Police in Tunisia say they have arrested more than 600 people as a fourth night of violent protests saw protesters return to the streets.
On Monday, crowds of mainly young demonstrators again gathered in the centre of the capital, Tunis, throwing stones and petrol bombs at police.
Security forces responded with tear gas and water cannon.
Tunisia faces severe economic problems and a third of its young people are unemployed.
A member of the House of Representatives, WOLE OKE has defended the Federal Government’s plans to sell some national assets to fund the 2021 budget.
He argues that it is not a new development.Â
This comes as rights group, SERAP asked the National Assembly to stop the President from selling off some of the national assets.
He argued that some of the national assets planned for sale to fund the budget are already liabilities, noting that it is better for these assets to be run by private individuals and not government.Â
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STEPHEN CURRY finished with 26 points as the Golden State Warriors beat the Los Angeles Lakers 115-113 to end their five-game winning streak.
CURRY scored a late three-pointer before the Lakers' LEBRON JAMES missed a three-pointer at the horn.
In other games, KEVIN DURANT scored a key late three-pointer in his 30 points as Brooklyn Nets beat the Milwaukee Bucks 125-123. JAMES HARDEN, with 34 points, became the first Net to score 30 points in his first two games. NBA's Most Valuable Player in 2018 joined the Nets from the Houston Rockets last week as part of a four-team deal.
In Tuesday's other game, KYLE LOWRY scored 23 points as the Toronto Raptors won 116-93 to hand the Dallas Mavericks their third straight loss. It is the first time this season that the Raptors, playing at their temporary home in Tampa due to Covid-19 restrictions in Canada, have won three in a row.
Some applicants for the National Identification Number registration in Lagos have called for the extension of the exercise.
In an interview with Inspiration fm they said many residents are still struggling to partake in the exercise due to crowd that besieges the NIMC centres daily.
According to them, most of the NIMC centres in the state do not have enough officials and equipment to carry out the registration exercise.
The Federal Government is insisting on January 19, 2021 deadline for subscribers with the National Identification Number and six-week extension for subscribers without NIN to February 9, 2021.Â
It has given the marching orders to mobile phone networks to cut off phone lines not linked to the owner's National Identity Number by December 30, 2020 but later postponed the deadline.
They were also of the view that the registration could have been done without making Nigerians go through difficulties.
You will recall that NIMC officials also embarked on a two day strike to protest over lack of protection against COVID-19 and poor welfare.
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