The federal government has called for the support of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in providing lasting solutions to the farmers and herdsmen crisis in the country. The Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Dambazau, disclosed this after a meeting with the President of the ECOWAS commission, Marcel De Souza, at the ECOWAS secretariat Abuja.

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Kebbi State Command said about 211 suspects were arrested in the state between January and December 2017 in relations with possession, sale, consumption and trafficking of illicit drugs. The State Commandant, Suleiman Jadi who made this known on Monday in a chat with NAN also hinted that the Command secured a total of 20 convictions of offenders while many other cases are still ongoing across the various courts in the state.

The decomposing body of the kidnapped Taraba State House of Assembly member, Hon. Hosea Ibi was on Monday recovered from the old site of SCC (Kwari) along Takum Kashimbila Road in Takum Local Government Area of the state. Recall that Hon. Ibi was kidnapped from his house, located opposite Ada Barracks in Takum, the headquarters of Takum Local Government Area, sixteen days ago.

Members of Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) have called on President Muhammadu Buhari to direct immediate arrest and prosecution of the leadership of Miyetti Allah Cattle Owners Association of Nigeria over the alleged threats issued shortly after the Benue State House of Assembly passed the Anti-Open Grazing law, stressing that the recent killings in the state is a fallout of the threat.

The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II says contrary to widespread report, Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) is not a violent organization. He explained that the group was established to protect the fundamental rights of herdsmen as Nigerians including constitutional rights to freedom of movement and the ownership of private and peaceful conduct of their business.

The United Nations High Commission for Refugees, UNHCR says, it will prevail on the Cameroonian authorities to quickly resolve the internal crisis in its Northern Province to enable its citizen’s currently taking refuge in Nigeria return back to their country immediately. The Representative of UNHCR in Nigeria and Ecowas, Antonio Jose Canhandula gave this indication when he led a team of the Agency to the two refugee camps set up by Benue State Government for the Cameroonian refugees in Abande, Kwande Local Government Area of Benue State in North Central Nigeria.