South-west Governors Forum has agreed to set up a special security outfit to combat all forms of banditry and other crimes in the region and to establish joint food hubs to address the growing food prices in the region.

It seems hope has been dashed to the self acclaimed leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu after the justice Binta Nyako handling his case has directed that he should be returned to the custody of the Department of the State Service, DSS, as she adjoined his trial indefinitely.

The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, says troops have eliminated deputies of Bello Turji, a notorious bandit kingpin in Zamfara state.

The Senate has yesterday granted President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s request to terminate the appointments of the Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) in charge of Abia, Adamawa and Sokoto, states. The affected RECs include; Dr. Nura Ali (Sokoto), Hudu Yunusa Ari (Adamawa State), and Prof. Ikemefuna Chijioke Uzochukwu (Abia).

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, has yesterday, affirmed the proscription of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its designation as a terrorist organisation. IPOB is a separatist group championing agitation for an independent state of Biafra which it wants carved out from the south-east and some parts of south-south Nigeria.

The Department of State Services, DSS, has successfully apprehended a suspected fleeing gunrunner tracked from Niger Republic to Zamfara State.