The Presidency on Sunday said bandits operating in Northern Nigeria “are essentially no different to Boko Haram” in some areas.

The Abia State Anti-Corruption Network (ASACN) has written to President Muhammadu Buhari asking him to order the publication of forensic audit report on Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to enable the correction of its past mistakes.

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) says the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) is set to seek authorization from the Pre-Trial Chamber of the court to open an investigation into cases of abduction of schoolchildren in several parts of Northern Nigeria, closure of schools, and the persistent failure of Nigerian authorities at both the federal and state levels to end the abduction.

The National Union Coalition of Aggrieved Pensioners in Benue has appealed to the state government to pay them their pension arrears for 33 months.

Governor Simon Bako Lalong of Plateau State has met the Pro-Chancellor University of Jos, Prof. Attahiru Jega with an assurance that the State Government is working on improved security and transportation for the staff and students of the University. 

Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo, has said that government would pay N190 million as compensation to victims of the 2020 EndSARS protests against police brutality, as recommended by the State Judicial Panel of Enquiry.

Barely 24 hours after resumption of train services by the Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) following Thursday’s explosion on the Abuja-Kaduna rail line, the Kaduna terminal station at Rigasa, has witnessed low passenger turnout.

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja 11, has tasked traditional worshippers to initiate their children to prevent traditional religion from going into extinction.

In a surprisingly crowded week, President Muhammadu Buhari vows to sustain the nation’s democratic order and do the needful in terms of ensuring that governorship election holds in Anambra on Nov. 6.

The Ministry of Interior on Friday said it would support the project “Pollrite 23” to enforce the right of inmates to participate in political activities in Nigeria.

Operatives of the NDLEA have intercepted more than 2,060 kilograms of heroin and other assorted drugs in six states.

The Bauchi command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) says it has trained 32 special female squad to fight criminal activities in the state.

A human rights lawyer, Chief Gabriel Giwa-Amu, said Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo’s initiatives when he was Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice in Lagos State saved many inmates at various correctional centres in the state.

President Muhammadu Buhari has suggested that author and playwright Ken Saro-Wiwa and the rest of the Ogoni 9 could receive a post-humous state pardon.