week could have led the country into civil war,"  Abdel Fattah al-Burhan a news conference.   He added that the deposed Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok is being kept at the general's house "for his own safety" and would be allowed home soon. "The prime minister was at his house but we feared that he will be harmed and he is now with me in my house. "I was with him last night...and he is going about his life....

The Federal Government has begun the process for the valuation of properties belonging to several politically exposed persons, including the embattled former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke.     Punch reports that the former Petroleum minister's property located in Banana Island Foreshore Estate, Ikoyi, Lagos, include 18 flats and six penthouses located at Building 3, Block B, Bella Vista, Plot 1, Zone N, Federal Government Layout. Other notable properties listed include those belonging to the late Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh, whose houses in the Wuse 2 and Maitama high-end neighbourhoods of Abuja were seized. They include No. 14 Adzope Crescent, off Kumasi Crescent; 19 Kumasi Crescent, Wuse 2; and 6 Umme Street, Wuse 2. Other recovered items listed are 125 pieces of wedding gowns, 13 pieces of small gowns, 41 pieces of waist trainers, 73 pieces of hard flower, 11 pieces of suit, 11 pieces of invisible bra,...

The Oyo state police command has detonated a bomb at Abolongo custodial centre, four days after the correctional centre was attacked by gunmen who freed hundreds of inmates.  It is speculated that the bomb was one of those planted by the criminals who attacked the centre last week Friday. Public Relations Officer of the Nigerian Correctional Centre in the state, Olanrewaju Anjorin confirmed the development.  Anjorin said;    “It is true but police detonated the bomb after the officers of correctional centres discovered that there was explosive planted outside the facility."