The House of Representatives has invited the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, some Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) for questioning, in a bid to investigate various expenditure totaling N300bn. The House Committee on Public Accounts on various audit queries issued by the Office of the Auditor General of the Federation also summoned Director-General, National Pension Commission, Aisha Dahir-Umar; and Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service, Muhammad Nami, Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Dr. Folasade Yemi-Esan; Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami; and Accountant General of the Federation, Mr. Ahmed Idris.

The Accident and Investigation Bureau (AIB) after months of investigation has finally released a report stating the cause of the helicopter crash on February 2, 2019, while conveying Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, to Kabba, in Kogi State, prior to the 2019 election. The final report by the bureau revealed by the Commissioner of AIB, Akin Olateru in Abuja on Tuesday, indicated that the pilot lost visual contact with the ground and external surroundings.

The British Deputy High Commissioner to Nigeria, Gill Atkintson has said that Nigeria needs to look beyond its security and Intelligence response to insurgency, banditry, and kidnapping in the Northern part of the country. Atkinston who spoke during the 1st Umaru Shinkafi Intelligence and Security Summit said, “The other thing which I believe must be part of the solution is why people are carrying out these activities, why young men believe the best choice they have is to carry out the violent activities and attacks on their fellow citizens and fellow citizens and fellow ethnic groups in the region,”

The Department of State Services (DSS) has denied allegation suggesting its staff assaulted an aviation staff at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International airport, Abuja. The Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) had yesterday issued a statement on social media alleging a DSS official assaulted its staff that was on duty and breached a security protocol.

The Senate on Tuesday asked Nigeria’s Service Chiefs to resign their position following the deteriorating security in the country. The resolution asking the Service Chiefs to resign was moved by Senator Francis Fadahunsi (PDP, Osun) and seconded by Senator Betty Apiafi (PDP, Rivers). Fadahunsi said that the present crop of Service Chiefs should step aside for the new ideas to come in so as not to jeopardize the security system.

The Nigerian Senate yesterday implored aviation authorities to blacklist Very Important Persons (VIPs) that are violating the COVID-19 safety and security protocol at the airports by prescribing a four-month ban for such offenders. The red chamber also recommended that such violators should be exposed publicly to serve as a deterrent to others. The development is coming on the heels of an earlier declaration by the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) that it would not be deterred in implementing its Standard Operational Procedures (SOPs) to ensure the success of its security and public health protocol in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.