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

In view of the current security situation in the country especially in the Northern part where bandits have shifted their attention to kidnapping of students from their schools, Africa representative and Director of Studies, Triune Biblical University, United States of America Global Extension, Dr. Maurice Azubuike Odiete has called on the Nigeria Federal Government to place more emphases on online education in the country.

As part of efforts geared towards curtailing the spread of Covid-19 virus, the Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, has banned Eid prayers at the National Eid praying ground on Umaru Musa Yar’Adua Expressway, Airport Road, Abuja. 

The Ambassador of South Korea to Nigeria, Kim Young-Chae has advised Nigeria to settle her security challenges internally like ‘mere family affairs.’

Bandits who abducted some students of Greenfield University, Kaduna State, have reached out to their parents to make fresh demands.

Residents of commercial city of Onitsha Anambra State have been gripped with fear, following the fall of a truck loaded with live bullets in the area.

The Presidential Villa, where the Nigerian President and his family reside is regarded as one of the most secured places not just in the Federal Capital Territory but in the country.

The World Health Organisation has said the B.1.351 variant of the coronavirus, first found in South Africa, is spreading in 23 African countries.

The Presidential Steering Committee PSC on COVID-19 has announced new restrictions and implementation guidelines in the wake of a fresh rise in Covid-19 cases and poor adherence to safety measures across the country.

The House of Representatives’ Committee on Petroleum (Upstream) said it would be forced to invite the President Muhammadu Buhari if the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Melee Kyari, continues to shun its summons.

Wednesday and Thursday have been declared as public holidays to mark the 2021 Eid-ul-Fitr celebration.

Senate President Ahmed Lawan had disclosed that Thursday's meeting between senators and security chiefs was focused on the discussion of insurgency, banditry, terrorism and other forms of insecurity in Nigeria as well as plans to contain them.

The Nigerian Army on Monday dismissed an allegation that it was deploying only commanders of Northern extraction to quell tension in the Southeast.

Minister of Water Resources, Suleiman Adamu in accordance to the 2021 Annual Flood Outlook has warned Nigerians to prepare for higher levels of floods though it might not be as devastating as that of 2012.