BBC News with Marion Marshall
With months to go before the US presidential election, the White House Chief of Staff Bill Daley is stepping down. The post will be given to Jack Lew, currently in charge of the budget. From Washington, Marcus George reports.
In a brief announcement, the president said Bill Daley had accomplished extraordinary work in an extraordinary year. He recited a list of critical moments in which the former banker played a crucial role. Behind the scenes, Mr Daley's resignation is said to have come as a surprise. He'd been in the job for just one year and had been expected to stay until the presidential election in November.
Stepping into his shoes
is Jack Lew, the current budget director. He has considerable experience in
fiscal
management and also served under President Clinton.
Muslims and Christians in Nigeria are on the move after recent attacks on each other's places of worship. A crowd in southern Nigeria has burnt a mosque today. There's heightened religious tension across Nigeria after Islamist militants attacked churches on Christmas Day and killed at least 35 people. Mark Lobel reports.
Thousands of Muslims living in southern Nigeria are reported to be fleeing north following growing tensions after recent
sectarian
attacks. Many Christians are reported to be heading in the opposite direction. Last week, dozens of Christians were killed by the militant Islamist Boko Haram as gunmen from the group shot at random in churches, at a community centre and a beauty salon. On Monday, a