The Presidency has dissociated President Muhammadu Buhari from Gimba Yau Kumo, who was recently declared wanted by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), in connection with a $56 million fraud.

Security operatives have arrested the second-in-command to Ikonso, the neutralised commander of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB)/ Eastern Security Network (ESN) Awurum Eze.

Parents of the remaining kidnapped 16 students and three staff of Greenfield University, on Friday, said they cannot pay N160m ransom demanded by the abductors of their children.

Senate President Ahmad Lawan former Vice President Atiku Abubakar; National Leader of All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu; state governors, among others have called on Nigerians to pray for the nation to overcome the myriad of problems facing it.

A few days after Governors from the Southern region of the country called for the convening of a sovereign National conference, Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi has stated that they are in their right, lamenting that the Buhari-led administration gives lopsided appointments.

 Southern Governors Forum (SGF), has yesterday resolved on immediate ban of open grazing across the Southern part of Nigeria as they requested for a national dialogue on restructuring.

Plateau State Governor Simon Bako Lalong has showered encomium on the late of former Chief of Defence Staff Lt. Gen. Joshua Nimyel Dogonyaro saying he paid his dues and gave all to defend the territorial integrity of Nigeria. 

The Nigeria Police Force has ordered immediate withdrawal of personnel attached to governors, senators, public office holders and high profile persons in the South East.

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says the possibility of shifting the date for the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) is very high.

Nigeria @60 celebration will end with a National Special Awards for Achievement and Recognition of Exceptional Nigerians in Abuja in September.

Friday, the 14th of May 2021 has been declared as a work-free day to mark this year’s Eid-el-Fitr celebration in Jigawa State. 

The Sultan of Sokoto and President-General, Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has announced that the Ramadan fast would continue on Wednesday.

President Muhammadu Buhari has asked that Nigerians should use the occasion of the Eid celebrations to remember the common bonds that unite us as a solution to the current challenges in the country.

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved new security measures specifically for the South-East and South-South geo-political zones of the country.