The Minister of Information and Culture Lai Mohammed, on Sunday, in Kwara State vowed that the perpetrators of the armed robbery in Offa Local Government area of the state will be brought to book.

Several people were killed with many others injured last week Thursday when armed robbers raided five commercial banks along the Owode Market Area of the town. The armed robbers broke bank vaults and made away with several millions of naira but seven suspects linked to the robbery were later arrested by the police on Saturday.

The Minister, during his visit, condoled with families of the victims of the attack and the Nigeria Police force which lost some of its officers.

The Nigerian Army on Sunday said it has killed three Boko Haram terrorists and rescued 149 persons in an ongoing operation aimed at clearing the insurgents from their hideouts in Yerimari-Kura Community in Sambisa forest. The Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Onyeama Nwachukwu disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday said the troops killed five insurgents and captured five others.

A retired Police Inspector identified as Mr. James Oyeyemi, who lost her daughter, Grace Makinde, also an inspector, to the robbery, said the bandits were able to operate unhindered because of the sophisticated weapons they used. The 72-year-old retired Policeman according to Dailytrust lamented that the policemen on duty could not confront the armed robbers because they wielded more sophisticated weapons than the AK47 they were carrying.

President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the Thursday armed robbery attacks in Offa, Kwara state and condoled with families that lost their loved ones during the attack. The President's message was posted on Twitter on Saturday via the Presidency handle @NGRpresident. In the message, the President disclosed that some of the attackers had been arrested by the Police and would soon be arraigned in court.

Participants in the world’s most popular ponzi scheme Mavrodi Mundial Moneybox (MMM), are counting their losses as administrators of the programme have officially shut down operations worldwide following the death of its founder, Sergey Mavrodi, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. It would be recalled that Mavrodi died on March 26, after a heart attack.

The Benue State Police Command, on Wednesday said it has rescued 23 victims of suspected human trafficking while they were being conveyed from Buruku Local Government Area of the state to an unknown destination. State Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni, disclosed this when he paraded one Prince Masenenger Tar as the suspected trafficker who was conveying the 23 people out of the state in an 18-seater bus belonging to the Benue State Transport Company known as Benue Links.