President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the Nigeria Police Bill 2020 into law. This was disclosed on Thursday by The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina in a statement entitled “President Buhari asserts to Police Bill, 2020”. Mr. Adesina said the President communicated his assent to the Bill to the National Assembly through the Clerk of the legislature in a memo dated September 16, 2020. The statement read, “The Act repeals the Police Act Cap. P19. Laws of the Federation, 2004, and provides for a more effective and well organized Police Force, driven by the principles of transparency and accountability in its operations and management of its resources.

In reaction to information from Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) which has since gone viral about a possible planned attack by terrorists on Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, the Nigeria Army has moved to reassure residents that they are on red alert to combat any form of criminality. A statement from the Nigeria Army signed by Coordinator Defence Media Operations, John Eneche, on Sunday, said: the Armed Forces of Nigeria working together with other security and response agencies particularly the core intelligence agencies hereby assure the general public that preventive and preemptive intelligence is ongoing."The Defence Headquarters wishes to reassure residents of FCT and other adjoining states that the Armed Forces of Nigeria and other security agencies have been on red alert to combat crime and ensure effective surveillance of the Federal Capital Territory and other states of the country. This is an imperative sequel to a purported memorandum from the Nigeria Customs Service warning its staff on a possible attack on the FCT.

The Defence Headquarters says the Air Component of Operation Thunder Strike has neutralised several armed bandits in air raids on their camps in the Kuduru and Kwaimbana Forest areas of Kaduna State. Maj.-Gen. John Enenche who disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Abuja informed that the successes were achieved through separate airstrikes carried out on Wednesday and Thursday.

The Federal Government has adjusted the 10:00 pm – 4:00 am curfew to 12 am through 4 am, as it continues the gradual easing of lockdown measures imposed to curb the spread of COVID-19 in the country. Boss Mustapha, Chairman of the Presidential Task Force made this disclosure during the COVID-19 briefing on Thursday in Abuja.

The federal government of Nigeria has issued a stern warning to the Ghanaian authorities that it will no longer tolerate the incessant harassment, intimidation and the progressive acts of hostility towards Nigerians residing there and Nigeria. In a statement issued on Friday by the Minister of Information and Culture in Abuja -  the government had been documenting the acts of hostility towards its people and authorities and is urgently considering a number of options aimed at ameliorating the situation.

A Bird 206 helicopter with registration number 5N BQW belonging to Quorum Aviation crashed in 16A Salvation Opebi road of Lagos state around 12.00 pm today. The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) officials revealed the helicopter flew in from Port Harcourt, the Rivers state capital with two crew members and a passenger.