Alhaji Yusuf Buratai, the father of Lt. Gen Tukur Buratai, the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) is dead.

Brig.-Gen. Sani Kukasheka, the Director, Army Public Relations, confirmed the death in a statement issued on Friday in Maiduguri.

The Director-General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Barrister Julie Okah-Donli, has been accused of lopsided recruitment of staff into the agency as well as deliberate victimisation of Northern Muslims since her appointment.

In a petition against the DG, addressed to the Attorney General of the Federation, a copy of which was obtained by Vigil360, Okah-Donli was accused of systematic segregation against staff of Northern extraction with an alleged 70% of the current staff composition coming from a section of the country.

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mr Audu Ogbeh, has explained why ranching remains the best solution to the clashes between farmers and herdsmen in Nigeria.

Speaking during his appearance on a special Channels Television programme – The Core on Wednesday, Mr Ogbeh believes people are against the decision because ranches are poorly managed.

“It’s very nice to say ranches won’t work, they won’t work because they were not well managed. It’s not enough to cut out an area and say it’s a grazing reserve – grow the grass,” he said.

A civil society organization, Media Initiative against Injustice, Violence and Corruption (MIIVOC) has warned the Federal Government to immediately act on the report of the Committee to harmonize issues around the Nigeria Financial Intelligence Agency Bill, to save the nation from imminent expulsion from the Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units.

The group also charged the government to call the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to order, adding that the consequences of Nigeria’s expulsion would be far-reaching for the local economy.

Executive Director of MIIVOC, Dr. Walter Duru, who gave the warning while addressing newsmen in Abuja, Tuesday, expressed shock at what he described as the desperation of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to retain control of the NFIU, against the interest of the country and international best practice.

In a landmark judgment, the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, Tuesday, set aside the judgment of the Federal High Court, Abuja delivered on February 22nd, 2016 by Justice E. S. Chukwu which dismissed a ‘no-case-submission’ filed by Sani Abdullahi Lulu, a former President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) in the corruption charge brought against him and three others by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

Justice Ahmad Belgore in his judgment, said: “This appeal has merit and the judgment of the Federal High Court, delivered on February 22, 2016 is hereby set aside and the appellant, Sani Abdullahi Lulu, discharged acquitted.”

Femi Falana, the human rights lawyer, says the extradition of some Cameroonian separatist leaders could attract sanction from the United Nations.

On January 26, the federal government extradited separatist leaders, who were arrested at a hotel in Abuja.

In a letter addressed to President Muhammadu Buhari, Falana said the deportees were not illegal immigrants.

The lawyer said they were gathered at the Abuja hotel to discuss challenges faced by over 10,000 Cameroonians who have sought political asylum in Nigeria.