Unhappy with the recent wave of attacks on Custodial Centres of the Nigeria Correctional Service NCoS, the Federal Government has ordered personnel of the Service’s armed squad to shoot-at-sight any internal and external aggressor.

No fewer than 239 people were killed and 44 others kidnapped in separate violent incidents across the country, mostly by armed non-state actors, Premium Times reports.

A disability inclusion and gender rights activist, Joel Nwokeoma has come out to clear the air about controversies surrounding the life and rise of amputee hawker, Mary Daniel.

President Muhammadu Buhari has warned bandits against pushing their luck too far by believing his administration lacks the capacity to crush them.

The Senate Committee on Public Accounts, has given the Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed; Accountant General of the Federation (AGF) Ahmed Idris and the National Security Adviser, (NSA), Major General Babagana Monguno (rtd), till next week Tuesday to explain the rationale behind secret withdrawal of =N=7.5bn from government coffers.

Nigeria's security challenges has recently included a new front. The trend has seen no fewer than 21 police stations attacked, resulting in the death of at least 18 police personnel between January and April 2021 across the South eastern part of Nigeria.

The Kaduna state government has declared that it will not accede to the demands of criminals who have continued to abduct citizens for ransom, among other security challenges confronting the state.

The Senate at plenary on Tuesday, had a heated debate on a Bill for an Act to provide for the National Livestock Bureau to ensure protection, control and management of livestock, traceability registration and cattle rustling in the country.