The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai has relocated to the North East to monitor and direct the overall operation in the theatre and other army operations across the country; Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Sagir Musa, disclosed on Friday.

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has ordered markets to open to the public three days a week.

The Osun state government had debunked report earlier reported by some section of media that six persons who were tested positive of the COVID-19 have escaped from its isolation centre in Ejigbo, Osun State.

The Nigerian military with assistance from Benin, Cameroon, Chad and Niger has sent out Boko Haram out of several provinces in Northeastern Nigeria.

Although, the insurgent group still launches its suicidal attacks and abduct indigenes especially women and children in some villages and pockets of territory.

After a peak in Boko Haram related violence in 2014, and 2015, the numbers of casualties linked to the group has diminished dramatically. The ongoing battle with the insurgent groups is continually threatening the stability and political integrity of Africa.

The Federal Government has commenced payment of N20,000 to each vulnerable Nigerians under its Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programme in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja as a palliative to cushion the effect of sit at home order.

Amid the global pandemic of the COVID-19, President Buhari is set to address Nigerians on a live broadcast today Sunday by 7 pm.